JOSEFUS – Josefus
+ Dead Man. Red Fox RF 608. French release. FACTORY SEALED NEW CD. The Josefus
album was issued on Mainstream Records in the latter half of 1970. The Dead Man album, recorded in early 1970,
was first issued on the Hookah label prior to their signing to Mainstream
Records. This edition issued in 2001.
MEMBERS: Pete Bailey (vocals, harmonica), Ray Turner
(bass), Dave Mitchell (lead guitar), and Doug Tull (drums).
TRACKS,
Josefus:
01) Bald Peach (2:43)
02) B.S. Creek (4:04)
03) America (2:38)
04) I’m Getting’ On (2:30)
05) Sefus Blues (3:12)
06) Jimmy Jimmy (2:39)
07) Feelin’ Good (6:10)
08) Condition (3:01)
09) I Saw A Killin’ (2:23)
10) Such Is Life (3:07)
Dead Man:
11) Crazy Man (4:00)
12) I Need A Woman (4:20)
13) Gimmie Shelter (4:05)
14) Country Boy (3:14)
15) Proposition (4:45)
16) Situation (1:55)
17) Dead Man (17:30)
DESCRIPTION: Josefus
originated in Houston, Texas in summer of 1969. Dead Man - their debut LP was recorded on March 30, 1970 and
released in June by the small local Hookah label. The music here is very
intense acid, fuzzy, bluesy hard rock with suberb guitar playing and strong,
distinctive vocals. This is absoluteley essential gem of proto-doom-stoner rock
with the title track being over 17 minutes of pure doom and gloom. The album
received extensive airplay and the whole 3000 copies were sold very quickly.
Today the original vinyl pressing in top condition fetches nearly $1000. As a
result the band was signed by the prestigious Mainstream Records. In Autumn
1970 the band (having drug-related internal problems) quickly recorded their
2nd, self-titled, album. Perhaps not as powerful and sinister as their debut,
but shows the band’s improved musicianship and tightness that makes this set
well worth owning and still sounds fresh and heavy. Soon after Josefus split,
two band members formed Stone Axe - an excellent band that issued just one very
heavy and very expressive privately pressed single in 1971. Of course this was
not the final curtain call for the band, but that lies beyond the scope of this
release. Highly recommended!
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