THE FACTORY - PATH THRU THE FOREST: RARE UK PSYCH LP

	£		24
	$		32

THE FACTORY - PATH THRU THE FOREST: LP

RARE & LONG DELETED LP IN MINT CONDITION

From obscure LEGENDARY 60s UK Freakbeat-era psych-tinged garage band.

Path Through The Forest is a labor of love compiled by a few dedicated musicologists for an audience of like-minded listeners that are interested in psychedelia, garage, or freakbeat music of the 60s and 70s.A collection of songs (three originals, three covers, and one alternate take) pieced together from the original sound engineer’s archives.This is a historical document -- a set of lost outtakes and artifacts from an era only remembered by those already astutely in-the-know.

“Path Through The Forest,” (The band’s first single) could be the best psych track of the 60s that you ever heard!! & the cover of Paul Revere and the Raiders' “Gone,” is good enough, too, drenching the original tune in acid-inspired studio effects without drowning it completely. Similar treatment is given to versions of Fairport Convention’s “Mr. Lacey” and Family’s “Second Generation Woman,”

Also of real interest “Try a Little Sunshine” which meets the 60s psych-band quota for compositions on the subject of LSD. It seems a bit cliché now, but it stands up to the tried and true hazy standards of the time.

“Red Chalk,” proves to be both the greatest surprise and one of the album’s highlights. It’s their most stripped-down tune, recalling the Byrds at times and proving that The Factory’s dynamics extended beyond their captivating studio prowess.

Perhaps the most interesting track in the collection is its closer, a previously unreleased low-fidelity cut of “Path Through The Forest,” remixed using a destroyed acetate of additional sound effects the band had originally intended to appear on the song &  the addition of these layers provides a fascinating transformation and shows how truly ahead of their time they were. Listening to it now, you realize Path Through The Forest could have been the blueprint for any number of psychedelia-influenced bands, from Jefferson Airplane to The Jesus and Mary Chain to Spacemen 3 and onwards.

CONDITION

COVER -MINT

RECORD -MINT

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