BUZZSAW - FROM LEMON DROPS TO ACID ROCK 71 HVY PSYCH PROTO GRUNGE REMAST SLD 2LP

Sold Date: June 23, 2015
Start Date: May 26, 2015
Final Price: $33.95 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 10712
Buyer Feedback: 7


BUZZSAW – From Lemon Drops To Acid Rock. Out-Sider Music OSR 032. Spanish release. FACTORY SEALED VINYL RECORD ALBUM 2-LP SET. Originally recorded in 1971, but unissued at the time. This edition issued in 2015. Remastered from the original master tapes and acetates. Comes in a single pocket jacket with a liner note insert. The 14 unmarked tracks were first released by Cicadelic Records via Colletables Records on CD in 1995, of course these same tracks have been remastered for this release. MEMBERS:  Eddie Weiss (guitar, vocals, main composer), Rick Fertel (bass, vocals), and Gary Weiss (drums, vocals). TRACKS:  Saturn Is Just A Few Days Away, Death Calls, Linda In Rhinestones*, U.S. Chick, Roll Your Green Grass On, Walkin’ Through A Rainbow, I Really Like To Blow Your Mind, In The Country, The Sun Just Come Up On The Other Side, Gotta Be Rock ‘n’ Roll, Saturn Jam, Don’t Listen To Sam, Nowhere To Go**, Gotta Be Rock ‘n’ Roll* (acetate version), Saturn Is Just A Few Days Away* (alternate version), The Sun Just Come Up On The Other Side* (alternate version), Fire It Up*, Out In The Country* (alternate version), U.S. Chick* (acetate version), Nowhere To Go* (acetate version), Won’t You Miss Her When She’s Gone, I’ll Be Wanting, and Such A Nice Morning (* denotes previously unreleased; ** denotes previously unreleased on vinyl). DESCRIPTION:  From the ashes of 60s garage band The Lemon Drops comes power trio Buzzsaw with their loud heavy-psych sound (there name is a reference to the old sawmill that Neil Young had purchased and lived in, Starhill, located in the mountains overlooking the mighty Redwoods where the band would retreat to and write songs). In the late 60s, The Lemon Drops, one of the finest garage-psych bands from Chicago, relocated to the West Coast, where they gigged around and tried to secure a record contract. After a three-day “strawberry acid party” at manager Dan Herron’s mansion, the original band disintegrated. And that’s when power trio Buzzsaw was born, featuring Eddie and Gary Weiss (both ex-Lemon Drops) on guitar / drums respectively and Rick Fertel on bass. Buzzsaw was the perfect vehicle for Eddie Weiss to push his guitar and effect pedals to the limit. The trio used to visit Starhill, Neil Young’s old sawmill in La Honda, where they rehearsed & wrote songs. In 1971, Max Weiss (Creedence Clearwater Revival’s manager and no relation the Chicago Weiss’) expressed interest in the band, so Buzzsaw entered Ampex Studios in San Francisco to lay down some tracks. They also recorded some material at Pacific Sound Studios. Sadly, Buzzsaw only released one 45 during their short lifespan. And it was a frustrating release, as it included a recording from the Lemon Drops era on the A-Side backed with a new song which didn’t reflect the real sound of the band on the B-Side. That 45 went nowhere, Buzzsaw split and the recordings they did at Ampex and Pacific Studios remained unreleased until 1995, when some of them were included on From Lemon Drops To Acid Rock, a Buzzsaw CD compilation by Cicadelic Records. This Buzzsaw double vinyl retrospective includes all the tracks from the previous From Lemon Drops To Acid Rock CD plus some amazing recently discovered acetates and unreleased master tapes. The music is orgasmic ’71 heavy-psych / proto-grunge in the style of Hendrix and Blue Cheer with killer fuzz-wah guitar and melodic vocals. Eddie’s guitar sound is just insane…despite the vintage ’71 date, some of his playing would not be out of place on a High Rise or Ty Segall album. Fully licensed. Remastered sound from the original tapes and acetates. Liner notes by original producer Roger Weiss.     

 

 

 

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