Obscure 60's psychedelia from Canada. Sounds good: blending vocal harmonies and a country-rock sound similar to late-period Byrds.
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"Released in Canada only, in 1969, "Home Grown Stuff" is a true Canadian rock classic. Featuring Don McDougall (later to join The Guess Who), MTYD was a talented group, whose music often had a tinge of country mixed in with acid rock. "Home Grown Stuff" features straight ahead psych rock in the excellent "One Ring Jane" (with a killer guitar solo) and "Someone Think" (which features a great fuzz guitar intro riff), country rock in "One Glass For Wine" and even straight ahead country in "Little Pony" and "Pot O'Gold". There's even some Psychedelic poetry included with "Intermission Poetry" (pleasant, but the weakest track overall) and "Walk Your Head Around". Even with the diverse musical mix, the album as a whole is VERY strong and flows nicely. The musicianship of the band is top notch and this album was EXTREMELY well recorded and engineered.
EMI Canada did a fantastic job on the remastering of this classic. The sound is full and crisp with great dynamics, and little tape hiss to be heard. The original mix was nicely balanced and the CD has a great stereo seperation that is amazing on headphones. This is all testament to the quality of the original production and engineering.
This album is extremely hard to find in an original vinyl pressing. (When it is, its usually quite pricey.) So it was great to see EMI Canada re-issue this classic in its original form. Sadly, this CD (like the others in thier "Northern Heritage Connoisseur" series) is now out of print and its hard to get. (You can get it from Don McDougall himself at [...]) So get it while there are copies still kicking around. It is DEFINITELY worth picking up, if you are a casual listener or a hard core lover of classic Canadian rock.
You will not be disapointed." (amazon customer review) _________________ "And can’t you see you’re in on it?
You were born though you need not
And is that not some cause
For worship, being born among these trees?"
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"This is another special band, because i think they are a mini - orchestra, besides bass, drums, and some keys, they have a couple of violinists and a cello player, and with those instruments and of course great musicianship, they made an excellent album, i have also Danse Macabre, but im still prefering this album, another detail is that Esperanto is a band WITHOUT GUITARS, its rare no?, but it sounds great , i dont miss guitar sound at all in this album
The opening track is simply awesome, maybe the name is known for you, "Eleanor Rigby", yes, it is a Beatles` cover, im not a huge Beatles` fan, but one of my favorite songs is Eleanor Rigby, but... wait a minute,this Esperanto`s version is still more awesome, with a harder sound, with great violins in the intro, and a very special tone of voice, makes that song very enjoyable, im not going to compare it with the original one, because it coulde be pretentious and relative, and Beatles and Esperanto are different styles, but believe me , this version is really great!.
After listening to the first song ( which is beautiful ), i was shocked and of course i fell in love immediately, then, i was excited to listen to the other songs, "The Rape" is the last song, it is specially good, some great changes, but what i love the most is the mix of a creative symphonic sound with a clasical violin edged sound, it makes it really great, some of the songs are soft than others , and they have some cool changes, for example the second song is harder and with more energy, they have a superp musicianship, vocals are also great, and the piano is awesome, maybe the shortes song is the weakest , but it is still good, with a nice poppish touch and some jazzy roots and influences, great arrangements in the most of the songs, and powerful sound followed by a extremely fine sound.
I dont know if im describing good this album, but i think it is good, i love it, i highly reccomend it to all of you; despite my love for this album and despite i find it so attractive, i think this is not a masterpiece of progressive rock, 4.5 stars for me, because maybe one little piece is missing here, i dont know what exactly, but anyway, enjoy it.
Great Stuff!" (progarchives) _________________ "And can’t you see you’re in on it?
You were born though you need not
And is that not some cause
For worship, being born among these trees?"
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