1973 ORIG THE GODZ GODZUNHEIT GARAGE RAW & MELODIC "UNDERGROUND
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ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS ~straight from the UNDERGROUND!
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THE GODZ
"GODZUNHEIT"
USA -ESP DISK - 2017
~CLEAN~
Original 1973 FIRST PRINT in remarkable minty condition... hard enough to find the original - but this clean ?
The Godz were guitarist Jim McCarthy, bassist Larry Kessler, autoharpist Jay Dillon, and drummer Paul Thornton. They started the band after Larry Kessler met Jim McCarthy and Paul Thornton when they all took jobs in the 49th Street location of the famous musical instruments store Sam Goody's.
According to McCarthy they came up with their musical approach on this situation: "One day Paul came over to visit them, and the three gathered in Larry's living room to smoke a joint." What happened next was purely accidental, according to Jim: "There were all these percussive instruments lying around and out of total frustration, I got up and started shaking a tambourine or something like that, and that's how it all started. We all started to get up and make noise like a bunch of maniacs, expressing our frustration."
After this event, "Larry made a suggestion that had both Jim and Paul questioning his sanity: that the three audition this impromptu 'band' for ESP." Larry Kessler had been working for the ESP-Disk jazz record label which was founded by Bernard Stollman. ESP also released recordings by other two underground rock bands from this era from New York City: the Fugs and Pearls Before Swine.
The Godz' first recording session took place on September 28, 1966 from which came their first album Contact High released on 1966. They released their second LP in 1967 called Godz 2. Without Jay Dillon "the remaining three Godz cut The Third Testament (in 1969), inviting several friends to invade the studio and freak out on a few numbers (a concept borrowed from the Red Crayola's Parable of Arable Land), then filling in the rest with solo numbers by each of the three remaining members." Their final album was released in 1973 and it was called Godzundheit. Which was a "group" effort containing some real gems...much more listenable than their earlier albums and even featuring some melodic garage sounding tunage meeting the "sounds of the underground. It's mostly a loose take on early '70s rock though moments recall, somewhat, their freaked out past (the wild-eyed "Whiffenspoof Song" and their rockin' piss-take of the STONES "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and even an edgy Creedence Clearwater vibe but being a far more pointedly leftist, non-commercial take on that kind of swampy folk rock... and yeah - we like it! And it has the GODZHI ghlight of them all -- "Whiffenspoof Song" (recorded about 6 years before) which, - could it be??? - the best pop song of all times?!?
Take the Time 4:36
Dirty Windows 3:24
Give a Damn 3:43
Women of the World 2:13
Weary Blues 2:47
Jumpin' Jack Flash 3:47
Whiffenspoof Song 3:26
Wisdom of a Fool 5:52
CONDITION: The cover: rated: M-- really hard to find this 43 year old gem THIS clean without cover wear - harder to find than you may think THIS clean! There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy appearance ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- extra-clean all over ...plays with very enjoyable CLEAN audio ... both ESP labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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