| First album, released
in 1966, by this NYC-based band. The Godz were part of the Lower East Side scene
that produced post-beat avant-hippie rockers/performance artists the Fugs and
the Holy Modal Rounders, as well as beat performers like Allen Ginsberg.
Sounding like a prototype for Half Japanese or the Shaggs, the Godz play as if
they discovered their instruments ten minutes before the tape started
rolling.
CONTACT HIGH WITH THE GODZ. ESP's recently hired sales
manager approached B and said, "We are ready to record. We have a session booked
at Herb Abramson's Studio for tomorrow". "Who is we? " B replied. "WE are the
GODZ. Your shipping clerk, Paul Thornton, your assistant shipping clerk, Jim
McCarthy, and your art director, Jay Dillon." If you would like to hear the
group, we are rehearsing this evening in Natasha's apartment. (Natasha Zapatoski
was B's secretary, a level headed woman of Ukrainian descent, she had recently
arrived from Toronto.") Shrugging resignedly, B agreed. Sitting on the floor in
the darkened living room, M was treated to the a cappella WHITE CAT HEAT, a
close approximation of the sound of a choir of cats courting on a back yard
fence. The following day, B went to the studio, deliberately arriving one hour
after the session was scheduled to begin, suspecting that his presence might
intimidate the musicians, if he were to show up while they were setting up and
warming up. He found them sitting around the room, idle. Paul Thornton explained
that they had finished the album and were about to listen to the
play-back.
Personnel
Jay Dillon (autoharp)
Jim McCarthy (g, plastic fl,
hca, vo)
Larry Kessler (bag, vln, vo)
Paul Thornton (d, g, maracas,
vo)
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