Playlist for 4-2-10, featuring Circuit Rider's self-titled 1971 LP

Back to the full-length album 'experiment.' It gives me a chance to show how truly unique and whacked-out some of the albums I dig up are, plus I'm a VERY lazy DJ and playing an album all the way through makes my life easier. This time, it was Circuit Rider's 1971 self-titled LP, as the title would indicate. Here's a brief review of the album in question:

I initially wrote this off as yet another Blessed End but further plays revealed more interesting aspects. Still sort of goofy in places but has some truly freaky biker/Cpt Beefheart late night explorations. The tracks where they break out of their swampy/bluesy mood are the best, such as "Limousine Ride" and "Chinese", which project visions of a biker high on PCP driving over a cliff at 100 MPH, laughing and screaming all the way. Songwriting is essentially non-existent, and the same riffs and rhythms are used throughout, which creates a sameyness that will grate if you're not in the mood. The "Billy The Kid" song is a goofy macho lowpoint not unlike Blessed End, and all over this is an LP likely to appeal to some while others may be puzzled. A late Doors influence can be detected. Several sources claim that it was recorded in 1971, but not released until 1980.

That was written by Patrick the Lama, the founder of the Acid Archives. Him and his collectors have turned me on to such releases as Kenneth Higney's "Attic Demonstration" and New Creation's "Troubled" in the past, and that description is pretty accurate. The music is kind of similar to the usual drugged-out biker rock I play (if there is such a thing) like the Wicked Lady, Raven and Nicodemus...but maybe even sloppier? I dunno. See for yourself.

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Playlist:

Apr 02 - 1:57 AM	Danny Espy	When Will the Sun Shine	45 rpm single		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Apr 02 - 1:53 AM	Stroke Band	Son of Sam	Green and Yellow		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:49 AM	Henry Flynt	Jumping Wired	Hillbilly Tape Music		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:45 AM	Heartbeat Brothers	Growing Up	33 rpm single		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:45 AM	Henry Flynt	Jumping Wired	Hillbilly Tape Music		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:42 AM	Heartbeat Brothers	Growing Up	33 rpm single		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:40 AM	Art Carney	Song of the Sewer	Songs from the Sewer compilation		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:37 AM	Circuit Rider	Old Charlie	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Apr 02 - 1:33 AM	Circuit Rider	Red Dog	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:31 AM	Circuit Rider	Chinese	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:25 AM	Circuit Rider	Billy Bad Billy	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:20 AM	Circuit Rider	Limousine Ride	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:15 AM	Circuit Rider	Just for Today	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Apr 02 - 1:13 AM	Circuit Rider	Laught	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:11 AM	Circuit Rider	Forever Angel's Proud	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:04 AM	Circuit Rider	How Long	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 1:00 AM	Circuit Rider	Old Time Feeling	S/T	Bizarro Jerry's whacked-out album of the week	No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:55 AM	Emil Richards and the Microtonal Blues Band	Mantra	Journey to Bliss		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Apr 02 - 12:47 AM	Boa Constrictor and a Natural Vine	Devil and the Ace of Spades	S/T		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:45 AM	Algebra Suicide	Lethargy	Independent World, Vol. 2		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:43 AM	Crime	Piss on Your Dog	San Francisco's Still Doomed		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:36 AM	Pineapples	Come On Closer	33 rpm single		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:34 AM	Hot Poop	Screamin'	...Does Their Own Stuff		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Apr 02 - 12:27 AM	Jandek	Bells and Voices	Nine-Thirty		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:23 AM	Raymond Scott	Sleepy Time	Soothing Sounds for Baby, Vol. 1: 1 to 6 Months		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:19 AM	Full Dimensional	Weeds	Exhale		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:12 AM	The O	Do It	Mutant Home Demos		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:10 AM	Carson's Raiders	The Teenage March	Songs from the Sewer compilation		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Apr 02 - 12:05 AM	Bob Smith	Don't Tell Lady Tonight	The Visit		No		e/d
Apr 02 - 12:00 AM	Jerry Solomon	They Came from Everywhere	Past the 20th Century		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d

Tracklist for the Circuit Rider album:

1. Old Time Feeling

2. How Long

3. Forever Angel's Proud

4. Laught

5. Just For Today

6. Limousine Ride

7. Billy Bad Billy

8. Chinese

9. Red Dog

10. Old Charlie

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Check back in a couple days for my continuation of The O's complete discography.