Lost 60"s Gem Poorly Remastered
Allan K. Betz | Ogden Utah | 10/30/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The first H.P. Lovecraft album is one of the great unrecognized recordings of the era. It has almost as much imagination and variety as "Rubber Soul" or "Revolver". It was well recorded and well performed. Unfortunately the remastering from REVOLA does not do it justice. It is muddy and unbalanced. The high end is shrill and some parts almost disapear. H.P. LovecraftII is not as strong."
H.P. Lovecraft - 'Dreams In The Witch House:The Complete Phi
Mike Reed | USA | 10/20/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Except for the disc's last two tracks,a couple of single edits,for the tunes "White Ship" and "Keeper Of The Keys",this import release features the same exact track listing as the domestic pressing H.P.Lovecraft-'H.P.Lovecraft/II' 2-lp's-on-one-CD(see my review).Thought that Rev-Ola used a nice cover here."
Great progressive Folk/Psych Album!
Oannes | Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia | 04/23/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This Rev-Ola, H.P Lovecraft "Dreams in the witch house" The Complete Philips Recordings album
is a fascinating look into what seems a totally different world, but I could definitely conjure a
very potent "mind-picture" from listening to this album!
Standout tracks for me are: "The white Ship", (Both versions) the rather bizarre
version "Lets Get Together", "Electrollentando". "Mobius Trip", "High Flying Bird",
"keeper Of The Keys".(Both versions)
A previous reviewer expresses some dissapointment about this music being
"Dated", but nearly all the music from this period, and that includes other
countries, has a dated quality, but some albums/music do transcend this, and
I would say that I was "Blown Away" by the emotional quality, and haunting/enigmatic
nature of the sounds on offer here!
So, I would say this is one of the best compilation albums of original era psychedelia
I've yet encountered, GIVE IT A GO!"