goldenrod

First official reissue of this legendary Westcoast acid psych masterpiece. It was recorded 1969 in Hollywood and originally released on Chartmaker. Goldenrod is not just the backing band of Darius - it is Ben Benay, Jerry Scheff and Toxey French who all were involved into several major projects, playing with Elvis Presley, 5th Dimension, supporting The Doors, Ventures to name a few. On this album they let it freewheelin running - just caring about their own passion with a magical sound in 4 long cuts: Descent of the cyclopeans/ Karmic Dream Sequence/ The Gator Society/ Standing Ovaluation - those satisfy by its intense and emotional sound with ultimate guitarwork by Ben Benay. Contains bandstory + photos! Plus an unreleased mono session of album outtakes, freaked out 79 mins!- extended jamming!