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LR 111B-LP
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2023 repress. Hailing from late-'60s Detroit, Black Merda (pronounced "Murder") were both aesthetically and musically way ahead of their time. When most black groups (including Parliament/ Funkadelic) were still sporting suits, singing about love and using a horn section, Black Merda had already become a tight guitar-heavy freak-funk four-piece. By weaving guitar rock and psychedelia into soul and R&B they were the gods of the underground "black rock" movement which fell somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Parliament and MC5. But it wasn't just about the music, the message was just as important. Clear beer vinyl.
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LR 111LP
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2020 repress. Hailing from late-'60s Detroit, Black Merda (pronounced "Murder") were both aesthetically and musically way ahead of their time. When most black groups (including Parliament/ Funkadelic) were still sporting suits, singing about love and using a horn section, Black Merda had already become a tight guitar-heavy freak-funk four piece. By weaving guitar rock and psychedelia into soul and R&B they were the gods of the underground "black rock" movement which fell somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Parliament and MC5. But it wasn't just about the music, the message was just as important. As with the original release, features a 30-second 11th track not mentioned in the track listing on the outer sleeve but present on the album.
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VAMPI 110CD
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2009 release. Black Merda (pronounced "Black Murder"), the first all black rock band to write and play their own music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, are considered to be black rock pioneers as well as the originators of their own style of black psychedelic rock. They released two albums in the 1970s, Black Merda and Long Burn The Fire, which weren't properly promoted when first released, but are now seen as black rock classics by a growing number of international music fans. Now they're back, funkier and musically diverse as ever, with a new batch of songs, to take you on a magical musical trip, that'll have your heads and minds bouncing and tripping in some new directions and happy positions. So sit back, and relax, and enjoy the funk-rock majesty of Black Merda's A Force Of Nature. CD digipack with extensive liner notes by rock critic Michael Hurtt. (Mojo).
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VAMPI 45043EP
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Two songs recorded in 2008 in their hometown Detroit with the help of ex-Detrot Cobras Jeff Meier (who has recorded sessions with White Stripes, Nathaniel Mayer, The Gories). Black Merda's unique style of music has been called funk-rock, black-rock, psych-funk, black psychedelic funk and a host of other names.
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