UK acid and heavy rock I

writing this in the haze of a long, sleepless night, so bear with me.

iron claw - claustrophobia (from dismorphophobia collection, 1970-72)

i know basically fuck all about this band. all i really know is that this band was scottish. maybe. and these recordings were also released under the name 'antrobus' on a split cd with the flying hat band. acid rock (or as the label would have it "downer rock") in the vein of frijid pink, clear blue sky, budgie, etc. production's a little tinny but the 'eavy comes through.


bulldog breed - i flew
bulldog breed - reborn (both from made in england 1968)

i flew but angels burned before me
and amber stallions
i flew but altitude was sliding
like black medallions

sort of a mix of mod, freakbeat and psych sounds, unique to my ears. they did make the odd cringeworthy track like "eileen's haberdashery store," but here are the two hardest tracks on the album. "i flew" - a sneering anti-vietnam number complete with war noises - and "reborn." members of this band went on to form the mighty T2. i'll probably post something about them in the future.


janus - i wanna scream (from janus 1972)

well look at me with my long long hair
everybody complains to me but i don't care

english band whose album was only released in germany, for some reason. it's all over the place and kind of sounds confused because of it, but this amusing and short crotch rock tune is a highlight.


third world war - working class man (from third world war 1971)

english yob rock with leftist, power-to-the-people lyrics and some seriously churned guitar playing. not to mention the 40 grit vocals of terry stamp. there's pretty much a canon of pre-sex pistols punk rock at this point, and third world war need to be added to that.



edgar broughton band - neptune (from wasa wasa 1969)

all at once from blue to black
the colour once more turning back

certain bearded, graying eminences of my acquaintance would recommend the edgar broughton band to me at the drop of a dead hair from their balded pates. they may as well have not, because the albums were impossible to find until they were remastered and reissued last year. bonus tracks galore. later albums tended towards a more beefheartian wackiness jag with more explicit riffs on society, but the debut "wasa wasa" was a slavering and weird acid-blues album, crawling wild-eyed through the swamp of psychosis black sabbath stood on the edge of.