Pat Kilroy Light of Day Folk Psych Acid Archives MONO

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Pat Kilroy, Light of Day. Mono! Here's what the great Acid Archives had to say about it, "Extraordinary and historically important bohemian folk/raga LP with a timeless freak quality. About half is swampy folk-blues that sounds like a coffee-house version of early Captain Beefheart, the other half is stunning Eastern trance/drone folk-psychedelia years ahead of its time. Excellent use is made of various minor instruments that include jew's harp and bells, while Kilroy's voice goes from moody introspection into all-out howling, whether due to bad moonshine or potent peyote is hard to tell. A raw, improvised feeling typical of westcoast avant-folk is retained throughout, even as the lyrics and arrangements indicate that a lot of work went into it. Side 1 is somewhat more conventional, while side 2 zooms into hallucinatory acid folk domains on things like "Vibrations" and the title track. A couple of numbers sound remarkably like what Kilroy's Elektra colleagues Incredible String Band would become famous for in 1967-68, but this LP predates them by at least a year... challenging at times, with some tracks not quite successful, but still a must. Kilroy was member of early SF folk-avant group New Age (seen in the movie "The Love-Ins"), and sadly passed away as early as 1967. A UK pressing in a US sleeve exists. [PL]

On the front cover of "Light of Day", Kilroy looks a bit like a cowboy, but a look at the back will inform potential buyers that we're not in Hank Williams territory. The album begins with a song called "Magic Carpet," ends with one called "Star Dance" and also includes the titles "The Pipes Of Pan" and "Vibrations". The liner notes reference Hebrides' Islanders' chants, "Moods of Spanish gypsies," "the magnetic pulsations of African hypnotic drums," music of India, dances of the Middle East, the writings of Hesse, Huxley, George Gurdjieff, and, most importantly, the Sufi Message. In the year before the summer of love, he ends the notes with the single word "peace". It's no surprise, then, that the music tests previously uncharted waters, and as with an equally unique 1966 album, "Psychedelic Moods of the Deep", it goes places where no one would go again. The Deep's album invented psychedelic music without any noticeable influences, but went unnoticed when the genre exploded via well-known artists. Kilroy invented acid folk, though, unlike the Deep, he didn't do so intentionally. The difference is a significant one because there's no artifice or sense of exploitation in Kilroy's music. (This isn't a knock on the Deep's album, which I think is even better than this, even if it's not 100% "genuine"). Regardless, nobody heard this album either, and the wave of psychedelic folk-rock and singer-songwriter types who followed would come from completely different mindsets. Admittedly, "Light Of Day" is mostly more experimental than it is "good", with fragmented songwriting, rough singing and awkward rhythms, but it has moments of true inspiration and is a completely original work, something you all should hear. [AM] " No reserve auction! I ship worldwide! I combine shipping!

Grading: VG cover with edge wear, minor ring wear and a 2" seam split on the top right side of the jacket (the side that the lp slides into the jacket - not the spine). VG+ glossy vinyl with a few light hairline scratches that don't affect play. Small stamp on side one of the label.

Cleaned on a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine.

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