1968 UK og HEAVY MYSTICAL SAM GOPAL LEMMY FUZZ ACID PROG HAWKWIND MOTORHEAD
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- SAM GOPAL
- Sam Gopals Dream
- "ESCALATOR"
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- "MADE IN ENGLAND" - STABLE RECORDS - SLE 8001 (stereo)
- near Top Copy ... plays beautiful
- SAM GOPAL (aka Sam Gopals Dream) ... the 1968 legendary fuzz psych British underground crew combined heavy rock meshed with dreamy raw vibes. Guitarist & vocalist is Ian Willis aka "Lemmy" who's claim to legend was Hawkwind and fame with his Motorhead. The Sam Gopal crew were definitely a spawning of those groups in both mind-set and execution.
Featuring the very young and mighty LEMMY on lead vocals as well as lead and rhythm guitar credited as Ian Willis, who would go on in 1971 to join British psychedelic pioneers Hawkwind, before becoming a founding member and front man, lead vocalist and bassist of heavy metal giants Motorhead under his birth name of Ian Kilmister, although being much better known by his nickname “Lemmy.”
The band consisted of Sam Gopal (bongos/tablas) and Lemmy, with Roger D’Ella on lead, acoustic and rhythm guitars and Phil Duke on bass guitar.
“Escalator” consists of five tunes written by Lemmy, four credited to the band, and two cover tunes, “Angry Faces” penned by one obscur-o Leo Davidson, and a superior rendering of the Donovan classic “Season Of The Witch.”
“Escalator” opens with the group composition “Cold Embrace” a hard rocker filled with fuzzed-out guitars, a thundering bass line and gorgeously echoed vocals by Lemmy. In addition to its roaring lead line the track features a soaring guitar solo. Another tune credited to the band, “The Dark Lord” is another heavy rocker, reminiscent of Black Sabbath, with fuzz guitar layered over a luscious lead line and tablas underneath and a monster guitar solo. Lemmy’s “The Sky Is Crying” is much gentler, with flamenco style acoustic guitar and gorgeous vocals. “You’re Alone Now” has a raga intro leading up to a climbing guitar solo and a false stop before returning to its Eastern influenced sound with gorgeous, crisp acoustic guitar to the fore. “Grass” is a terrific number, with incredibly clean sounding guitar, tablas and vocals, its rolling acoustic guitar solo giving it a super EASTERN raga feel. Side one closes with “It’s Only Love” bringing The Yardbirds to mind, with its rather gentle psychedelic intro before the tempo changes about a minute in as the guitars heat up. Midway through the just short of five minute track it settles into a melodic groove of guitars, tablas and HEAD-ZONED vocals as the song and side come to an end.
Side two opens with the hot rocking title track whose fuzz filled guitars and frenzied vocals are joined by Gopal’s familiar tablas. The tempo speeds up at the two minute mark building to a crescendo as a fuzz guitar solo pushes the song’s final minute. “Angel Faces” opens with EFFICIENT thunderstorm sound effects giving way to delicate flamenco guitar, its cool, and lead guitar line joined by relentless acoustic guitar adding to an infectious texture. Swirling fuzz guitars race throughout the band original “Midsummer Nights Dream” highlighted by yet another soaring mid-tune solo. The group’s four and a half minute superior version “Season Of The Witch” opens with a thick aggressive bass intro, followed by an insistent guitar riff before Lemmy’s vocal enter, Gopal’s tabla work keeping time. Effective female backing vocals and thundering drums set the song apart before tablas and smoking guitars play the tune out. The album closes with the gentlest tune of Lemmy’s career, “Yesterlove” has a delicate guitar intro with tablas and chimes adding texture supplemented Lemmy’s heavily echoed vocals for good measure. The song, with its trippy vibe and even more Eastern influence is the perfect closer to the fantastic album. Even Lemmy considered reevaluation of the album when in his Hawkwind days, asked what he thought of the Sam Gopal Lp, Lemmy replied "It's rubbish"...yet some 10 years, then heading Motorhead, asked if he still felt the same about the "Sam Gopal" Lp, he replied, "ah, it's quite good idn't it?" ...so even artists reconsider their own work - sometimes.
SIDE A "Cold Embrace"
"The Dark Lord"
"The Sky is Burning"
"You're Alone Now"
"Grass"
"It's Only Love"
Side B
"Escalator"
"Angry Faces"
"Midsummer Night's Dream"
"Season of the Witch"
"Yesterlove"
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: EX (excellent) solid, very clean TEXTURED gatefold cover, only slight prior use detected =see photos= only light handling, highly collection worthy with NO need for upgrade unless something perfect falls into hands, good luck finding! There are fresh original colors, not faded, no delete marks, no split seams, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: near M- visually / audio = clean both sides reveal careful use, thick heavy '68 platter looks and plays entirely clean and fresh... Really a nice final collection platter from 57 years ago...and both UK Stable labels are clean ... hard to find better!
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