From shindig-magazine.com:
" This latest compilation offering from Nick Saloman's Psychic Circle label looks at the origins of American heavy rock in the period 1968-'72. I think I own about 95% of the albums featured here and they are very good selections indeed. This was a time when the heavy sound was defined by busy drums, shapely bass lines and loud guitars fed through big muff effects pedals a la Cream, Hendrix Experience et al, an age before, as Saloman points out in his introductory notes: "spandex, pyrotechnic stage shows and satin tour jackets". This is what Marshall stacks were meant for! From the moment you kick off with Third Power's 'Persecution' you know you're in for a big old rock 'n' roll ride. All of these selections are great and feature big guitar solos and loud chording.
Just to highlight a few, Blue Mountain Eagle's 'Loveless Loves' (get their sole 1970 album now if you know what's good for ya!), Banchee's 'John Doe' (two albums in 1969 and 1971 both available as a 2fer cd – go fetch, it's some of the very best of its type), Thunder and Roses's ' White Lace And Strange', Lincoln Street Exit's 'Time Has Come, Gonna Die' (also recently reissued), Road's 'Spaceship Earth' and uncharacteristically, for them, The Yellow Payges take on 'I'm A Man' all kick rump with impressive velocity. Saloman notes that Genesis's (no, not them!) contribution in the shape of their awesome 45 'Angeline' was a one-off single as he can find nothing more about them. I can add a little more however. They issued two singles, both lifted from their 1969 Mercury album In The Beginning. A very fine album it is as well, not yet reissued but not expensive to find on vinyl. Other hairies featured include Illinois Speed Press, The Power of Zeus (Motown's first rock band signing to their Rare Earth imprint), Mount Rushmore, T.I.M.E (from their second, heavier album), Eden's Children and The Lemonade Charade. Fabulous stuff throughout and highly recommended. The end of May sees the release of Fairytales Can Come True, a comp of late '60s bendy British parlour pop. After which, I imagine it will be time for some Volume 2's in the titles already issued before Nick Saloman runs out of collector sub genres to exploit!"
Track List:
1. Persecution - Third Power
2. White Lace & Strange - Thunder & Roses
3. Dimples - Hook
4. It Could Be Me - Power Of Zeus
5. John Doe - Banchee
6. Steel Dog Man - Brother Fox & The Tar Baby
7. Hideaway Of Your Love - Lemonade Charade
8. Angeline - Genesis
9. Loveless Lives - Blue Mountain Eagle
10. Someone Else's Games - Mount Rushmore)
11. Get In The Wind - Illinois Speed Press
12. Bide My Time - Fields
13. Spaceship Earth - Road
14. Knocked Out - Eden's Children
15. I Think You'd Cry - T.I.M.E.
16. Darkness - Underbeat
17. I'm A Man - Yellow Payges
18. Time Has Come Gonna Die - Lincoln Street Exit
19. My Babe - Uniques
20. Seventh Is Death - Fort Mudge Memorial Dump
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