*Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See. 1995 Big Beat (CD) (1968). Collection revisit (Dec). Ultimate Spinach's second album is an inventive psych album from the freewheeling 1968 landscape. Part of the Bosstown manufactured set of groups, Ultimate Spinach mixes Jefferson Airplane hard hitting female sung psych combined with long experimental tracks. 'Mind Flowers' is as close as any band has come to sounding like the great Group 1850. Not long after recording this opus, the primary group dissolved and the label had to scramble to piece together an unrelated set of musicians to complete their third and last album. Yet another tale from America of great talent wheezing out before taking it to the next level. Given the commercialism of our music industry, perhaps not a bad sequence of events. Interesting reissue supervised by Alan Lorber, the man who created the Bosstown brand in the first place. One track is missing and apparently others have been altered slightly. Borderline free association liner notes. If I find the LP, I'll have to compare the differences.
*Strawberry Path - When the Raven Has Come to the Earth. 1998 P-Vine (CD) (1971). Collection revisit (Nov). An interesting duo from Japan. Years ago I compared them to Tractor, but I think they're closer to the post Hendrix sound with additional organ. At times they really jam out. They also throw in ballads, a drum solo, and a melancholic proggy closer complete with flute. Debated on whether to keep this, but it's just unique enough for a +1 rating, and this CD is a wonderful mini-LP reproduction.
* - Keeping for the collection
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