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ARTIST: THE GODZ

TITLE: “CONTACT HIGH WIT(H) TH GODZ” (COVER MISPRINT)

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS/BELOW:

A1

Turn On

4:16

A2

White Cat Heat

2:05

A3

Na Na Naa

2:51

A4

Elevem

3:50

B1

1 + 1 = ?

2:38

B2

Lay In The Sun

2:52

B3

Squeak

2:46

B4

Godz

1:23

B5

May You Never Be Alone

1:33

NOTES:

All Compositions © 1966 United International (ASCAP)

Recorded on Sept. 28, 1966.
Has different cover (band photo) and green label (see photos) maybe reissue from the 70's!

Cover misspells the title: Contact High Wit Da Godz

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout: (Side A, etched): ESPS ∆1037 A ORT-3 (inside a box): DBH

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1972 ACCORDING TO DISCOGS, ORIGINAL RELEASE 1966

RECORD LABLE: ESP RECORDS (GREEN LABELS)

CAT.#: ESP-1037

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN EX/EX+ CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES,BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. THE SONGS SOUND GREAT. PLAYS SUPER CLEAN! LOOKS AND PLAYS NEARLY NEW,

JACKET CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN VG/VG+ CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO SEAM SPLITS, NO WRITING, BENDS, MARKS, WRITING ON IT. VISIBLE LIGHT RING WEAR, MAINLY ON THE FRONT (SEE PHOTOS). SMALL CORNER “DING” UPPER LEFT (SEE PHOTO)

MORE INFO : THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. THIS IS A VERY LO-FI KINDA FOLKISH FREAK OUT RECORD. SIMILAR TO THE FUGS.

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ARTIST INFO:

The Godz were a New York City-based avant-noise psychedelic band that originally existed from 1966 to 1973.

History

The Godz musicians were guitarist Jim McCarthy, bassist Larry Kessler, autoharpistJay Dillon, and drummer Paul Thornton.They started the band after Larry Kessler met Jim McCarthy and Paul Thornton when they all took jobs in the 49th Street location of the musical instruments store Sam Goody's.

According to McCarthy they came up with their musical approach on this situation: "One day Paul came over to visit them, and the three gathered in Larry's living room to smoke a joint." What happened next was purely accidental, according to Jim: "There were all these percussive instruments lying around and out of total frustration, I got up and started shaking a tambourine or something like that, and that's how it all started. We all started to get up and make noise like a bunch of maniacs, expressing our frustration."

After this event, "Larry made a suggestion that had both Jim and Paul questioning his sanity: that the three audition this impromptu 'band' for ESP ." Kessler had been working for the ESO-Disk jazz record label which was founded by Bernard Stollman. ESP also released recordings by another underground rock band from this era from New York City, The Fugs which heavily influenced the band. The group auditioned for ESP-Disk in late 1966. Larry Kessler recalled, "I invited Stollman to a party where we performed ‘White Cat Heat’. He loved it and booked three hours at A-1 studios in NYC, to cut a single and we did an entire album… He was upset at first but he liked it enough to put it out."

The Godz' first recording session took place on September 28, 1966, from which came their first album Contact High released in 1966. They released their second LP in 1967 called Godz 2. Without Jay Dillon "the remaining three Godz cut The Third Testament (in 1968), inviting several friends to invade the studio and freak out on a few numbers, then filling in the rest with solo numbers by each of the three remaining members."Their final album was released in 1973 and it was called Godzundheit.

In July 2005, Jay Dillon's niece posted a message stating that he had died several years before. In early 2007, the surviving members, Jim McCarthy, Larry Kessler, and Paul Thornton, reunited to produce new recordings. Six of these recordings appear on The Godz Remastered, released by Manta Ray Records in 2012 and another three of the recordings from this session appear on Gift from the Godz released in 2014 by Manta Ray Records. In late 2014, Larry Kessler put together a road band and billed the experience as L.L. Kessler's "GODZ" show with shows across the northeast of the United States.

In 2015, Larry Kessler's "Godz" started working on new material for release. The singles "Hungry for Love" and "America" came from these sessions. There were sporadic shows in New York, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, a few of the appearances including original member Paul Thornton. On April 29, 2016, Thornton made his final appearance with The Godz at film director Jeffrey Wengrofsky's residency at Howl! Happening in New York City. In 2018, Larry Kessler's "Godz" performed at the Sowebo and Charles Village festivals in Baltimore. In 2019, the band welcomed the arrival of Mike Walker on drums, and Charles Walker on keyboards and backing vocals. Larry Kessler's "Godz" recorded "Thanks," released by Manta Ray Records later that year.

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