MINT SCARCE THE ORIGINAL WIZARD POWER FUZZ ROCK HARD & HEAVY = Rare AK LABEL

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                             WIZARD

     (THE ORIGINAL WIZARD)                 

                               Europe - AK - 070

Musically, The Original Wizard is hard-driving, power-trio rock informed by bits of both the blues and psychedelia, and, as such, was one of countless (now very sought and collectible) albums trying to rise out of the crowded acid-rock field in the '60s, when psychedelia began as a means more than an ends. By the early '70s, that field had morphed mostly into excessive hard rock ...On their only album, Wizard do not escape those buzzard hard rock tendencies because they had focused by them, and their sound was considerably more imaginative and interesting than much hard rock from the period, including many of the similar bands who earned far more commercial popularity than WIZARD did. Their music is loud, aggressive, and marinated in the sort of ominous, mystical chord changes that make it seem "important." There are plenty of indulgent, overblown dirty fuzz guitar solos on the album; lyrically Wizard asserts a period political consciousness that is none too novel, shouting about "freedom," expressing outrage at the recent Kent State killings ("Killing Time"), threatening to drop out of society ("Goin' Away") or attain enlightenment ("Séance," "Talkin' to God"), and conspicuously burying the word higher in song about a "girl" named Mary. And yet, although nearly every song contains moments of sonic excitement that pop up. The songwriting is uneven, but when Wizard is on — variously recalling the Doors, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, and fellow acid-rock obscurities Stack, in a positive sense — they're much more imaginative than most of their peers. The highlights require some treasure hunting, but they are certainly present. "Come and See the Bride" opens with a fabulous organ-dirge-to-pop-song explosion, while "Séance" is legitimately mystical. When the guitar playing is reigned in — as it is on the mumbling wah-wah of "Got to See My Way" and in the echoing lines on "Evergreen" — it is phenomenal. The Original Wizard certainly has a wealth of ideas

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