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AA 100CD
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"Lightning was an offshoot of Minneapolis '60s legends Litter that featured guitar wizard Tom 'Zippy' Caplan. After recording the Litter's 1966 garage classic Distortions and 1968 psych masterpiece $100 Fine, Caplan split from the Litter and formed Lightning. The band started out as a power trio and cut one fierce Cream-inspired single 'William' b/w 'Of Paupers And Poets' in 1968 under the White Lightning moniker with Twin Cities record producer Warren Kendrick. The band regrouped into a quintet and scored a record deal with P.I.P. which issued their eight-song album. That album has since become a highly collectable LP. Lightning became one of the Midwest's hardest working rock acts and toured extensively throughout the region during their three-year tenure. This authorized CD reissue includes their entire LP, the aforementioned 45, plus six additional bonus tracks (including edited 45 mixes of two album tracks) all wrapped in an archival 12-page booklet with lots of photos and liner notes by Litter-scribe Doug Sheppard. Between this package and Arf Arf's White Lightning Strikes Twice [1968-1969] release, the band's entire musical legacy has been properly archived. Fans of Blue Cheer, Cream, Hendrix, and Arf Arf's four psychedelic Dose comps will really dig this new disc."
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AA 074CD
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1998 release; unheralded "countercultural psych from New Jersey". "Formed in 1966 out of the ashes of the Marc 5 and Sonix, this Colonia, NJ ensemble captured the changing times and sociological upheaval of the pre-Woodstock nation. Like the Jefferson Airplane, Neighb'rhood Childr'n and United States Of America, 6 Feet Under was blessed with a dynamic diva who soared amidst searing fuzz leads, swirling organ chords, and gifted songwriting with prophetic lyrics. This 78-minute CD documents the underground '60s counter-cultural aesthetic in full bloom."
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AA 061CD
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1996 release. "From Grand Rapids, Michigan comes this highly coveted '68 psych masterpiece. Original albums now command prices in the high three figures. This legit reish from the tapes comes with four bonus tracks packaged in a myndblowing 24-page booklet."
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