Christopher
Label | Out-Sider – OSR082 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress |
Barcode | 4040824090159 |
Country | Spain |
Released | 17 Dec 2020 |
Genre | Rock |
Style | Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock |
Repress! One of the holy grails of American psychedelic rock and the rarest album originally released by the collectable Metromedia label. Christopher were an underground acid rock trio featuring future Josefus drummer Doug Tull. They evolved from United Gas, a psychedelic band from Houston who rubbed shoulders with legends like The 13th Floor Elevators and Moving Sidewalks. After relocating to Los Angeles - where they changed their name to Christopher - they played at numerous biker parties and recorded their sole album in 1970 for the Metromedia label. It's an amazing example of West Coast psychedelia/acid-rock featuring strong fuzz-wah guitar, great compositions and superb musicianship. It was housed in a terrific cover depicting the band at the same hippie crash-pad where some scenes from the 'The Trip' movie were filmed. Repress in hard cardboard sleeve with obi and insert with liner notes. Remastered.
A1 | Dark Road | 2:52 |
A2 | Magic Cycles | 5:03 |
A3 | Wilbur Lite | 3:56 |
A4 | In Your Time | 5:25 |
A5 | Beautiful Lady | 2:29 |
B1 | Lies | 3:04 |
B2 | Disaster | 3:41 |
B3 | The Wind | 4:58 |
B4 | Queen Mary | 3:22 |
B5 | Burns Decision | 5:14 |
Bass, Piano, Recorder – Doug Walden
Design [Cover] – Elaine Gongora
Drums – John Simpson
Drums – Terrance Hand
Drums [Heavy Drum Licks] – Doug Tull
Engineer, Other [Special Effects] – Dale Batchelor
Guitar – Richard Avitts
Liner Notes – Roger Maglio
Percussion – Ron Kramer
Photography By [Cover] – Gene Howard
Photography By [Cover] – Studio Five
Producer – Ron Kramer
Written-By – Christopher
Includes one-sided insert with liner notes.
Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California
Originally Released on 1970 by Metromedia Rec.
Barcode (Scanned) – 4040824090159
Rights Society – ASCAP