Many of you
might know the name Terry Brooks and strange. Terry hailed from Florida and
made quite a name for himself in the underground. Terry first came to prominence with his 1973
debut LP, the heavy rocking progressive-psychedelic masterpiece ‘Translucent
World’, privately released on Terry’s own Outer Galaxie Publishers label. He
started jamming in the 70s and did some concerts in Europe in the 80s, continued
to play into the 90s and then disappeared.
Jerry Kranitz from Aural Innovations was given a chance by Terry (who is
in poor health) to go through the archives and compile the first of potentially
several volumes of music from this archive. The first 2 have just been
released.
Vol 1 (this text is written by Jerry Krantiz)
The first three tracks of this set were recorded live in 1984 during Terry’s tour of Germany. It opens with 20 minutes of awe inspiring, powerhouse jamming that will appeal to fans of monster guitar solos. ‘Child Of The City’ follows, blending song with more exploratory instrumental workouts. The live set comes to a close with the heavy blues, song and jam monster ‘Down And Dirty Blues’. As a bonus we have included one of the only occurrences of Terry doing a cover song – Terry ROCKS the classic ‘Spoonful’, recorded in 1987 at a private concert.
The first three tracks of this set were recorded live in 1984 during Terry’s tour of Germany. It opens with 20 minutes of awe inspiring, powerhouse jamming that will appeal to fans of monster guitar solos. ‘Child Of The City’ follows, blending song with more exploratory instrumental workouts. The live set comes to a close with the heavy blues, song and jam monster ‘Down And Dirty Blues’. As a bonus we have included one of the only occurrences of Terry doing a cover song – Terry ROCKS the classic ‘Spoonful’, recorded in 1987 at a private concert.
Vol 2 7 tracks
Monster Guitar: Opening with a German radio promo for
Terry's song Rock & Roll Woman, the DJ then plays a jam recorded live in
Juarez, Mexico sometime in the 1980s. It's a monstrous power trio jam featuring
volcanic space/psych/noise guitar. Magic Fingers: This prog infused power
psych rock instrumental was recorded at a private concert in
1986. Space-Metal… Killer!: Totally eruptive space-metal studio jam from
1976. Love Passion Guitar: Recorded live in 1992, this is slow,
doomy, melodic, yet intense hard psych, with passionate dirty blues solos that
later gets tastefully spaced out. This track was recorded in the aftermath of
the passing of Terry's uncle Jimmy Napoli. Killer Rock: A studio
recording from 1981, this is a hard jamming rocker with down 'n' dirty
boogie-woogie swagger in the leads.
Midnight Angel (early version with jam): This late 1970s studio recording kicks off with a lengthy jam with wailing guitar and drums, but lightly melodic keys that provide a cool contrast to the frenzy of the guitar and drums. What makes it extra special is it's segue into the song that would later appear as 'Midnight Angel' on Terry's 1980 released To Earth With Love album. Sonic Psychedelic Mind Melt: Recorded in 1973 during the sessions for what became Terry's 1976 released Raw Power album, this track is a tour de force of fuse blowing, effects heavy hysteria.
Midnight Angel (early version with jam): This late 1970s studio recording kicks off with a lengthy jam with wailing guitar and drums, but lightly melodic keys that provide a cool contrast to the frenzy of the guitar and drums. What makes it extra special is it's segue into the song that would later appear as 'Midnight Angel' on Terry's 1980 released To Earth With Love album. Sonic Psychedelic Mind Melt: Recorded in 1973 during the sessions for what became Terry's 1976 released Raw Power album, this track is a tour de force of fuse blowing, effects heavy hysteria.
The ‘Treasures and Gems from the Treasure Chest’ series has
been launched to make available unreleased and little heard music from Terry’s
massive archives. Each volume in the series seeks to showcase the many sides of
this multi-faceted artist. I totally dug this material and heard it
several times I the last week. If you are into totally wild over the top guitar
jamming and modern acts like Earthless, Frozen Planet 1969, The Machine, etc…
then for sure check this series out for some serious guitar masturbation
sessions into the unknown. Check out a concert from 1982 below..
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