Behold & See

Ultimate Spinach | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B0000004EP
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,887 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars butcherd reissue, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Behold & See (Audio CD)

just another unsatisfied customer wondering why Mr.Lorber decided to edit half of the tunes,and intentionaly,omitted "visions of your reality". Why? there is clearly more than enough time (memory) left on the disk. and why edit the songs? I more than agree with russell d. brown's evaluation of this cd release by 'Big Beat'. A shadow of a great LP. In closing, I realised that on ultamate spinach III (Big Beat cd release) although none of the existing tunes are edited, the song "sincere" was omited. Why? I would hope that Mr.Lorber corrects this mystery on future remasters of these 3 groovy albums.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a minor classic from the psychedelic era, November 2, 2000

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Stephen F Mulcahy (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Behold & See (Audio CD)

i know nothing about the track visions of your reality . for one thing, i was -2 years old when this album was made! what's left is pretty impressive for the most part. the opening cut, behold and see, features a hendrixian riff all the way through. the second track is one of ultimate spinach's best, the epic and atmospheric mind flowers , which is more doors like. the band was very good at long pieces and the instrumentation was usually quite good - and this is droning downer of a cut is first rate . another stand out track is fragmentary march of green. this number is rather jefferson airplane like. it is somewhat comparable to the airplane's great house at pooneil corners , in that both tracks are excellent pieces with a feeling of doom. the lyrics of both songs are socially conscious and deal with most of the big issues of the time in question. jazz thing is another fine number. this album as a whole might not be quite as good as the debut, but i think that the 2 best songs of the band(mind flowers and fragmentary march of green) are contained on the disc.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i haven't heard this version of the record but, September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Behold & See (Audio CD)

losing "visions of your reality" sounds like a stroke of genius. it's really an awful song and, second song in on the vinyl, nearly derails the whole thing. i doubt the edits were worth it, although the spinach did drag it out a bit at times. and those lyrics!