Mysterious little artyfact originally released in 1969. Can't really tell you anything more about this, Noah's only known LP called Brain Suck. Somewhere near the cutting edge for that year though, this LP reaches all over the globe in terms of heavy psych and has plenty of (often) successful proggy explorations. Right, like, lots of pentatonic jams by a would-be Hendrix. You know you like it though.
Kudos to mysteryposter for the exhumation.
But then again, you're probably better off just listening to Downer Rock Genocide.
True cadavering credits are due Al Simones. Crazy story with this beast.. he unearthed these unreleased recordings and set about to actualize them in the mid-90's on vinyl only. There was a problem with the small batch (350 copies) regarding warpage of vinyl during storage as the covers were plagued with production troubles. In the recent past, he has taken to flattening the LP's and putting them into their ridiculously thick sleeves. Glad to have one, really, and mighty nice to be able to seed it out. Enjoy the Mind Crunch!
BEst,
eMPee
Posted by: Mystery Poster | August 14, 2008 at 06:31 PM
Is this the full LP, or are there more than 5 tracks?
Posted by: brad ford | August 15, 2008 at 08:50 AM
That elephant trunk and pussy motif is very tasteful (grin). But hey, track four is really quite nice. This band might have gotten somewhere if they had dragooned Annie Haslam for the vox. Thanks Nash.
Posted by: K | August 15, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Brad, I'm pretty sure this is the full LP, although I'm not really in a position to buy the actual vinyl to verify - I hear it goes for a few hundred dollars when a copy happens to surface.
Posted by: Nash Roads | August 15, 2008 at 10:31 PM
This is the full LP as released by Head Records, subsid. Purple Phrogg.
Track 2 is a 21-min suite that segues and is delineated as such.
Note that there was never an "original" 1969 pressing, this is it.
Every so often, Al puts another one up on eBay, they go for $90 to $250.
Tracks 2, 4, & 5:
Larry Davis - Drums
Paul Hess - Bass & Backup Vocals, Lead Vocals on 4.
Mark Schuering - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Danny Hall - Keyboards & Backup Vocals
Tracks 1, 3 [earlier lineup]:
Larry Davis - Drums
Paul Hess - Lead Guitar and Backup Vocals
Terry Davis - Bass & Lead Vocals
Mike Rifle - Keyboards & Backup Vocals
(At this point they were known as .."Sound Barrier.")
Post Production done at Electric Cornfield Studios, Leetona, Ohio.
Posted by: Mystery Poster | August 17, 2008 at 01:28 AM
Get rid of that comma after the "like" in the third-to-last sentence dude.
Posted by: Branners | August 17, 2008 at 09:13 PM
Put a comma before dude, Branners.
Posted by: Nash Roads | August 18, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I appreciate you remembering us! This is Paul Hess, co-founder of the bands, The Sound Barrier, Noah, and Thanks. We were from Salem Ohio and played in Cleveland, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh areas opening for bands like Phil Keaggy and Glass Harp, Joe Walsh and The James Gang, B.B. King, and Keith Emerson and The Nice. I have a MySpace page that also has some our our live material on it at:
www.myspace.com/thesoundbarrierthanks
I am honored to have played with Larry Davis on Drums, my co-founder, Mark Scheuring on Guitar, Danny Hall and Mike Riffle on Keyboards, and some other really fine musicians in the Youngstown area. I am working on some new material that should be done in 2010. God Bless...and Rock On!
Posted by: Paul Hess | November 23, 2009 at 12:12 AM