Re: (idm) United States of America

From HK Kahng
Sent Mon, Oct 26th 1998, 21:04

>Someone please help...
>
>For ages I've been looking for the debut record (ie. self titled) by
>United States of America. I've got it on a tape and don't have any other
>info except it sounds like it would have been a late 60's early 70's
>release. It's an excellent psychedelic pop record in the same vein as
>White Noise or Amon Duul type stuff.
>
>Please reply directly. I'll pay good money (and your hippy parents might
>never even notice it went missing).


Edsel re-released the re-release of the United States of America album
sometime last year, and as far as I can tell, it's readily available (try
cdnow.com, for instance).

I second the recommendation on this album - in a way I think that if United
States of America didn't do their thing in the 60's, the chances of folks
like Broadcast doing their thing nowadays might be greatly diminished.
There are some dodgy hippie bits, which is unavoidable given the nature of
the record, but on the whole this is quite a work of art.

Cheers,


hk

PS.  On a completely unrelated note, any comments from the audience
regarding a couple of bits of hardware, namely the JP-8080 synth module and
the DR-202 drum machine?  Thanks.