Jason Crest, Collected Works of UK 1999 LP Acme Records (Deluxe Series)
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Jason Crest, Collected Works of UK 1999 LP Acme Records (Deluxe Series). This LP from the UK specialist label Acme LP does a good job of managing to stretch out Jason Crest's slim legacy to the length of an album, with both sides of four of their five singles keeping company with half a dozen previously unissued late-'60s acetates. Don't get me wrong this is good and pleasing, period British psychedelic rock. However only a couple of their tracks, though, upped the stakes period fare to memorable classics. Their debut 1968 single, "Turquoise Tandem Cycle," which is super example of a certain strand of British psychedelia, down to the florid title, classical-influenced melody, wah-wahing guitar, and celestial organ. The other is of course "Black Mass," where the blood-curdling vocal, monkish chanting, and occult-tinged lyrics really don't sound like anything else issued at the time. On occasion they went into a more avowedly poppy vibe, as on the cover of the Moves's "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" and the imaginative reworking of "You Really Got a Hold on Me," built around freaky organ lines. The sound quality of the acetates, as you'd expect, is lower than the singles, but very listenable, and the package comes with usefully detailed historical liner notes.
Tracklisting:
Side 1
1. Turquoise Tandem Cycle
2. King Of The Castle
3. A Place In The Sun
4. Patricia's Dream
5. My House Is Burning
6. The Collected Works Of Justin Crest
7. Black Mass
Side 2
1. Teagarden Lane
2. Juliano The Bull
3. Two By The Sea
4. (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree
5. Charge Of The Light Brigade
6. You Really Got A Hold On Me
7. The Good Life
New Factory Sealed Copy
P&P UK £4.00 Overseas at cost
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