Various – Brown Acid: The Fourteenth Trip LP

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Heres just a few of the gems on Brown Acid – The Fourteenth Trip, the much beloved series that is the Nuggets of proto-metal, pre-stoner rock: The Legends Fever Games is a 1969 fever dream of heavy psych on par with Blue Cheer at their heaviest, featuring an incredible intro with whammy-bar gymnastics through an Echoplex. This Harrisburg, PA power trio, featuring Dan Hartman (Edgar Winter Group, et al) and his brother Dave, also name-checks Jimi Hendrix Experience in the midst of the songs most blatant Hendrix rip. Perhaps thats how Fever Games work? Transfers velvet smooth groove has an almost proto-punk feel like a mashup of the Velvet Underground and The Flamin Groovies. But the lyrics referencing tokin reefer and the twanging surf lead situate them closer to their heavy rock brethren. This very rare 1974 self- released 45 is this lone archive of the bands existenceassume they just kept right on playin it cool into oblivion. Coxs Army deploy the grungy rocker Im Tired which sounds like if Jimi Hendrix fronted Mudhoney. Yes, please! Though they hailed from Aurora, IL, it sounds like theres definitely some Pacific Northwest in their blood. Particularly in the gritty production, which hints at The Sonics bustin outta lo-fi style. Not much is known about the enigmatic Columbus, OH musician known as Raven, whose Back to Ohio Blues closes this edition. The mantra-like droning riff of this eight-minute jam is a Black To Comm-style epic, driven by Ravens hostile, no-bullshit diatribe until it all busts open for an insane two-minute long drum solo soaked in odd effects that sounds like it was copped from a Melvins album.