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Wild Early 70s Hard Rock

Karmices said:
I'll post this one since I was just spinning it over the weekend. My friend Bob Arlin (RIP) released an album under the name of Robert Savage entitled The Adventures of Robert Savage Vol. 1 on the Paramount label in 1971. It's a great mixture of hard rocking guitar and psychedelic rock. If you jump back a few years from this albums release, he was a member of the power trio (1st album, 2nd album was a quartet) The Hook. Their first album is psych rock in the Cream/Hendrix vein. The second album added Dennis Provisor (Grassroots fame) on keyboards. Before The Hook, Bob was in The Leaves who released the blazing version of Hey Joe. I could go on, but I'm rambling on and getting off point.
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Awesome story K. I have the debut LP of The Hook and of course a copy of the LP by The Leaves. Robert Savage Vol 1 I do not have but I know of it, used to see it "on Psych lists" in the 70s and 80s.
 
Mystic said:
First LP:

May Blitz (ie, S/T)
(Vertigo, 1970)

Second (and final) LP:

2nd Of May
(Vertigo, 1971)
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Ah, 2nd not 1st. Thanks for clearing that up. Having been a young adult in the (very) late 60's/early 70's, you can tell my memory is appropriately impaired.
 
*Aside: this one looks to be shapin' into a lively thread. I bet I'll open it up tomorrow and it'll be up to 50+ replies. Lotta cool stuff to listen to, I'll bet.
 
JDub said:
Ah, 2nd not 1st. Thanks for clearing that up. Having been a young adult in the (very) late 60's/early 70's, you can tell my memory is appropriately impaired.
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And I was right there w/ ya, but some **** I can recall pretty well, like that the geetarist @ May Blitz, live, played a Lester Jr. > HIWATT 1/2 stack. IIRC the HIWATT was the 100W (not 50W) head.
 
Karmices said:
I'll post this one since I was just spinning it over the weekend. My friend Bob Arlin (RIP) released an album under the name of Robert Savage entitled The Adventures of Robert Savage Vol. 1 on the Paramount label in 1971. It's a great mixture of hard rocking guitar and psychedelic rock. If you jump back a few years from this albums release, he was a member of the power trio (1st album, 2nd album was a quartet) The Hook. Their first album is psych rock in the Cream/Hendrix vein. The second album added Dennis Provisor (Grassroots fame) on keyboards. Before The Hook, Bob was in The Leaves who released the blazing version of Hey Joe. I could go on, but I'm rambling on and getting off point.
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Listening to The Adventures of Robert Savage Vol. 1 on youtube right now. GREAT! never seen this record until now. Need it.
 
I suppose Quicksilver Messenger Service belong here. Blue Cheer did the best non traditional blues of House of the Rising Sun you'll ever hear. And with that said... to me, at least, that music from the source available and the mix as released would absolutely burn my ears on a hi end system... loosely defined here for the moment as anything capable of full range response at very high SPL, which is how that music was mixed. It was intended by all... artists, production, labels... to be listened to at high volume while on mind altering, hallucinogenic drugs. Notice the bite of the higher frequencies, first thing one notices when doing those kinds of drugs... seems to add to the experience with it's intensity... generates a kind of mindlessness/stupor where the music and lyrics dominate. And, it always leaves the ears ringing, if not one wasn't having the experience. It represents the fury of the time.
 
spicer said:
And with that said... to me, at least, that music from the source available and the mix as released would absolutely burn my ears on a hi end system... loosely defined here for the moment as anything capable of full range response at very high SPL, which is how that music was mixed. It was intended by all... artists, production, labels... to be listened to at high volume while on mind altering, hallucinogenic drugs. Notice the bite of the higher frequencies, first thing one notices when doing those kinds of drugs... seems to add to the experience with it's intensity... generates a kind of mindlessness/stupor where the music and lyrics dominate. And, it always leaves the ears ringing, if not one wasn't having the experience. It represents the fury of the time.
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My uncle once told me, "I saw Blue Cheer in the 70s. And Ive got to say, I had never understood why anyone would ever kill themselves; until I had a ringing in my ear for the whole year after. Blue Cheer nearly killed me."
 
Cloud9Alpine said:
My uncle once told me, "I saw Blue Cheer in the 70s. And Ive got to say, I had never understood why anyone would ever kill themselves; until I had a ringing in my ear for the whole year after. Blue Cheer nearly killed me."
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Yes. And it should be noted that Blue Cheer was a street name for a type of acid, meaning LSD.
 
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