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Hell Preachers Inc.: Supreme Psychedelic Underground LP

Hell Preachers Inc.: Supreme Psychedelic Underground LP. 1968 psych. Rare Greek edition. "Deep Purple" print.

ORIGINAL, DEEP PURPLE MK Is STYLE HEAVY PSYCH / HARD!! Strong 1968 psych with good guitar and Hammond organ on the Europa label.

Hell Preachers Inc.   Supreme Psychedelic Underground
Label: Europa   E 356 presumably Greek version as AEPI is mentioned in the labels of the vinyl. The Greek company for the protection of intellectual property copyright works.

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album [visual inspection only: used cover album sleeve, vinyl LOOKS new to me, but please check all the pictures to decide if you agree with what I just said, or not]
Country: Germany
Released: 1968
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Tracklist:
A1 Time Race 1 2:25 or  Will immediately remind you of Deep Purple (Check whole song)
A2 Shalom 6:05
A3 Let Me Shoot You 3:30
A4 Nirwana 2:25
A5 Courante 2:50  or  or    (Check whole song)

B1 Preacher Man 3:00
B2 We Like The White Man 1:30
B3 Turn Turn 3:15
B4 Spy In Space 6:15
B5 Time Race 2 5:02      (Check whole song)  Does it remind you of Deep Purple when it hits 1:42?
 
Record Company Miller International Schallplatten GmbH
Made By Miller International Schallplatten GmbH

Long ago and far away, in a world that existed before digital domination, fly by night imprints tapped producers and studio musicians to spit out albums mirroring the popular sounds of the day. The sole goal was, to of course make money, not an artistic statement. But a fair number of these exploitation efforts were astonishingly good, particularly those born during the psychedelic era. The crafty faces behind such ventures naturally remained nameless, as no credits ever appeared on the record sleeves. But the so-called bands were christened, sporting handles that were downright silly or strange. The Colorado based Gear Fab label has been doing a fantastic job resurrecting these cashing in on the hippest fad albums, and its latest treasure couples two extremely rare relics onto one disc.

Originally released in 1968, Supreme Psychedelic Underground by Hell Preachers Inc. is so freaky and off the wall that it leads the listener to wonder what dimension these performers were operating in. Slathered in a spellbinding sauce of swirling keyboards, snake-charming Middle Eastern motifs and Gothic vocals, Shalom kicks in as a platinum-plated raga rock piece, the pummeling bite of Curante is tempered by a giddy bubblegum chorus of la la la la la la, and We Like The White Man, with its hypnotic tribal drumming and repetitious chant of We Like The White Man could easily pass as an early rap song. Dancing organ passages, accompanied by blasts of monster guitar dynamics wire Time Race and Turn Turn thumps and pumps to an acid-damaged Bo Diddley beat. Rumor has it that Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice of Deep Purple donated their talents to Supreme Psychedelic Underground, which is not surprising, considering the influence of the hotshot British band looms large. Traces of Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd and Steppenwolf can also be detected, but employed in a far weirder and wackier context if you can imagine that.

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Comments:
Hell Preachers Inc. have nothing to do with Deep Purple. They are the German band Bokaj Retsiem in disguise. In other words they include all original Lucifers Friend members, except John Lawton and probably Peter Hesslein.

Bokaj Retsiem were post-German Bonds and pre-Lucifers Friend

This was a studio project made up by members of Hamburgs legends THE RATTLES and THE GERMAN BONDS (they re-united this year and played some concerts here) who evolved into LUCIFERS FRIEND later.

This album has acquired a certain notoriety since its appearance in 1968, on account of a stubborn rumour that its the work of three members of the young Deep Purple.

The sound is indeed similar to that on their contemporaneous Shades Of Deep Purple album. But its highly unlikely that they were involved here.

Broiling, fuming hard-psych exploito record which was definitely not recorded by members of Deep Purple. It was rumoured that this album was made by Ritchie Blackmore (gtr), Jon Lord (keyb'ds) and Ian Paice (drms) in their pre-Deep Purple days, but all three have persistently denied this. The members are unknown, so the mystery continues.
The album feature some good guitar and organ work, notably on "Time Race part 1 & 2", but its best moment is probably the Bo Diddley derivative "Turn Turn".
One of the better period exploito albums.

 

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