Yellow Cave Woman/New York Mining Disaster 1941/Wizard Of Gobsolod/Once Among The Trees/Lady Caroline/Come Away Melinda/Owed To The Dip/Within The Night/Plastic Man
Eponymous sole album from the Birmingham psychedelic rock band Velvett Fogg. A combination of covers and original tunes, the group quickly split up after disappointing sales.
“Though some of these tracks are way better than others, overall, this is a pretty consistently good album. It's primarily psych flavoured prog rock, with most of the material on the hard side. A very interesting album; shame this is all we heard from them.”
“A great and very much a forgotten psychedelic classic. Even though the peak of psychedelic rock era had gone by the time of release, this album remains as a proof that there were fantastic psychedelic records after that.”
“Velvett Fogg only released this one studio album in their short career. The music is very high quality psych/acid rock and I love all of these songs equally. So great music. Even the cover version of Come Away Melinda works absolutely perfectly.” “This is one of the most amazing psychedelic albums I've heard in a long time. It's refreshing and innovative.”
“A sort of 'psychedelic-turning-to-prog' sound, owing to the heavy use of Hammond organ. Quite dated though, with cheesy tunes like Yellow Cave Woman and the overly cutesy Wizard Of Gobsolod, with lyrics as corny as you could imagine, plus covers of New York Mining Disaster and Tim Rose’s oft-desecrated Come Away Melinda. Has its moments of transcendence, though. Kind of fun and enjoyable provided you’re in the right state of mind (i.e. prepare not to take it too seriously).”
“This is one of the best British psychedelic albums ever. Original songs are blended nicely with some great covers and the result is perfect. Not even a 'simply good' song here. Everything sounds superb.”
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