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The Firebirds - Light My Fire (1969)

Track listing:
  1. Warm Up 2:29
  2. Reflections 4:22
  3. Bye Baby 5:29
  4. Free Bass 2:37
  5. Free Drum 4:30
  6. Free Fuzz Gypsy Fire 2:38
  7. No Tomorrows 5:01
  8. Light My Fire 4:17

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An intriguing mystery outfit whose albums have become sought-after for their over-top heavy psych-blues-rock mayhem that owes much to Hendrix, Iron Butterfly and Blue Cheer's Vincebus Eruptum. The best place to start is Erik Lindgren's superb 1997 CD compilation, An Overdose Of Heavy Psych which contains six primordial chunks.

The Dance Party Time LP is lighter instrumental fare that sounds just like The Animated Egg but without the fuzz. Some tracks have a haunting quality because they've been recycled: Out Of Town is Dark by The Animated Egg; and Doors Time turns out to be a pedestrian version of the backing track to The Id's Boil The Kettle Mother.

The Associated Soul Group Contessa album below is listed purely as conjecture in the hope that someone may establish a connection other than that it shares the same cover as the Electric Firebirds and is on another exploitation California label. Who WERE these Godfathers of grunge?

01. Warm Up
02. Reflections
03. Bye Baby
04. Free Bass
05. Free Drum
06. Free Fuzz Gypsy Fire
07. No Tomorrows
08. Light My Fire