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Rockadrome
Royal American 20th Century Blues
Rockadrome: Forty years after they released their only album, the name excites fans of psychedelic rock. Recorded in a
time when creativity counted for more than commercial appeal, the album was recorded for the eclectic Sound Canada
label. It sold poorly, but was rediscovered as part of the revival in interest in psychedelia; the only problem - copies
of the original album are incredibly rare (and incredibly expensive!). Studio owner and executive producer Art Snider
(who had discovered and first recorded a young Gordon Lightfoot years earlier) was inspired enough by Rockadrome's first
sessions to basically give engineer/producer Ray Lawrence free reign to carry the project in whatever direction it might
go. Fortunately, it was an era of experimentation, studio clocks could mostly be ignored, (there was a belief that the
best stuff was done after dark) and so Rockadrome was given an after-hours slot. All through that fall and winter, the
songs were refined, recorded, tossed and replaced. Contemplated. Even the physical process became a strange routine. The
guys would need to phone the studio by 5 pm to check that the evening schedule was open, then scramble into their cars
east of Toronto & head down the 401. The results show that the band deserve their reputation. Extensively remastered,
this is the first legitimate reissue.
Price
€ 6.95
Genre
Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
30-10-2010
Label
Item-nr
349097
EAN
0778578008154
Availability
Not in stock