Featuring The Human Host and The Heavy Metal Kids [Import]

Hapshash & Coloured Coat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Akarma Italy
• ASIN: B0000695N9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Full title - Featuring The Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids. Originally released in 1967 on Mint Records this 2002 re-issue is from Akarma and packaged in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars featuring: the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids, September 1, 2004

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Carl Slim (the factory) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids (Audio CD)

That's the full title. it's not actually a metal album, that's just a Burroughs reference. It's "free-form" rock, something that's pretty much dead now. 5 songs built around basic themes, with improv everywhere. Two have really cool riffs, and another is built around a chant of "ohm". Vocals are more to add a little colour here and there, rather than the focal point. These guys can actually play-not virtuosos, but I recognize standard chords, harmonica runs, and the ability to keep the beat, so don't believe everything you hear. Some of this is exciting, some is surprisingly relaxing & (I guess) good for meditation. This is a one of a kind (as far as I know), and I really think most open minded music lovers WILL appreciate this. One of these guys, I hear, eventually joined T.Rex, by the way.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You either get this or your don't, October 24, 2010

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James E. Schafer "hightideebay" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids (Audio CD)

This music either talks to you or it doesnt. This music talks to me. I understand it. It is a language I love to hear spoken, sung, grunted, screamed and smashed.

Some people just might not be open to this... but good lord almighty psychedelic music doesnt get any better than this. Set your controls for the heart of darkness. And rave on...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind, April 21, 2007

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W. M. Greenwood "Max90" (DownEast, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids (Audio CD)

Anyone that is a serious collector of 60s psychedelia this is a must have.
i owned and still have the original vinyl and can say the CD is a splendid re-mastering. Quality is first rate.
i never myself dropped acid in those wild days even though deep into the scene having spent the Summer of Love in Greenwich Village.
But i can say i suspect this is the best way to take an acid trip without dropping acid:)
Though only just short of 37 minutes it seems longer as it can mesmerize for those that have an ear for beyond the fringe psyschedelia.
The Empire of the Sun cut lasts just over 17 minutes and is one whole side on the vinyl. i love the whimsical Ragnorok touch at the end of The Empire of The Sun
i now recommend the review by Carl Slim that is here, it is a fine review and i can't improve on it.Max90