First time available on CD, Cold Sun from Austin, Texas was
recorded in 1970
in the legendary Sonobeat studios, where the Mariani and Johnny Winter first
LPs were produced. The Cold Sun band are considered contemporaries of
Velvet
Underground and The Fugs, often listed as being in a similar vein but
inspirations for this unique piece actually go back to the desperated,
haunted Joe
Meek. All songs lyrically express dark, mystic poetry with the
true 60s psychedelic floating/distorted fuzz spirit presented in short
compact mini-epics along with
several mind blowing long tunes, such as
`Ra-Ma` (11 min), `Here In The Year` (9 min) and `Fall` (7 min). Discovered
by Rockadelic Records of Dallas, Texas in 1991,
the Dark Shadows album saw
the light of day the next year as a limited LP version, to become today one
of the most important and revered US psychedelic underground
albums from the
early 70s. ---(Rockadelic heard it in the form of an old scratchy acetate
that one of the Cold Sun band members had made in order to be able to play
the recording at friends` parties on their turntables. The acetate only
contained 2/3 of the songs but so greatly impressed them that Rockadelic
managed
together with bandleader Bill Miller to release the complete
sessions from mastertape.)--- Autoharp wizard Miller eventually spearheaded
Roky Erickson`s
international debut as the Cold Sun band joined forces with
Roky in 1974 and became BliebAlien, later evolved into The Aliens and backed
Roky on his famous albums
and historical concerts.--- Carefully remastered
from the mastertapes, this album will bring new rewarding listening
experiences in expanded fidelity, plus 2
unreleased non-album songs,
authentic Live/Concert recordings of `Live Again`(10 min) and `Mind Aura`(7
min). The fidelity of these reel to reel Live recordings is
also remarkable.
The CD and Vinyl issues will both have an extended booklet/insert with liner
notes by Jello Biafra plus rare photos and other surprises. The Vinyl
issue
is packaged in a luxury foldout cardboard cover as Dragonwyck, Phantasia or
Mystic Siva and contains an extra 10` bonus record & insert. According to
Patrick (Lama) Lundborg from Lysergia.com: `Best Rockadelic LP ever, and in
my opinion the best Texas LP of the time. Enjoy this ONE- HOUR psychedelic
Happening, a `must-have` 60´s/70´s heavy uber-psych masterpiece!
new and sealed Vinyl + 10` bonus record & insert!