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Lost pop psych classic
Originally issued in August 1969
Biographical notes included
Finally back on CD
CD reissue of the second 1969 album by this US psych-rock band now on CD for first time. Originally on the UNI label and produced by the team that hyped Strawberry Alarm Clock into the big time this album is in many ways similar to SAC with fuzz guitar and soulful vocal harmonies plus some very strange brass arrangements. The album opens with a wild sound effects and narration track by Dave Diamond, the same guy who did the Diamond Mine track on Pebble's Vol 3. The band later became Big Brother Featuring Ernie Joseph and made a killer heavy psych album.
'This quintet specialised in peppy pop, with horns, strings and flashes of organ and electric guitar' - Endless Trip
Originally formed in Santa Barbara as a British Invasion-influenced act named Ernie & The Emperors, this quintet's debut appeared in November 1968. Cool It... Helios is their second and final effort, and first appeared in August 1969, when it sank without trace. Combining psychedelic rock, soulful pop and bubblegum to impressive effect, it has become a sought-after collectible, and makes its long-overdue return to CD here, complete with informative liner notes
1. The Invasion of Helios
2. Cool It
3. Hello Yesterday
4. Trust Somebody
5. Don't Make Me Leave You
6. What Became of Yesterday's Hero?
7. Welcome To the World
8. Help Yourself
9. It's Getting Harder
10. Who Can Teach a Songbird How To Sing?
11. Everything Comes Sooner or Later
12. Cleo
13. Don't Jump To Conclusions
14. Popcorn Double Feature
15. Walking In Different Circles
16. I Don't Want To Live This Way
