Sold Date: March 22, 2014
Start Date: March 22, 2014
Final Price: $15.77 (USD)
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White Witch "A Spiritual Greeting" LP on 1974 US issue Capricorn Records # CP 0129 Stereo ...The jacket has some storage and ring wear, and is overall in very good minus to very good condition (very typical of white jackets!) ...The vinyl has a few light scratches, and is easily in very good condition ...  If requesting shipment out of the USA, please read the ad for all postage options 

I use Goldmine magazine's strict guidelines for rating records, and most dealers think I rate TOO hard! ALL items sent in the USA ARE SENT with tracking and delivery confirmation ...

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titles : We'll All Ride High (Money Bags), Slick Witch, Walk On, Class Of 2000, Showdown, Crystallize And Realize, Black Widow Lover, Auntie Christie Harlow ... Despite the Top 40 dominance of singer/songwriters and mellow sounds, hard rock bands sold millions of albums during the early- to mid-'70s. Black Sabbath, Grand Funk, Alice Cooper were was producing their most influential records, the ones that would inspire countless metal bands to emulate their sound and demonic affectations. Whitewitch may have been as good as any hard rock band of their day — and was certainly better than many — but, where Ozzy and company capitalized on an implied link to Satanism, White Witch worked the other side of the philosophical street, suggesting some vague association with "white" (good) magic. The lack of white magic-influenced bands in subsequent years indicates which approach was more successful and appealing to audiences. It couldn't have helped that they were on Capricorn Records, the label that was home to The Allman Brothers and many Southern rock bands they influenced. (Reportedly, unsold White Witch albums were melted down to press Dickey Betts' solo records.) Regardless of their obscurity, White Witch was versatile, often surprising, and always listenable. On their second (and best, and final) album, they integrating progressive, glam, and psychedelic elements into something of a hard rock sampler. Lead singer Ron Goedert (d. 2000) was a vocal chameleon, and the band was equally adept at playing heavy and with finesse. The addictive "Showdown" sounds like a gutsier version of Supertramp or a poppier Deep Purple, and trippy tracks, "Crystallize and Realize" and "Class of 2000" could almost pass for lightweight early Genesis. "Walk On," the album's best song, is a lilting stroll that would stand out on any of The Kinks' '70s concept albums. While the group's philosophy is never exactly clear, lyrics referencing the Book of Revelations and Jean Harlow (in a single song) make for interesting listening. And whether sounding like a leather-lunged Brit screamer or a ringer for Ray Davies, Goedert delivers even when the songwriting doesn't. Although A Spiritual Greeting was, in fact, the band's farewell, it's a satisfying slice of vintage hard rock.