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Groundshaker - Groundshaker (1971)

Track listing:
  1. On My Way 3:30
  2. World That's Tight 4:58
  3. Things 4:21
  4. Leavin' 3:52
  5. Got Those Blues 3:59
  6. Fly 3:16
  7. Abaseal 6:02
  8. Hearts & Flowers 5:50
  9. Hearts & Flowers [Different Mix] 5:50
  10. Abaseal [Different Mix I] 6:02
  11. Abaseal [Different Mix Ii] 5:58

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GROUNDSHAKER – “Abaseal” First time this world’s been privy to this wild, early 70’s unreleased studio recording. Yep this LA by-way-of SF band clearly learnt important lessons from early BLUE CHEER recs, but the earthy gnarl is turned so far up on this one, you’d be forgiven to think this wasn’t a lost session by Houston’s god almighty DEAD MAN, or even an early PENTAGRAM set. The mood is dark and heavy, the vocal/gtr histronics way pronounced, the material better than average.

So I admit I don’t ask much more from my early 70’s longhairs than to get heavy, start screaming, and whip off a paint-peeling solo . . . but GROUNDSHAKER was more exciting than dozens of other bands that actually had contemporaneous releases back then. I’m now wondering who guys like this woulda opened for along the Strip back in ‘72: STEPPENWOLF? Late era IRON BUTTERFLY perhaps? Maybe Arthur Lee’s rebuilt LOVE? I can’t think of too many others in LA willing to go to such dark places. Yet another record that’ll burst your Brian Wilson fantasy about SoCal in the time it takes to smoke the PCP cig that biker just handed you.

Never-before released berserk heavy/hard psychedelic West Coast MONSTER album of the highest order! It Includes eight long tracks with furious heavy lead guitar assaults and jams, powerful screaming vocals, fantastic loud bass and drums interplay reminding many of the numerous milestones of the legendary heavy psychedelic era bands like Morly Grey, Headstone (Still Looking), Titus Oates and Day Blindness! Recorded in Hollywood during 1971/'72 at the Paramount Studios and at the Satellite Studios, owned by Wolfman Jack. The band spent time in the San Francisco music scene developing their sound. During this period, Groundshaker played gigs at the Fillmore and every other venue available in the Bay area. They decided to hock their amps and headed to Los Angeles and quickly landed several gigs on the L.A. club circuit. At the Whisky A Go-Go they were told they were too loud... imagine that in the day of massive stacks of Marshall Amps? They also played the Hollywood Palladium, and the Masonic Temple in Hollywood. Groundshaker blew away audiences!!! Produced by T.C. Corbett who Produced E.G. Mount Rushmore.

01. On My Way
02. World That's Tight
03. Things
04. Leavin'
05. Got Those Blues
06. Fly
07. Abaseal
08. Hearts & Flowers
+ Bonus Tracks