gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) (04/16/85)
For those of you with a serious commitment to either psychedelia in its
original form its its resurrected garage/Brit suit, I would heartily recommend
an import EP called "25 O'clock" by the legendary Dukes of the Stratosphere.
Really heavy cover, and mymymy, true heaviness inside.
Within the short confines of this EP, nearly every psychedelic bit in the
acoustic trickbag is floated out and sent up. Not since Todd Rundgren's
"Deface the Music" took on Paul McCartney's old band have I heard this
well crafted a bit of ripoff. Several of my friends have even decided that
this is even better than the Rain Parade. Boy were *they* pissed off.....
But alas-this is hardly the birth of a fine new band. Rather, this is none
other than those non-touring studio wizard rascals Andy Partridge and
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with their hands in the mushroom bin. Great stuff-a little intelligence in
the service of a spoof that works well enough to outdo its serious contenders.
Far Out.
Near In.
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