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01 Head shop
02 Heaven here we come
03 Sunny
04 Listen with a third ear
05 Opera in the year 4000
A. Where have all the people gone
B. Yesterday
08 Revolution
09 I feel love comin' on
10 Prophecy
11 Infinity

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MEMBERS: Danny Prosseda, Guitar
Drew Sbordone, Bass
Joe Siano, Vocals
Jesse Luca, Drums, Percussion
Milan, Rhythm Guitars and Screams
Geoff Wright, Hammond/Farfisa Organ, Fuzz Bass (on "Heaven Here We Come" and "I Feel Love Comin' On")
Maxim, Violin Solo (on "Prophecy")
Larry Coryell, Guest Musician, Guitar Solo (on "I Feel Love Comin' On")

INFO: Along with many other one-off major label psych albums such as Gandalf (Capitol Records) and
Savage Resurrection (Mercury Records), the sole album by the Head Shop has become a major
collector’s item in recent years. As with Gandalf and Savage Resurrection, the attention given
to the Head Shop’s album is fully justified by the excellent psychedelic rock music contained
therein. The album’s opening cut, “Head Shop”, begins with heavily distorted guitar and an
insane scream. This is an appropriate introduction to a heavy, heady barrage of psychedelia.
The group’s style is heavy rock, but it is driven by mind-melting fuzztone guitar rather than
the more smoothly distorted guitar sound generally featured in heavy rock of the era (see Blue
Cheer and Frijid Pink).

Thus, the Head Shop have created a demented fusion of ’69 era heavy psych and ’66 era garage
punk. This makes for some very interesting original songs and cover tunes. The group’s version
of “Sunny” is, appropriately enough, totally dark and creepy, driven by funeral-style organ work.
Likewise, if you thought the Beatles original version of “Revolution” was heavy, wait till you
hear the over-the-top fuzztone version by the Head Shop. The originals are perhaps even more
interesting, including the aforementioned “Head Shop”, “Heaven Here We Come”, and the killer
“Infinity”. Another of their songs, “Opera in the Year 4000” is a bizarre medly of an
uncharacteristically “straight” original tune “Where Have All the People Gone” melded with
another Beatles song, “Yesterday.” All in all, this is a most excellent and unusual album of
heavy psychedelic rock.

Now that the LP has been reissued on CD by Synton Records, this fine album is finally much more
widely available than the extremely scarce original 1969 issue. This is definitely a recommended
release for psych fans.

~ Reviewer: Kurt Sampsel (December,2001)