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Hampton Grease Band - Music To Eat (1971)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Halifax 19:42
  2. Maria 5:33
  3. Six 19:31
  4. Evans 12:28
CD2
  1. Lawton 7:50
  2. Hey Old Lady/Bert's Song 3:22
  3. Hendon 20:10

Notes

Hampton Grease Band's only album, now reissued as a double CD, is a one-of-a-kind item, drawing upon jazz, progressive/psychedelic guitar rock, and a generally surrealist bent to back Bruce Hampton's idiot-savant ravings. Comparisons with Zappa and Beefheart are really inevitable, though Hampton Grease Band really weren't on the level of those two fellow weirdos. They were definitely on their own wavelength, though, carving out a more guitar-oriented sound that skirted even closer to the lunatic fringe. The reissue's enhanced with a lengthy history by guitarist Glenn Phillips that's crammed with believe-it-or-not anecdotes from the group's fascinating career.