The CD is presented as a triple disc issue packed with bonus material and a 31 page booklet filled with rare photos and liner notes by Clark Faville, Eothen Alapatt & Jim Cherry. Hunger arrived in L.A. from Portland in late 1967 as the Outcasts, a teenage cover band, but within a six months they had signed with a connected manager, played all over Los Angeles, embraced psychedelia and signed on to record an album of original music for the label their manager founded for them: Public! Records. They showed tremendous promise and their producers invested heavily into a band that was going to be the next marquee act at the Whiskey A Go-Go, bringing in members of Strawberry Alarm Clock, including future Lynyrd Skynyrd star Ed King, to produce an album. But Hunger broke up before their album s release and their entry in rock s canon was shadowed for years. This is the definitive Reserve Edition reissue of a late 60s psych rock classic, overseen by Hunger's band members John Morton, Steve Hansen and Mike Lane: the band's preferred, unedited, fuzz-guitar heavy version of the album, restored and remastered from a rare test press. This is the first time that band's vision for the album has been issued in full on vinyl. Contains an extensive booklet by Jim Cherry, Eothen Alapatt and Clark Faville that corrects many factual inaccuracies told over the record's celebrated past three decades as one of rock s holy grails. The booklet is filled with never-published photos from lead guitarist John Morton's archive. Here's an example of what's in store the full version of Open Your Eyes featuring Ed King's lead guitar lines all but absent on the Public! Records issue and nearly double the length of the issued version!
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The Definitive Re-release of This Album
This is an album that has undoubtedly sold far more copies as a reissue than it did originally. Well worth hearing for those interested in late '60s rock music. This one is right between garagey and hard rock with excellent songs.Originals are very collectable and expensive. This release includes the original release plus a much rarer test pressing which prominently features Ed King, future Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist. That version is far superior, as his playing is excellent, but wiped from the original release for contractual reasons. There's also a third disc of additional material.Everything is dubbed from vinyl. I'm sure the master tapes are long lost. This is by far the best dub of the test pressing, compared to the previous Akarma and Void label releases.
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Item received, no longer requesting refund.
I received the item today and I am pleased, so please disregard my request for my refund.
