The Sacred Mushroom
Akarma Records

By MuzikMan (Vinyl Reviews) (more articles from this author) 2002-06-21

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Artist: The Sacred Mushroom
Title: The Sacred Mushroom (1969/2002)
Label: Akarma Records (www.cometrecords.com)
Genre: Blues-Rock
Format: 180-Gram Vinyl LP

One look at the cover of this album and your first thought is that its probably psychedelic rock, well its not, even though it may have been marketed as such. The Sacred Mushroom played rock music heavily influenced by the blues. Their only self-titled LP released in 1969 on the Audio Fidelity Records label, has be remastered and released again this year by Akarma Records. The original album is reproduced beautifully and a colorful story about the group by an unknown historian is included on the back cover of the LP.

All the songs are originals with the exception of a Ray Davies song titled "I’m Not Like Everybody Else." Considering the date that this was recorded, it sounds surprisingly vibrant and hardly outdated. Its also is a wonder why the band never recorded anymore material than one album. Perhaps they did and it never came to be. In any event, this is great music. It’s a splendid tribute to the blues and how rock music gave the style the respect and admiration that it justly deserved.

This is crank-it-up-loud blues rock that you will surely enjoy if you happen to get into either style of music.

Side 1
1. I DON'T LIKE YOU (Goshorn-Hamilton) 2:50
2. YOU WON'T BE SORRY (Larry Goshorn) 2:15
3. CATATONIC LOVER (Larry Goshorn) 3:00
4. ALL GOOD THINGS MUST HAVE AN END (Larry Goshorn) 4:40
5. I'M NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE (Davies) 4:34

Side 2
1. I TAKE CARE (Larry Goshorn) 4:57
2. MEAN OLD WORLD (Goldsen/Walker) 4:38
3. LIFELINE (Larry Goshorn) 6:34

Credits:
Rusty York - Harp
Larry Goshorn - Guitar, Vocals
Danny Goshorn - Vocals
Joe Stewart - Bass

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