Black Merda - Black Merda (1967 us extraordinary heavy/psychedelic, soul blues-rock, 2006 Lilith reissue - Flac)


Sem muitos comentários; esse álbum é sublime! Desfrutem!


Black Merda were a funky rock combo with a significant debt to Jimi Hendrix, mixing fuzz-toned, psychedelic blues-rock with folky acoustic passages and contemporary late-'60s soul. Featuring guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins, bassist VC Veasey (aka Veesee L. Veasey), and drummer Tyrone Hite, the group got its start in the late '60s after Veasey, Hite, and Anthony Hawkins had spent time in a band called the Soul Agents, backing Edwin Starr and Gene Chandler. 

Inspired by Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced?, they added Anthony's younger brother Charles on second guitar and christened themselves Black Merda. Despite some interest around their Detroit base -- including Norman Whitfield and Eddie Kendricks -- Black Merda signed to Chess, thanks in part to the psychedelic soul eccentric Fugi (aka Ellington Jordan), who they also backed on his Mary, Don't Take Me on No Bad Trip LP for Chess. 
Black Merda's self-titled album sounded revolutionary enough, although the bandmembers were disappointed that it didn't reflect their heavy live shows. They then moved to the West Coast to continue playing with Fugi, but returned to Chicago to record a second album. 

Shortening their name to Mer-Da, the group returned in 1971 with Long Burn the Fire, a funkier outing that bore a likeness to early Funkadelic. The band quickly fizzled out, but over the next three decades, continued record-collector interest in the group eventually resulted in a reunion with Veasey, both Hawkins brothers, and Fugi, although Hite had died in 2004.

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  2. Thank you. I think the correct year is 1970.

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  3. Many thanks, Nelwizard. Till now for me an unknown pearl!

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  4. wow, nice! thx for introducing!:)

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  5. Baixei só pela curiosidade (?) do nome, onde se viu isso?????
    Mas é um puta som, valeu!
    Abs
    MrRocker

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  6. One of the great US heavy psychedelic soul albums - the original Chess release was definitely 1970 for this album - but I notice on the back cover of the Lillith reissue, the date of 1967 which is a bit of a mystery as the date seems a little too earlier for this kind of music, but perhaps I am wrong and it was recorded in '67 but not released till 1970 - either way, great music and their second album from 1972 is well worth a listen as well.

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