The Crome Syrcus — Love Cycle 1968 (USA, Psychedelic Rock)
This psyhcedelic nugget wrapped within a lovely hippie album covers offers to an interested listener both conventional San Francisco psych pop rock, and also experimental material, proving that they were among the rock artists searching the boundaries of their art and style. The opening track might be a disappointment to a prog listener, but I enjoyed the more fragile following numbers. The keyboard driven sound with much vocals and emotional approach also remind the sound of the Vanilla Fudge, and I just love that soaring acid guitar giving the solos. The last song of the album is a 17-minutes long epic, containing some references to classical choral music, which then get a sudden LSD-treatment. I would suggest this album to fans of the history of early artistic psychedelic rock music and those interested of American 1960's garage rock.
by Psychedelic Prog Specialist Team
The only longplay from the Seattle-based band, which soon moved to San Francisco. The album's final track, "The Love Cycle," is over 17 minutes long, and features the band experimenting with a wide variety of sounds and styles. The Crome Syrcus disbanded in 1973, but released no recordings after 1969.
Tracks:
01. Take It Like A Man - 0:00
02. You Made A Change In Me - 3:36
03. Crystals - 9:00
04. Never Come Down - 12:02
05. Woman Woman - 15:52
06. The Love Cycle - 17:45
Personnel:
Lee Graham - vocals, bass, flute
Ted Shreffler - keyboards
John Gaborit - lead guitar
Dick Powell - mouth harp, keyboards, vocals
Rob Pilloud - drums
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Loren Becker, Peter Katims, Robert Byrne – producers
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