LOL, I was searching for something else and found this. I'm the "killer heavy psych fuzz" guitarist on this song... btw, I play much better now ;) The best that I can remember, I was using a Vox Fuzz Tone with a '65 Stratocaster into a Bassman amp with two cabinets. Still have the Strat. Band members: Doug Dickeson (me): Guitars, Vocals Jim Rupert: Guitars, Vocals (lead vocal on this song) Craig McClatchey: Wild Ass Bass Guitar Bob Hacker: Keys and very occasional vocals Wayne Bossung: Drums, Vocals
And I'm the Jim Rupert who wrote this mess all those 50 odd years ago. (And I do mean 'odd'.) Five egos running wild in the sound studio that needed a real producer to kick some asses and squelch some egos that still remain over-inflated to this day. Nostalgia is not always a sweet thing...
Jim Rupert Over inflated egos you say ? I really understand that. Primadonnas in a band cause divide. Members of a band should be like members of a beseball team ( for example) all working and contributing together for a common goal. All for one and one for all. In this case the goal would be to create a great record. Maybe a record with top of the charts potential. Over-inflated egos have been the demise of many bands. By the way Jim, this ""mess "" you wrote is a five minute piece of amazing psychedelia..I am so curious about what side 2 sounds like. I'm not familiar with many bands from the Cornhusker State. Were there any more releases from the band ? Were you guys tripping in the studio ? This is a track to trip by. Thanks, Jim.
Hoping someone involved with the track will be willing to post the lyrics, if they're still around somewhere! This is a great gem of a psych track, one of my favorites.
@@mjg086 In that long dusk which crowds upon a name The dead they walk again upheld by fame Although their whitened bones long since have dropped By breath of body ageless and unstopped You'll find the answer lies-a my friend In the form of a flower Burning desire, Celestial fire It's the ultimate power You then who harness dreams in driving belts Consider scornlessly the power that melts The future set within the towers of steel A thousand winters on a turning wheel Chorus Verse two repeat Chorus - Jim Rupert. (Or what's left of him.) Thanks, mi amigo.
Doug here, the "psycho fuzz guitar player". Here are the details: Jim Rupert: Songwriter, Lead Vocals, rhythm guitar Bob Hacker: Organ Wayne Bossung: Drums Craig McClatchey: Bass Doug Dickeson (me): lead guitar We assembled sometime in the late sixties (maybe 68 or 69) in a small sound recording studio in Lincoln NE named Sound City (144 South 9th street). It was also a music store, and a few of us taught guitar there. It's been gone for a long time. Jim Rupert played a Japanese "Mark Twain Stelleo" guitar. He plugged it into our Vox Echo Deluxe to get the echo (the feedback was operated by our drummer Wayne) and then into a Silvertone 1464 Solid State 100 watt amplifier head with 6 - 10" Jensen speakers in the cabinet. Bob Hacker was playing a Wurlitzer spinet organ & tone cabinet that had 2 6 inch speakers. Wayne Bossung was playing a Champagne Sparkle Ludwig set with Paiste cymbals. Craig McClatchey was playing a Klira semi-hollow body bass guitar (a Hofner knock off) through an Oliver bass amp. Doug Dickeson (me) was using a Vox Fuzz Tone with a '65 Stratocaster into a Bassman amp with two cabinets. Still have the Strat. We recorded onto an unknown tape deck, and Jim Rupert overdubbed the vocals after the rest of the band was recorded. We thought it was magic, had no idea how it was done. The microphones used are sadly unknown, but it's likely that there were two Neuman U87's used, since Jim still has at least one of them. We had to get this side and the flip side recorded in about two hours, since it was a school night! Thanks for asking, it's fun to try to remember all of this stuff.
wild bass is exactly a good description...nice echoplex, too....fine rave-up later in the track...never thought something like this could come out of the boring state of Nebraska...
I'm the author of this tune and I still have extra copies (Somewhere.) What would consider a reasonable price? Please advise and thanks! - James Rupert.
@@jamesrupert Back in the day of its release if someone told you that in later years a copy would fetch$600 you might have said to that person stop tripping
LOL, I was searching for something else and found this. I'm the "killer heavy psych fuzz" guitarist on this song... btw, I play much better now ;)
The best that I can remember, I was using a Vox Fuzz Tone with a '65 Stratocaster into a Bassman amp with two cabinets. Still have the Strat.
Band members:
Doug Dickeson (me): Guitars, Vocals
Jim Rupert: Guitars, Vocals (lead vocal on this song)
Craig McClatchey: Wild Ass Bass Guitar
Bob Hacker: Keys and very occasional vocals
Wayne Bossung: Drums, Vocals
Awesome. Sometimes the stuff we're most embarrassed by is loved by others.
I love the killer heavy psych fuzz!!!!
Wow...are you still alive? what a great track...did you make any other gems like this?
You didn't get killed by the heavy psych fuzz, then?
Great Killer song Doug!,greetings from Spain!
And I'm the Jim Rupert who wrote this mess all those 50 odd years ago. (And I do mean 'odd'.) Five egos running wild in the sound studio that needed a real producer to kick some asses and squelch some egos that still remain over-inflated to this day. Nostalgia is not always a sweet thing...
fine acid jam. too bad the audio quality is not so good...
Jim Rupert
Over inflated egos you say ?
I really understand that.
Primadonnas in a band cause divide.
Members of a band should be like members of a beseball team ( for example) all working and contributing together for a common goal. All for one and one for all. In this case the goal would be to create a great record. Maybe a record with top of the charts potential.
Over-inflated egos have been the demise of many bands.
By the way Jim, this ""mess "" you wrote is a five minute piece of amazing psychedelia..I am so curious about what side 2 sounds like. I'm not familiar with many bands from the Cornhusker State.
Were there any more releases from the band ?
Were you guys tripping in the studio ? This is a track to trip by.
Thanks, Jim.
Hoping someone involved with the track will be willing to post the lyrics, if they're still around somewhere! This is a great gem of a psych track, one of my favorites.
@@mjg086
In that long dusk which crowds upon a name
The dead they walk again upheld by fame
Although their whitened bones long since have dropped
By breath of body ageless and unstopped
You'll find the answer lies-a my friend
In the form of a flower
Burning desire, Celestial fire
It's the ultimate power
You then who harness dreams in driving belts
Consider scornlessly the power that melts
The future set within the towers of steel
A thousand winters on a turning wheel
Chorus
Verse two repeat
Chorus
- Jim Rupert. (Or what's left of him.) Thanks, mi amigo.
@@jamesrupert amazing! thank you.
Another fantastic teenage group with interesting acid rock offering. Love "that" sound. Raw, primitive yet creative.
I think this is the same Century record label that put out Sinister Soldiers Sorcery album.
They sound like Davie Allan & the Arrows meet Iron Butterfly on a dark psychedelic nite:)
Killer bassline......that soundZ like ? Mark and the Mysterians , it does !!!! I swear !!
Wild stuff man. Rog. Pacific sunset records.
great song from a great comp
Oh cool, Nebraska
I wonder too?
The record reminds me of that rainbow i did in my garage where i wrote most of these in...
Amazing tune!
Garage Psych excellence! Thank you.
Fuzztastic !!!!
Pretty groovy stuff here, it reminds me of a lot of different elements of music I've heard before but can't figure out what it just is.
Love lovelove
Very amazing tune because they knocked it out of the ball park. Because the musicians in those days knew how to push the boundaries of their music.
Im an old sh#t to,,,,fine jam.
Great sounds. Close to 5 minutes long - that's unusual for a 45
Wow
Not the greatest stuff, but still infinitely more listenable than hip-hop crap today
I'll bet you drugs were INVOLVED 😜
@@davidkemery7216 SO?
EVERYTHING is more listenable than rap.
amore amore amore
Any info on how the record was made? Time limitations, equipment etc.
So little documentation about garage bands.
Doug here, the "psycho fuzz guitar player". Here are the details:
Jim Rupert: Songwriter, Lead Vocals, rhythm guitar
Bob Hacker: Organ
Wayne Bossung: Drums
Craig McClatchey: Bass
Doug Dickeson (me): lead guitar
We assembled sometime in the late sixties (maybe 68 or 69) in a small sound recording studio in Lincoln NE named Sound City (144 South 9th street). It was also a music store, and a few of us taught guitar there. It's been gone for a long time.
Jim Rupert played a Japanese "Mark Twain Stelleo" guitar. He plugged it into our Vox Echo Deluxe to get the echo (the feedback was operated by our drummer Wayne) and then into a Silvertone 1464 Solid State 100 watt amplifier head with 6 - 10" Jensen speakers in the cabinet.
Bob Hacker was playing a Wurlitzer spinet organ & tone cabinet that had 2 6 inch speakers.
Wayne Bossung was playing a Champagne Sparkle Ludwig set with Paiste cymbals.
Craig McClatchey was playing a Klira semi-hollow body bass guitar (a Hofner knock off) through an Oliver bass amp.
Doug Dickeson (me) was using a Vox Fuzz Tone with a '65 Stratocaster into a Bassman amp with two cabinets. Still have the Strat.
We recorded onto an unknown tape deck, and Jim Rupert overdubbed the vocals after the rest of the band was recorded. We thought it was magic, had no idea how it was done. The microphones used are sadly unknown, but it's likely that there were two Neuman U87's used, since Jim still has at least one of them.
We had to get this side and the flip side recorded in about two hours, since it was a school night!
Thanks for asking, it's fun to try to remember all of this stuff.
wild bass is exactly a good description...nice echoplex, too....fine rave-up later in the track...never thought something like this could come out of the boring state of Nebraska...
listen at half speed
What yr this tune come out?
Wat yr this come out ,?
Awesome, but must be hard to track down?
Hard to “track” down lol
$600 - wow. I really want it but...!
I'm the author of this tune and I still have extra copies (Somewhere.) What would consider a reasonable price? Please advise and thanks! - James Rupert.
James Rupert anyway I can get in contact to find out more about this band?
@@jamesrupert Back in the day of its release if someone told you that in later years a copy would fetch$600 you might have said to that person stop tripping
@@thomassmith8721 You got that right. my friend!
@@thomassmith8721 you can't simply "stop tripping" it was the 60's! That's all were were doing then!
What year is this
fine pumping bass, nice organ, drumming, and fine out of tune fuzz guitars....
I need to find this! Where were the band from?
This band formed in Lincoln, Nebraska… right about '67 or '68. And unbelievably all of us are still alive.