Goldenrod - Goldenrod (1969)

The Vietnam War, the excruciating motto "turn on, tune in, drop out", all of a sudden everyone was in a new era, just across the lysergic exploitation and the political turmoil. The self-titled album by American trio Goldenrod was released on a small run in 1969 on the enigmatic Chartmaker. An instrumental album full of extended and improvised jam recorded in their hometown of Los Angeles. It comprises of just four tracks , enough for an essential trip .

Titles such as "Karmic Dream Sequence" and "Descent Of The Cyclopeans" offer a new exploratory vision, between the past and the future. Goldenrod was a rare metaphysical drug experience you wouldn't miss again ! All three band members met while playing behind The Fifth Dimension and they had earlier played with Ballroom who were a pre- The Millennium - Sagittarius band. After all the three members became all of a sudden top LA session musicians. Jerry Scheff went on to play with The Millennium (the Californian super group led by Curt Boettcher , basically consisting of psychedelic rock musicians) while Ben Benay appeared in the blues-rock outfit Funzone in the seventies.

Originally released in 1969.

GENRE:
Psychedelic Rock / Acid Rock
LABEL:
COSMIC ROCK (REISSUE 2022)