tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278705729653063081.post8992751835450559595..comments2024-03-04T18:13:06.637+09:00Comments on Dr. Schluss' Garage Of Psychedelic Obscurities: July - 1968 - JulyDr. Schlusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602485060935132007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278705729653063081.post-4103284920086902452012-04-14T05:47:13.103+09:002012-04-14T05:47:13.103+09:00Andrew's comment above is very enthusiatic ind...Andrew's comment above is very enthusiatic indeed and I can see his point and appreciate the comparisons but can't help thinking it's because he had recently discovered it and rightly overjoyed by it...Also just somebody else's point of view I suppose: personally I wouldn't rate the first Softs LP or Tomorrow below July being both all-time favourites but yeah I couldn't believe it when I first heard the Bam Caruso reissue around 1987...they were totally unknown to me and what a wonderful surprise it was!!!<br />They just played London few days ago...and reportedly were amazing...aldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300257690596792230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278705729653063081.post-17420850557645688542011-07-21T22:40:57.570+09:002011-07-21T22:40:57.570+09:00I've only recently discovered July but I rate ...I've only recently discovered July but I rate it very highly among the prog-psych LPs of the late 60s. In fact, I'd much rather be stuck in a lift with it than, say, "Satanic Majesties", Tomorrow or the first Soft Machine album. I love the leslie'd vocals, Tom Newman's "punk-ish" sneer, Alan James brilliant bass-playing and I don't believe there's a weak song on the album. My faves would have to be "Dandelion Seeds", "Hallo To Me" and "Friendly Man". Some of the instrumental passages point towards future bands like Can and Hawkwind as well. Pretty groovy, actually, and the "novelty" songs - such as "Jolly Mary" - have, like "Yellow Submarine, fared better over time than the likes of some of Syd Barrett's ouevre.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278705729653063081.post-47886173469277471762007-10-24T09:36:00.000+09:002007-10-24T09:36:00.000+09:00I was lucky enough to pick up this album many year...I was lucky enough to pick up this album many years ago. I agree with most of what you said - I think the album gets progressively weaker as it goes on but the first three cuts are well worth the price of the album. Plus they were very young when they put all of this together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com