SHORT CROSS-ARISING-

Released in 1971 this album is one great mystery. Originated from Richmond Virginia there´s not much to find out about this plaster piece of gold, but it´s one hell of an album.

Startin´of with a cheesy horn-arrangement on the first song, which in it self is pretty catchy, the rest of the songs evolves in a great way. The “suicide blues” tune is one of the greatest i´ve ever heard from this type of band. How blue can you get? Sometimes you almost feel the vibe of the Allman Brothers or maybe a touch of Grand funk railroad and that´s not a bad sign. The mix between psych/prog/blues and a touch of hard rock, this is a rare record for this timeperiod and it almost keep things together.

Whatabout the drummer?? Gray McCalley is his name and there´s nothing to be ashamed of on this album. The tendensies to drag in some tunes are obvoius but really not much to be upset about. Yet it´s not something you would copycat in the first place. It´s like a glass of clean wholesome milk, tasty but boring in the long run. Avarage to be precise.

The only misfit is the Beatlesque ballad “Ellen”. What a piece of crap. It sounds like Jeff Lynne and the Beatles have had a joint venture….what a nightmare.

But aside from that, the album is top notch. I would easily recommend you to buy it.

The producing is a great piece of work. I found myself put this album on the turntable just for the pure joy to hear it, fenomenal! To bad there´s only this recording made by the band.

I would recommend you to listen to this interview made by Klemen Breznikar:

http://psychedelicbaby.blo…ith-velpo.html

VINYLRATING/GRADE

7-VERY GOOD-GAME, SET AND MATCH-