SURPRISE PACKAGE - Free Up +1 - SWE Flawed Gems Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE

Released in 1969, the only album by a great American heavy-psychedelic group, without a doubt looking up to Iron Butterfly of the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" period (that is good!) and to the then output of Vanilla Fudge and The Doors. A great advantage of this record is the wonderful overdriven guitar sound - on a par with the Hammond organ filling the sonic spectrum. Fortunately the LP has no filler, and particular attention is deserved by the 7-minute, mighty "100% Vision" (ah, that guitar!) and the 16-minute, excellent "Free Up" - a very intense track, at moments deceptively reminiscent of an Iron Butterfly suite (there is a drum solo, a superb guitar solo and organ slow-downs), yet it is so good to listen to that any 'borrowings' do not matter in this case. In addition, a cover, released only on a single, of the (very popular at the time) hit "MacArthur Park" is included. This is a psych rock masterpiece from the American second division. A MUST!