The Head Shop – The Head Shop (1969/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Head Shop – The Head Shop (1969/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:49 minutes | 747 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

The Head Shop is one of those horribly out of print oddities that it’s practically impossible to find information on. My basic impressions are that I can’t really tell if this was a legitimate band, or one of those psychedelic exploitation albums. Basically, the playing is very much along the exploitative lines; my wife doesn’t know much about psych but she pointed out that this music reminded her of The Zodiac’s Cosmic Sounds. Still, there’s a touch more of weird inspiration than the bulk of exploitation albums have. For some reason, a lot of this album also makes me think of the music from Jesus Christ Superstar – especially around the middle with tracks like “Listen With A Third Ear” and “Opera In The Year 4000.”

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