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D.R. Hooker - The Truth (1972)
 MP3 @ 320CBR | 164MB | Full Artwork
Genre: Psychedelic | Original Release- On Records XLP-1029
This Release- Subliminal Sounds, SUBCD-15

“Widely cited as one of the most important private press releases in all 1970s psychedelia, D.R. Hooker's The Truth might actually be one of those obscure lost gems that's worth the customarily inordinate amount of interest such period pieces are afforded. D.R. Hooker was a man slightly askew with his time: from the robes he wears on the cover to the quasi mystical lyrics, he's very much connected to the hippy era, and given that this album was recorded in 1972, in a time post-Charles Manson, he was brave to associate so strongly with all the imagery pertaining to cults. Musically, Hooker looks beyond the parameters of the hippy movement, dipping into a more ambitiously studio-oriented sound than Hooker's half-troubadour, half-prophet image on the sleeve might suggest. The noisy, fuzzy elements are particularly effective, and surprisingly intricate in their arrangement and recording. 'Forge Your Own Chains' takes this to an extreme, expertly deploying advanced loungey jazz figures with an onslaught of brass. This all sounds far more ambitious and accomplished than the vast majority of private press releases that tend to emerge, and there's certainly a strong case to be made for this record being one of those precious few curiosities from the private press movement to feel like more than a kitsch comic aside. Well worth your investigation. 


Tracklisting-
1- The Sea
2- Fall In Love
3- A Stranger's Smile
4- Weather Girl
5- This Thing
6- Forge Your Own Chains
7- I'm Leaving You
8- The Truth
9- The Bible
10- Falling Asleep
11- Hello
12- This Moment
13- Free
14- Winter
15- A Tormented Heart
16- Kamala