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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Outstanding Late 60's, early Seventies Unique Rock, November 2, 2007
The Insect Trust, one of the outstanding bands that emerged as part of a plethora of the sixties wave, had an amazing amalgamation of blues, rock, folk and funk, with an undercurrent of jazz. Truly an American group, this band was probably overlooked by so many listeners when it came out, due to the amazing number of great incipient bands that emerged during this time. Not only the big British and American bands like the Stones, Beatles, The Who, Jimmy Hendrix and Yardbirds, but so many smaller bands, less funded, like Ultimate Spinach from Boston, the Soft Machine, Fifty Foot Hose, Dave Von Ronk and the Hudson Dusters, emerged on the scene within months of each other. Record catalogs and mailorder clubs proliferated, offering new and unique sounds, often reflecting the parts of the country where the band members grew up.
With members from Memphis, New Jersey and New York, accompanied by studio folks, Hoboken Saturday Night is the second of only two albums ever released by this group. The other, released in 1969, is simply titled Insect Trust.
Hoboken Saturday Night has a haunting vocal by Nancy Jeffries, The Eyes of a New York Woman, with lyrics from novelist Thomas Pynchon.
The other songs all have their own unique flavors, my favorite is The Eyes of a New York Woman.
W. Scott Wallace, Ph.D. Cincinnati former announcer on a 60's radio show
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Insect TrustHoboken Saturday Night good album, March 20, 2005
What was the counterculture, anyway - America's last hopeful moment, or just a bunch of stoners making tragic fashion choices? This 1970 album from a band of East Coast VIP freaks (including the late, great music critic Robert Palmer on reeds) suggests that it was nothin' but a party good enough to blow your mind. Country blues, ragtime, avant-jazz, New Orleans gumbo, psychedelia and straight-ahead pop all get play here; one song features lyrics by novelist Thomas Pynchon, while another was co-authored by a 6-year-old. In this reissue's liner notes, Blender contributor Robert Christgau calls the Insect Trust "pluralistic tolerance in action, at once traditionalist, futuristic and entranced with the here and now." In other words, it's what democracy sounds like.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, May 7, 2006
After I pined away for 35 years, somebody finally put them on CD. It's like I just heard it yesterday - I still remembered the haunting "Eyes" and most of the rest.
Believe me, it captures everything the era was about. And, it does an old man's heart good to have a good-sized piece of his youth back.
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