Bo Grumpus Before The War RarestīO GRUMPUS was formed in Boston in 1967 and are not to be confused with the group using the name in the 1990s-2000s. As it is, the album apparently never sold, but the CD still deserves a listen. The production here gave the group a somewhat more florid sound than their actual performances, but it also dressed up the songs beautifully - had it been heard by more people, Before the War might have been regarded as an East Coast rival to the Byrds' Notorious Byrd Brothers. The result is a somewhat flowery yet economical brand of melodic, folk-based psychedelia, that manages to be electric, spacy, and trippy, all at once. This album has a lot going for it that one would hope for from a band working out of New York - a sharp, rootsy approach to folk-rock, honed at the Greenwich Village clubs they were playing, coupled with flashes of elegance in the production accorded by Felix Pappalardi.
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