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Monday, January 10, 2011

Haystacks Balboa - Haystacks Balboa (1970 us, great hard psych underground rock)



New York City based, hard-rock band with progressive ideas. They released this self titled album in early 1970. The sound is dominated by hard rock tunes who are typical of the time, like Sabbath or Mountain, with backbreaking heavy fuzzy guitars. The progressive moments are quite nice, long tracks relying on Hammond organ and guitar interplay with extended instrumental stretches.

Real heavy dudes with a mean attitude and some wicked guitar - above-par hard rock. A couple of tracks on their album were written by Larry West, formerly of the legendary Vagrants and younger brother of guitar colossus,  Leslie Mountain' West. The album was produced by Shadow Morton, aka Shadow Mann. Mayo and Polott still play together in an outfit called Blue Lagoon.


Tracks
1. Spoiler (Deborah Mayo, Mark Pollot, Mark Mayo) - 3:30
2. The Children Of Heaven (Lloyd Landesman, Mark Mayo) - 3:06
3. Bruce's Twist (Bruce Scott, Mark Babani, Mark Mayo) - 2:42
4. Auburn Queen (Lloyd Landesman, Mark Mayo) - 9:11
5. Sticky Finger (Deborah Mayo, Larry West, Mark Babani, Mark Mayo) - 5:14
6. Ode To The Silken Men (Lloyd Landesman, Mark Mayo) - 8:49
     a.Tell Me A Story
     b.What Would Happen
7. Riverland (Mark Mayo) - 3:49

Haystacks Balboa
*Mark Babani - Drums
*Mark Harrison Mayo - Guitar
*Lloyd Landesman - Keyboards
*Mark Polott - Bass
*Bruce Scott - Vocals

11 comments:

  1. Το εχω μεγαλη δισκαρααααα Αξιοςςς ;)

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  2. Εγώ πάλι δεν το έχω (είμαι και εντελώς ψέιρας, οπότε αν δεν έχουν πλήρες artwork 300dpi και πάνω δεν τα κατεβάζω - τουλάχιστον για την "επίσημη" δισκοθήκη......) οπότε πολλές ευχαριστίες στον Μάριο.

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  3. Great album!,already on the shelf I bought that CD years ago.Thanks again for sharing this and introducing it to more people!
    Cheers

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  4. Ούτε εγώ το έχω για αυτό και σε ευχαριστώ πολύ. Σκορ εχόντων - μη εχόντων 2-2.

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  5. This really a surprising hidden gem. Since I get from the sharing of MarioS I've enjoyed entirely for several times. Thanks MarioS for that!

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  6. What a great album Marios,thanks again.

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  7. Mark Polott (the bassist)January 5, 2012 at 9:02 PM

    We were from NYC!

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  8. Thank you Mark Polott for the tip, but most of all,
    THANK YOU for the MUSIC.

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  9. Haystacks Balboa link not working (account issue?)
    Any chance for a re-up or alternative link?
    Many Thanks!

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  10. Hi Marios - Don't recall this one. Reads well. If possible please renew. Thanks in advance.

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  11. Midoztouch, "Haystacks Balboa" reposted...

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