Got to thinking about this late 60's psych-classic today for some reason and dug it out.......MAN this is another great one that has aged well......the band released a debut effort in 1968 (with which I am not familiar), but after a personel shakeup, they came up with this scorcher "Smooth Ball"(1969).......I've heard the debut (thought I had it, but don't or can't find it), it's very average psych-rock for the era, pretty forgettable......"Smooth Ball", though, a different animal!
If anyone has their first album, please share up, but this is the one to have/hear.....they turned the amps up and opened the doors for early 70's hard psych, the kind I love so much.....there is a bit of the sort of schlocky-psyche of the first LP here, but check out the harder rocking stuff such as "Morning Come", "I'll Write a Song", and "Do You Feel It" which, while a tiny bit lax in the vocals department, the fuzz guitars roar just perfectly for the soundtrack of that era.
Lovers of late 60's/early 70's hard psych, (you KNOW I am one), please don't miss out on T.I.M.E., and if anyone out there happens to have that debut, please share it with us? Please?
T.I.M.E.-01 Tripping Into Sunshine/02 Label It Love/03 Finders Keepers/04 Love You Cherish You/05 Make It Alright/06 Let the Colors Keep On/07 You Changed It All/08 I Really Love You/09 Make Love To You/10 I Can't Find It/11 What Can It Be/12 Take Me Along
SMOOTH BALL-01 Preperation G/02 Leavin' My Home/03 See Me As I Am/04 I Think You'd Cry/05 I'll Write a Song/06 Lazy Day Blues/07 Do You Feel It/08 Flowers/09 Morning Come/10 Trust In Men Everywhere
As always, let me know your thoughts, if you might?
