Mushroom-Early One Morning(1973)(2004 Phoenix Rem.)[EAC-FLAC]

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Early One Morning, originally released in 1973 on the Hawk label is a real one off, combining brilliant, heavy progressive rock and psychedelic Irish folk, with blazing guitar leads battling with fiddle attacks.

Phoenix. 2004.



Now here's something you don't hear everyday-Celtic tinged rock! Truly this is one of the most unique albums you will ever hear from a one-shot band. Based in Dublin, Mushroom combines some great, distorted guitar work with nicely understated keyboards and fiddle. Don't be fooled by the folksy title song that opens the album. It is in the glorious thunder of the following track, "The Liothdon" that the band's mission statement can be heard. That is not to say that Early One Morning is a balls-out rock and roll album. It has its folksy moments as well, namely the title track, "Unborn Child", "Tenpenny Piece" and the frisky "Potter's Wheel". The funereal "Standing Alone" with its Moog solo could probably fit prog mode. But mostly this is a devil's dance of great music-and even if you somehow impossibly remain unconvinced of the brilliance of the Mushroom band by the first nine songs, the last track, "King of Alba", if not for its lyrics alone, will most definitely floor you. This may not be the easiest album to find, as most chain stores do not carry these awesome independent labels such as Phoenix or Akarma---but it is completely worth the search.


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Track Listings

1. Early one morning (2:37)
2. The Liathdan (4:17)
3. Crying (3:53)
4. Unborn child (3:44)
5. Johnny The Jumper (3:04)
6. Potters Wheel (2:20)
7. Standing Alone (5:36)
8. Devil Among The Tailors (2:44)
9. Tenpenny Piece (3:28)
10. Drowsey Maggie (3:57)
11. King of Alba (4:17)



Line-up/Musicians

- Aengus McNally / guitars, tin whistle, vocals
- Colm Lynch / percussion, bodhran, wind and wood chimes, vocals
- Alan Brown / bass, 12-string guitar, vocals
- Michael Power / organ, harpsichord, moog, vocals
- Pat Collins / violin, electric violin, vocals