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Andromeda - 'BBC Top Gear Sessions 1968 / Live At Middle Ear

Mike Reed | USA | 07/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Main reason I'm giving this title a five-star rating is because I had heard that it was a so-so quality rehearsal tape meant for completists only. No way! Sound quality is great, I thought. This ten track CD, apparently pulled from two different Andromeda dates, one a closed rehearsal and the other an actual in-studio session is a must-have for all fans of late '60's obscure psychedelia. It took me several years, in fact to finally land down a copy of this Kissing Spell pressing. Some cuts most of you have heard before are here like "Reason", "Looking For You", "Day Of Change" and "Return To Sanity". Several that I've never even known about are the previously unreleased "Woman You Need Me" (sounds like maybe a long lost Atomic Rooster song, but with a Ten Years After-like bluesy element), the low-key "Walking On Nails", "Over This Land" and the twelve-minute "Exodus" (once again, with a heavy bluesy feel to it). Line-up: John DuCann-guitar&vocals, Mick Hanksworth-bass&vocals and Ian McLean-drums&vocals. Just gotta have!!"