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<strong>CROTCHBAT</strong>: <strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> - <strong>Bl</strong>ow Your Mind (1972)<br />
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<strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> - <strong>Bl</strong>ow Your Mind (1972)<br />
<strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> exemplifies the "record collector" bands that gain new life through reissues. Their<br />
appearance marked some belated recognition for the power trio, which Northampton singerguitarist<br />
Martin Weaver formed in 1968 with drummer "Mad" Dick Smith and bassist Bob Jeffries.<br />
However, <strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> never came within a whisper of the stratospheric status attained by<br />
Cream, or the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The band's liberal use of feedback -- and large biker<br />
following -- kept them relegated to clubs, even during the twilight hours of the psychedelic era.<br />
Awash in drink and drugs, <strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> split up in 1970, but Smith and Weaver soon regrouped<br />
with new bassist, Del "German Head" Morley. The effect is a shotgun marriage of <strong>Bl</strong>ack<br />
Sabbath-style rifferama, supported by a less risk-taking rhythm section. Weaver's vocal style<br />
lacks charisma, but his wah-wah and fuzz-driven guitar style carries the day. The highlights<br />
include the sex 'n' drugs snapshot of "Sin City," and the howling, 21-minute epic, "Ship Of<br />
Ghosts." But <strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong>'s erratic ways proved too difficult for clubowners, who eventually<br />
refused to let them play. (At one gig, the band reportedly played the same song over and over<br />
until an irritated management pulled the plug on them.) <strong>Wicked</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> imploded in 1972, but<br />
Weaver rebounded that same year by joining the Dark, a more psychedelic- and progressiveoutfit.<br />
Their Round The Edges album became a Holy Grail for collectors -- because only a handful<br />
of copies were made for band members and their associates. (Kissing Spell reissued the album in<br />
1991.) Weaver next teamed with classically-trained keyboardist Dave "Doc" Wadley -- who'd<br />
worked with a pre-Sabbath Tony Iommi -- in the Mind Doctors. (allmusic)<br />
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red eye express said...<br />
Man you've done it again!What a killer album!!!Up there with <strong>JPT</strong> <strong>Scare</strong> <strong>Band</strong> for greatest<br />
unknown band of all time.This is an instant classic in my books and will be on continuous<br />
rotation for quite a while.Wild , raw guitar playing with a definite original touch.Which was hard to<br />
do in 72 while everyone else was just jamming on 20 minute blues. Released today it would still<br />
kick major arse on most of the pathetic stoner bands.Fantastic album over too!!!!Keep 'em comin'.<br />
25.8 .08<br />
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