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WHITE WITCH - S/T (1972)
If you're a 70's nut, I doubt I could bestow a better gift upon you. Lesee, ya got hippie mysticism, a vocalist so bombastic he makes Ian Gillan sound like a shrinking violet, wakajawaka guitar riffs, a Moog, Gospel-derived harmony vocals... gettin' the picture? Nope, I doubt you are cuz White Witch were a band with a serious identity crisis. One minute it's 1968 and they present a rewrite of "Dear Prudence," the next, they realize it wuz 1972 and Deep Purple wuz what the kids wuz diggin'. Hey howzabout we put a Dickey Betts riff in this song-- they'll eat it up! It's like some kinda diabolical stylistic see-saw! Then again, what the hell should we expect from an err... "glam" band from the swamps of Tampa, Florida signed to Capricorn, a gawdamn Southern Rock label?!
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...ok you got me scratching my cranium with this one....first of all i'm shocked to hear this on Spendingloudnight... but because it's Popey's post i've given it it's due and after 3 complete listens obviously anything will get the stump pumping usually with enough beer.. but glam?..maybe you had a momentary dyslectic episode and this is really malg cause i'm needing a life line here bro...what does it rhyme with...
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ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to think that most of these posts'll only make sense to me. Dunno if you read the opener of this little "odyssey", but it was more of an aesthetic I was going for-- this band were perceived, but most of all, perceived themselves as glam. So, in my not-so-infinite wisdom, thinking it was an interesting album, figured it'd be snug as a bug on this list.
Now I'm not so sure. In fact, I'm not sure about a damn thing that's made this list-- but it made sense at the time.
Actually it is a pretty good album but not in the same genre as the other stuff i see here.
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!!! always used to see these White Witch LPs at local 2nd hand shops, but wouldnt shell out 15 bucks on something i never heard. now theyre long gone & im still interested in hearing them. THANKS AGAIN!!!
ReplyDeleteHell YESSSS my brother... nothing beats rock N roll.... awesome music... and RIPPING guitar solo's with silly theatrical lyrisism (I know I spelt it wrong)... hope you enjoy my posts... and continue enjoying them..... I've been checking your for some time.... LOVE THEM
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