LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

“If the Moody Blues had been stranded in the Sonora Desert with nothing but peyote for sustenance, this this the album they would have made.” - RECORD COLLECTOR
• Out of print for decades and now Bob Irwin’s definitive master is getting the Kevin Gray treatment!
• Cut by Kevin Gray and pressed Third Man Pressing in Detroit.

Maybe it’s their proximity to all that funny-tasting cactus, but Arizona has produced more than its share of mind-bending rock combos and Kennélmus might just be the wildest of the bunch. The Chantays sand-wrestling with the Electric Prunes, refereed by Captain Beefheart almost certainly does justice to the mind-bending sound of Kennélmus.

“This way-obscure Phoenix band released a late-period psychedelic album in 1971, that by the standards of self-released LPs of the time, was several layers above the usual such offering. The exotic dabs or melodica, zither, and special effects by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ken Walker added a cloud of eeriness; ‘I Don’t Know’ has keyboards straight off the Chantays’ surf classic ‘Pipeline,’ ‘Goodbye Pamela Ann’ has scorching psychedelic guitar that sounds like a mating of the Electric Prunes and Haight-Ashbury, and ‘Mother Of My Children’ has vocals that sound like a Lee Hazlewood parody.” - ALLMUSIC.COM

Track Listing

• A1 I Don't Know 2:27
• A2 Patti's Dream 4:31
• A3 Dancing Doris 3:34
• A4 Goodbye Pamela Ann 3:39
• A5 Monologue 0:52
• A6 Black Sunshine 2:50
• B1 Think For Yourself 2:49
• B2 The Bug, The Goat & The Hearse 0:42
• B3 Shapes Of Sleep 2:43
• B4 Clouds Of Lead 0:37
• B5 Mother Of My Children 2:44
• B6 1001 Twice 1:05
• B7 Sylvan Shores 2:51
• B8 Bulletin!! 0:30
• B9 The Raven 5:23