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Wayfaring Stranger The Drifter It's About Time The White Ship At the Mountains of Madness The Bag I'm In I've Been Wrong Before Country Boy & Bleeker Street

Band Line-up: Tony Cavallari: Guitar Vocals Michael Tegza: Percussion, Vocals, Drums George Edwards: Bass, Vocals, 12-string Dave Michaels: Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Vocals Jerry McGeorge: Bass, Vocals It's really quite extraordinary that these forgotten tapes were found. In the early 90's this goldmine was a fact. One had discovered recordings by the band HP Lovecraft in concert at the Fillmore. And the concert was played when HPL was at their ABSOLUTE strongest. And certainly this is evident from these 8 tracks. Good sound too, Keep in mind that it was some 30 years ago... Opens with "Wayfaring Stranger" (10:23). Again we have the hippie free form psych and now in a LONG groovy jam. Then "The Drifter" hardens the sound into this Garage/Psych live classic - 8:24 cool Psych/Rock/Jam. "Its about time" should be a tough choice to be played live with all its subtle passages and tempo breaks. But everything works just great. And the three-part vocal harmonies flows really fine. Performed next: "The White Ship". What a good performance. The haunting, moody Sound is well created on stage. Michaels Baroque-inspired harpsichord passages stand out. Really subtle here. 5th song: "At the Mountains of madness". Again very well performed, not too off track copied from the album but some very fine instrumental and improvisional moments too. This should have been an experience to have seen/heard. "The Bag I'm In" and "Country Boy and Bleeker street" freight trains all the way into a fine energetic Psych/Rock/jam. Included also is "I've Been Wrong Before" again making a fine contrast to the more fast and rockier songs. My advice? Get this, its a fantastic live testament of a great band. And as already mentioned, the sound is very Good. And the name? Well, it springs from the American Horror/Fiction-writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft(1890-1937). Songs like "At the Mountains of Madness", "The White Ship" and "Keeper of the Keys" shows references to some of Lovecraft's short-stories. Band website: http://www.angelfire.com/music2/lovecraft

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