I fell in love with the band through their first two albums - garage with dreamy acid psych topped by Anisette's peculiar vocals. The third differed a lot in atmosphere by being recorded in a major US studio and comes through comparatively restraint with a more commercial touch. This shows yet another direction. Mick Jagger was an early fan and invited them to his own studio for an LP. They accepted and made the recordings at about the same time Rolling Stones finnished Sticky Fingers. Jimmy Miller produced together with engineer Joe Zagarino. You can clearly hear it's recorded in the same atmosphere as Stones two masterpieces Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street. There's a lot coinciding - styles, tempo, backing and mixing. In fact I hear more Jimmy Miller than Savage Rose. It's like he provides the guideline and they tag along. Some of the cuts could actually have been on EOMS if Jagger had done the vocals - e.g. "Revival Day". So the production is magnific, but the outfit's too big and don't do them justice. More love and less power would have fitted the material better. Still "Revival Day" turns out fine and the gospel inspired title track has very good keyboards to Anisettes expressive singing. Well worth a spin, but IMO not even close to their two first. Premiere Danish on Polydor (2380014). UK issue 1972 on RCA (SF 8250). US had label as shown here, matt cover and matt red inner. It was pressed on ridiculously thin vinyl of flexi-disc quality. I wonder how many copies have survived these fortythree years un-warped. (SCÄ*)(FÄV*) (YZÄ*) (SÄWÖ*)
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