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Christmas - Heritage (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Zenith 1:07
  2. Rise Up 3:13
  3. Goin´ To Oklahoma 4:01
  4. Something Borrowed 3:00
  5. Point Blank (It Scares Me) 2:21
  6. Zephyr Song 13:22
  7. Bustin´ Out Tonight 4:46
  8. Blues On An Iceberg 6:01
  9. April Mountain 10:54
  10. Heritage 2:29
  11. A Part Of Our Heritage 5:09
  12. Don´t Give It Away 5:48
  13. Farewell Sweet Loving 2:41
  14. I´m A Song 2:44

Notes

Wonderful second album by Canada's best '60s / '70s psych rock band. Featuring ex members of Reign Ghost, this is a superb mixture of West coast acid guitar, and melodic hard edged rock with trippy effects and jams! Great album! Features extra tracks too!

Christmas was formed in 1969 in Oshawa Ontario, Canada, out of the ashes of the cult underground psychedelic band Reign Ghost. In July 1970, Christmas released an independent self titled debut that brought some media attention to the band and a contract with the Daffodil Records label. In December 1970 , less than six months after the release of the debut, Christmas released their debut Daffodil Records album entitled "Heritage".
Christmas was comprised of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Bob Bryden, bass Tyler Raizenne, drummer Rich Richter and Robert Bulger on guitars all of whom were still in their teens. The album gathered good reviews and was well received by critics but it was not commercially viable because the long songs and hard rock sound . It became an instant favorite in the underground music scene just about everywhere but in Canada

Consequently Christmas broke up in late 1971 only to resurface the following year, line up intact , under the name "The Spirit Of Christmas".

In the late 80's and 90's the original Heritage album became a highly sought after collector's item especially in the USA and Europe because of the band's unorthodox style and progressive influences. While the original "Heritage" album contained 10 songs in the heavy rock progressive style of music, this reissue features an extra four bonus tracks. This reissue by Unidisc has been digitally mastered and the original artwork has been kept.