SALVATION COMPANY Earl Of Ruston 1970 ORIG TRIPPY DREAMY ACID PSYCH LP LISTEN

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THE SALVATION COMPANY "EARL OF RUSTON" LP

ORIGINAL 1970 LP ON THE US CAPITOL LABEL, STEREO ST-465

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Surprisingly rare record on the US Capitol label from the Salvation Company, on the same label as those biggies by Gandalf and Common People but not yet mentioned in the same breath.  This one seems far more obscure but then again, from what I've read, if you were alive in the Deep South back in 1970 and 1971, it wasn't very obscure at all.  Because EARL OF RUSTON is a concept album of sorts, written about Ruston Louisiana's town crazy Earl D. Woods (who wasn't REALLY crazy at all, according to his mom, he just knew how to "milk it"), and it deftly incorporates gospel rock, dreamy soft psychedelia and country rock, making it quite a difficult record to pigeonhole.  Highlights for me include the clattering titanic percussion-heavy gruff psych rumbler "Guitar Song," and the gentle marshmallow dream popsike cloud of "Just Your Old Friend," a trippy late-night percocet groove that's easily the closest thing on here to its Gandalf and Common People brethren.  "Earl was a head, Earl was a head, Earl was ahead of his time," they sing sneakily.  Earl, of course, didn't live to hear his tribute, having died in 1969 of some crazy disease (sorry, couldn't resist), but his tribute album turned into a popular live show across the south (where it played as far West as Austin) and, believe it or not, even made it to Broadway in New York.  Earl's then 75-year-old mom, Leecy (who appears on this album), who had never been out of Louisiana, made an appearance on the TONIGHT SHOW with Johnny Carson, where the audience loved her.  The Salvation Company obviously loved Earl from Ruston too, and it shows here.  I stayed in beautiful Ruston, Louisiana myself - twice - and guess what?  I loved it.

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