MOUNT RUSHMORE High On Mount Rushmore OR US LP HARD ROCK FUZZ PSYCH BLUES ROCK
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Mount Rushmore - High On Mount Rushmore LP Their superb debut album! Original US pressing on Dot records from 1968.
Condition: The record is in VG(+) condition.
The cover is in EX condition.
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Smack dab in the middle of the famous '67 '68 SAN FRANCISCO HIPPIE SCENE playing all the hot spots were Mount Rushmore ...who gigged frequently with fellow travelers Big Brother & the Holding Company, Canned Heat, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Mount Rushmore pumped out competent electric boogie with a boozy blues edge, and while they coast on distortion and attitude rather than songcraft or instrumental prowess, that factor places them firmly in the garage band tradition, rather not among the trendsetters that shared their bills. The mighty Mount Rushmore were indeed full of confidence and bluster but possessing the basics of skills, turned up and cranked out, in gritty bluesrock fashion.
Opening a debut LP with Jimi Hendrix's "Stone Free" is a bold move and a hair-raising choice here, establishing the territory that the band will follow and measure up to this gold standard ... High on Mount Rushmore does in fact contains tracks of interest to the dedicated psych-rock historian; "I Don't Believe in Statues" closes out side one and functions as a manifesto of sorts, an indignant outsider cry set to charging riffs that sound like an Amboy Dukes record warped by the sun. The ten-minute epic "Looking Back" scores highest in rock action; plus, it features a crude but convincing space jam breakdown that boasts disoriented feedback, thunderstorm sound effects, and random hippie banter floating through the atmosphere. The LP concludes with a taste of Mount Rushmore's live act, as a small but enthusiastic audience joins the band in the studio to encourage their 'stoned out hippie boys' tendencies. The resultant medley includes "Dope Song," a jug band-style marijuana anthem, a boisterous singalong complete with kazoo and sure to irritate any hippie-hater....but it's just a little edge to throw on the heap of their otherwise gritty sound.
Tracks: stone free without no smog ocean i dont believe in statues looking back (cause) shes so good tot me medley: fannie mae / dope song
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