Messengers/Good News (Xian psych "monstah")
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Description
artist(e)/band: Messengers/ The Good News
title: Born Again
label: House Records US (VV-6285)
year: 1971
cover: m- (slight age coloring)
disc: unplayed
Very rare private release of Christian psych from Vermont (has the lyric sheet). I have never seen this listed anywhere apart from in Ken Scott's Archivist. This is the 3rd of 4 unplayed copies I have (2 copies went last time).
The Archivist says it away better than I ever could:
" Born Again is an outstanding custom obscurity that showcases the talents of two excellent Jesus music groups from Vermont. Side one belongs to the Messengers, five longhaired chaps who time-warped their sound back to the UK psychedelic garage rock/beat scene circa 1966 and 1967. Man, these guys have got spunk! "Not too early" opens with quick-paced jangling electric guitar, surging organ, heavy drums and Merseybeat harmonies - first listen I was absolutely convinced they were British (and it still would not surprise me if one or two of them actually were). All six tracks are strong, especially the powerful "The Right Way" which opens on a two-note 'For what its worth' kind of theme, then building to an explosion of ferocious in-your-face hard rock fuzz guitar. Side two features seven selections by the folk duo Good News. While obviously not as heavy as their buddies on the flip side, wayne Harvey and David Trombley emerge as one of the better examples of the style, exemplifying much of the depth of Simon and Garfunkel's acoustic work. Cover uses the same image of Christ as Agape's Gospel Hard Rock. Eet's a monstah!!!!!!"
Abbreviations:
woc - writing on cover
wol - writing on label
dh - drillhole/punchhole
prst - promo stamp
rsst - radio station stamp
tsm - taped seam
spsm - split seam
toc - tear on cover
smw - seamwear/scuffed seams(not split)
stkrres - sticker residue/glue
rw - ringwear
swct -sawcut
cc - cut corner
sm - small, lt - light, mod - moderate, hvy - heavy
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Only unplayed items are graded M.
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