Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction To Your Mind - Canyon LP
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Swamp Dogg
Total Destruction To Your Mind
Condition:
Vinyl: EX+
Cover: EX
Please see our About Me page for Vinyl Condition Grading details
1970 Canyon Records - LP-7706
With a voice that has been described (humorously, but accurately) as one-part Cher and one-part early Van Morrison, but with a style much more reminiscent of Otis Redding, Jerry Williams (better known as the eccentric, idiosyncratic, and always entertaining Swamp Dogg) is one of the great characters in rock and soul music.
A Virginia native, Williams invented his own legend by claiming that he had little proper schooling, only to wake up one day and find himself a musical genius (his words). Actually, Williams is very talented, and an early association with Jerry Wexler and Phil Walden led to him working for a number of years as a producer, engineer, and occasional songwriter with Atlantic in the '60s. At decade's end, however, he decided that the time was right to unleash Swamp Dogg's singular view of the world on an unsuspecting public.
The initial result was one of the most gloriously gonzo soul recordings of all time, Total Destruction to Your Mind (Mostly written in 1968 and recorded in '69, it was not released until 1970). Along with living up to its title, it was a renegade chunk of not-so-commercial music, with an unforgettable (though fuzzy) cover shot of the Swampster in his underwear.
Blessed with an unbelievably off-kilter sense of humor, which he is entirely unafraid to display on wax, Swamp's music is straight soul music dipped in LSD, but rocks like Solomon Burke or Wilson Pickett. The album's charm may have to do with Dogg's world view: part libertarian politics; part Zappa-style critiques of commerciality and capitalism; and part randy male, the latter defining for better and worse his view of women.
The title track is a slam-bangin' chunk of rock and funk that's pushed by a great session band including guitarist Jesse Carr and drummer Johnny Sandlin, and is easily Dogg's finest moment on record. But the rest of this is worthy as well, ranging from the consumer nightmare "Synthetic World" to the paternity blues of "Mama's Baby, Daddy's Maybe". Dogg is a great singer, and his dizzying range gets a workout on these songs.
Although undeniably great, Total Destruction to Your Mind is one of the most obscure soul records ever made (the original LPs were tough to find, seemingly from the moment they were released) and it remains today as consistantly among the toughest to find.
We have conservatively visually graded the vinyl at EX+ , but it is really very close to Near Mint. Considering its rarity and condition, we have a very fair reserve.
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