For auction a rare advanced promotional pressing of the Kak self-titled LP. Even a stock copy of this album is very hard in any condition - let alone one with vinyl this clean. Not only is it rare, it s regarded as one of the best and most sought-after psychedelic rock albums ever made.
This is the only recorded album by the legendary psychedelic group Kak, released in 1969 on Epic Records. The album delivers a good amount of awesome west coast acid rock with some psych folk overtones included, reminiscent of Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, Savage Resurrection, Tripsichord, as well as hip Donovan and Bob Dylan moves at times , the fuzz-wah guitar is outstanding, some fuzz bass is included here as well, and the vocals are really well executed making for a solid album - of which sneaks up on the listener, with repeat plays.
Although formed in Davis, California, Kak were based in San Francisco for a good part of 1968, when they recorded their only album. Lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Gary Lee Yoder and lead guitarist Dehner Patten had been in the Oxford Circle, an obscure early Northern Californian psychedelic band that had cut one garage/psych single Foolish Woman / Mind Destruction and played some shows on the San Francisco psychedelic circuit, while bassist Joe-Dave Damrell had been on a 1965 single on Scorpio Records with Group B .
The self-titled Kak LP was minor-league San Francisco psychedelic rock colored by a lot of influence from bigger Bay Area bands, particularly Moby Grape the vocal harmonies and curling guitar work on tracks like Disbelievin and Everything s Changing in particular sounded like a more pedestrian Moby Grape. There were also more distant echoes of Quicksilver Messenger Service in the guitar work and the Grateful Dead in faint traces of country-blues-rock . Kak are at their best on the full blown psychedelic Trieulogy which has blown away many unsuspecting listeners... Elsewhere, highlights and varied styles abound as on the gentle West Coast-tinged rocker I ve Got Time, the groovin wistful psych-folk-rock of Lemonade Kid, and the harpsichord-decorated ballad Flowing By, which was on the level with the first Moby Grape album.
Kak s album was barely promoted and sold little. It didn t help that the band played less than a dozen shows before breaking up in early 1969, Damrell having already quit prior to the split. Yoder did a single for Epic and and then joined Blue Cheer. The Kak album is now a pricey and in high demand collector item...
LP: NM, no signs of play. Clean yellow labels with no spindle marks. Clean glossy vinyl looks like it has never been out of the sleeve.
Jacket: VG , cover has no splits, tears or other serious issues. It does show some ringwear and some age wear. Edges are sharp but there is some edge and corner shelf wear. There are a couple of small edge creases.
