Six piece Montana band formed 1965 as The Frantics. After changing home turf many times through New Mexico, Colorado and California with excessive touring they finally got a contract with the Ampex subsidiary Lizard label and recorded this one-off album. It didn't sell and the combo soon vanished. I've seen it getting mixed or sometimes bad reviews, but for us interested in the genre mix often occuring at that time - the transision from heavy blues to hard rock, not seldom with psych elements - it's very giving. Some parts, like the organ driven "Little Girl" or the fuzz drenched "Shady Sam", can be described as psych and the "Hey Joe" cover is performed as a very slow ballad. Still the main impression is stone hard rock carried by guitar riffs, mostly flowing organ and hard hitting bass/drum background - all very well performed. Maybe not the most outstandning of its kind, but way better than average and well worth while for any fan of early hard rock or psych rock. Full album below. To my knowledge this vinyl was US only, also as US 8-track. German 1993 CD on World Wide Records (SPM-WWR-CD-0049). Premiere US had label as shown here in a glossy fold/out cover. (YZÄ*)
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