Josefus - Josefus...Plus (Remastered) (1969-70/2011)
Artist: Josefus
Title: Josefus...Plus
Year Of Release: 1969-70/2011
Label: Akarma
Genre: Acid Rock, Psychedelic Hard Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 58:10
Total Size: 145/409 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Josefus...Plus
Year Of Release: 1969-70/2011
Label: Akarma
Genre: Acid Rock, Psychedelic Hard Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 58:10
Total Size: 145/409 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Bald Peach - 2:41
2. B.S. Creek - 4:05
3. America - 2:36
4. Im Getting On - 2:30
5. Sefus Blues - 3:12
6. Jimmy, Jimmy - 2:38
7. Feelin' Good - 6:04
8. Condition - 2:58
9. I Saw A Killin' - 2:22
10. Such Is Life - 3:05
Bonus Tracks:
11. Country Boy - 3:17
12. Crazy Man - 3:41
13. I Love You (Ray Hillburn, Doug Tull, Ray Turner) - 2:27
14. Get Off My Case - 3:51
15. Louisiana Blues (McKinley Morganfield) - 8:20
16. Light In Heaven - 4:14
Dave Mitchell - Lead Guitar
Pete Bailey - Harmonica, Vocals
Doug Tull - Percussion
Ray Turner - Bass
Ray Hillburn - Guitar (Track 13)
Josefus' second album was actually an improvement over the band's first (Dead Man), by virtue of its more versatile songwriting, slightly better riffs, and occasional drifts beyond sub-Led Zeppelin-style early metal. All that considered, it's still a pedestrian Led Zeppelin-like Texas take on early hard rock-metal, though Pete Bailey's vocals are a little less obviously in the Robert Plant mold this time around. Less blues-based than Dead Man as well, it contains some of their better songs in "America," which shows the influence of lighter California-styled psychedelia, the odd "Jimmy, Jimmy," apparently about a friend unfairly institutionalized for freaking out (inspired by fellow Texan Roky Erickson by any chance?), and, most surprisingly, the gentle country-rock of "Such Is Life." [Italian imprint Akarma reissued the album as an expanded version, complete with six bonus tracks.]