Haymarket Square - Magic Lantern (1968)

Tracklist

1 Elevator 6:55
2 Train Kept-a-Rollin' 7:15
3 Ahimsa 8:05
4 Amapola 10:30
5 Phantasmagoria 4:05
6 Funeral 9:25

personnel :

Gloria Lambert – vocals
Marc Swenson – guitar, vocals
Robert Homa – bass, vocals
John Kowalski – drums

The psychedelic reissue label Gear Fab peel back another layer of the history of underground psychedelic rock with this obscure 1968 album. It has remained a long-forgotten collectors item for more than three decades, and has appeared in various bootleg forms before this official re-release. From the opening cut, it is fairly apparent why the original album is so sought after -- Magic Lantern is as fine a display of American psychedelia as late-'60s albums by It's a Beautiful Day and Jefferson Airplane. This will appeal to fans of the fuzzed-out guitar antics of Cream and Blue Cheer.~Dean McFarlane