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Magi - Win Or Lose (1976)

Track listing:
  1. Win Or Lose 5:13
  2. Undecided Man 5:12
  3. I Didn't Ask You 5:52
  4. Steven Jam 4:48
  5. Fryin'away Time 6:56
  6. Snow Bound 4:57
  7. Runnin' Low 5:43
  8. Everytime I'm With You 4:42

Notes


Drug-orientated high energy rock, featuring some excellent guitar work but lacking variety of material. The band recorded at Uncle Dirty's Sound Machine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but the label was based in Milford, Indiana, which may well have been their home.

"This north Indiana outfit ruled the roost in the 'Michiana' region in the mid-'70s, attracting huge crowds whenever they played live. Often compared with Led Zeppelin, this 5-piece outfit rocked the area with a tight and raw sound that combined in-your-face hard rock with undisguised psychedelic tendencies and lashings of fuzz. It must be said the boys didn't do themselves any favours by issuing their only known album with a cover reminiscent of a Journey photo shoot, but regardless of their dubious hair and sense of dress, Magi certainly deserved more than the obscurity into which they ultimately lapsed. Win Or Lose, recorded at Uncle Dirty's Sound Machine studios in Michigan in 1976, and which boasts a series of solid songs propelled by a tight rhythm section and some more-than respectable vocals, is always reviewed enthusiastically."