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LP PHLUPH
Phluph
Country of release: Italy, 2001
Original released: 1968
Label: Akarma
Catalogue number: AK 147
Barcode: -
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes
Condition Record: MINT
Condition Cover: MINT
LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!
(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1. Doctor Mind (2:55)
2. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (2:45)
3. In Her Way (3:03)
4. An Other Way (4:46)
5. Girl In Tears (3:11)
6. Ellyptical Machine (2:30)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Lovely Lady (5:54)
2. Death Of A Nation (2:38)
3. Love Eyes (6:58)
4. Patterns (2:34)
5. Another Day (Blake IV) (2:50) (Bonustrack)
6. Another Mind (Blake IV) (2:57) (Bonustrack)
Listen At YouTube:
Hailing from Boston in the late sixties, Phluph recorded
their one and only album for the Verve record label before drifting off into
obscurity. One wonders why such a talented group never achieved success in the
music industry.
Perhaps Verve, being a predominatly jazz based label, did not
know how to promote the band properly. Or perhaps it was because Phluph were
part of the ill-fated "Bosstown Sound" scene which caused such a furore in the
music industry at that time.
The “Bosstown Sound” was started as a publicity
campaign by producer Alan Lorber, aiming to market the various Boston based
psychedelic bands on MGM’s books (The Ultimate Spinach, Eden’s Children etc) as
being part of one singular movement.
The idea was to rival the burgeoning San
Francisco scene as well as the Mersey-Beat sound that was being imported from
across the Atlantic. Unfortunately the rock critics and the underground took
umbrage at what they deemed was a shallow corporate attempt at selling the
counter-culture back to them as a package.
There was strong
anti-establishment feeling at this time because of the Vietnam War, and this
helped to fuel the fire against the Boston scene.
This coupled with the
subsequent pressure from those on the West Coast who declaimed them as frauds,
meant that many of the bands became black- listed, never getting the sales
figures that they deserved.
Phluph never survived the backlash and
disappeared, leaving behind their sole album cut for Verve in 1968. Since its
rediscovery the album has garnered some disparaging reviews from some quarters,
yet has been lauded by others.
In all honesty Phluph is not as ground
breaking or experimental as other albums from that era but nevertheless it still
stands as a great slice of psychedelic pop.
It is an album very much of its
time, combining all the elements most people would expect from a late sixties
piece; fuzz guitar, close harmonies, thinly veiled drug references in the lyrics
and a heavy amount of organ grinding.
Sadly the sleeve notes don’t reveal
which band member played which instrument, but working on the assumption that
all organists from the sixties looked like Ray Manzarek, one can probably ear
mark the chap with the enormous glasses and cunning haircut as being the man in
charge of the keys.
And what a player the organist was. Just as Manzarek was
the musical genius and driving force behind the Doors, so too the organist on
this album steers the group to safety, manipulating the instrument in every way
possible in order to draw from it all possible sounds.Whether it’s conjuring up
mournful paranoia for “Girl in Tears” or propelling the group through the
brilliant “Patterns” or the Beatles-esque “Ellyptical Machine”, the guy on the
organ holds the day.
He even gets a freak out on the bizarre “Love Eyes”.
This tune also boasts a haunting guitar solo which DJ Shadow sampled for his
Private Press LP. Apart from those moments of genius the rest of track doesn’t
hold up to much scrutiny.
“In Her Way” has got to be the pick of the bunch.
Spaced out vocal harmonies and jangling guitar chords open the song before the
band gets into a bass heavy groove.
The shimmering organ fades in and out
under the bass line, before the track moves on to a great fuzzy guitar solo,
with the guitarist making the instrument sound like a busted sitar. It’s a near
perfect 3 minutes of psychedelic pop.
In the liner notes on the original LP
there is a quote about the band from Cashbox Magazine: “We can’t see anything
that could possibly hold back a group like this.When their reputation catches up
with their ability, Phluph may very well be famous throughout the
world”.
Unfortunately something did stand in their way and all the potential
from such a talented bunch was never fully realised. In a different world maybe
they would have been given a chance to become more than just a bargain bin relic
(Gerard Fannon/rockasteria.blogspot.de)
Benson Blake IV - Musician –
Benson Blake IV, Joel Maisano, John Pell, Lee Dudley
Joel Maisano - Vocals,
Organ
John Pell - Vocals, Bass
Lee Dudley - Vocals, Drums
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