Kath: 1 + Bonus auf 2 CDs

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Not many albums can get you in the mood to blow out your speakers quite like Kath, a band that evolved from local Maryland 1960's band Badge. This is an authentic low-fi DIY effort, recorded in the home of the band's leader (and, yes, actually dedicated to his pet monkey-and his girlfriend!), originally released in 1974 in a micro edition of 60 handmade copies, and later reconfigured for a legendary Rockadelic label LP version. Truth to tell, the Kath album is full of well written melodic songs with loose, semiramshackle, low-fi / no-fi production values. Nothing gets down and dirty quite like 'Say What You Feel,' with its blown out bass, killer guitar and drums, echoed vocals and sound effects; well, actually, 'Love Me Down' is equally potent. The band also had a fondness for tape experimentation ('Seagulls') and simply screwing around ('Toilet Theme'). As Patrick the Lama said in Acid Archives, "Obscure and impressive melodic basement garage / psych excursion with a lo-fi atmosphere that would have most purveyors flip out, hits the Ampex two-track echo & tinny drum sound dead on.... This 140-minute double disc set comes with twenty pages of extensive liner notes by Kath and Badge leader Val Rogolino, and a plethora of photos from his personal stash.