Alexander's Timeless Blooze Band - For Sale (1969)

Alexander's Timeless Blooze Band - For Sale (1969)

Alexander's Timeless Bloozband - For Sale
1968
UNI 73021
Cover - Bob Masse

A bluesy outfit with some psychedelic influence. Charles Lamont also released a solo LP in 1969, A Legend In His Own Time (Uni 73076), which consists of melodic psych/pop with orchestrations. All the songs were written by Lamont and it features a version of Love So Strong which can also be found on the Alexander's Timeless Bloozband For Sale album. Both albums were produced by Tony Cary, but Lamont's solo effort cannot be recommended.


Personnel:
CHARLES LAMONT A
C. LOCKHART A
L. MARKS A

Review by Steve Kurutz

As dated as a pack of joss sticks, For Sale is far from timeless. From the psychedelic cover to the offbeat band moniker to the zany instrumentation -- flute, baroque horns -- just holding, never mind listening to, the album has the power to transport you to a hippie crash pad circa 1969. The songs themselves do their best to evoke the sounds of the day: "Love So Strong" is vintage Byrds, "Horn Song" takes its cue from Love, and the blues romp of "Help Me" is all Eric Burdon sass and swagger. But really the band was no more than a cheap imitation of the psychedelia of the day -- not surprising considering that the group was signed to UNI, a label whose biggest act was the cartoonish Strawberry Alarm Clock.

Tracklist:

1.Love so strong
2.Horn song
3.Plastic is organic
4.Swannanoa tunnel
5.Rosie
6.Front man
7.Tight rope walker
8.Life
9.Darlin'
10.Help me
11.Firefly