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The Haymarket Square: "Magic Lantern" |
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Originally released on the small Chaparral Records label in 1968, the
"Magic Lantern" album by the Haymarket Square has been a sought after
collectors item for any fan of 60's psychedelic music for many years. The
music on this album was initially used as accompaniment for the Baron and
Bailey Light Circus at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago but due to
the intensity and psychedelic nature of the songs, it soon became legendary
and its initial purpose has become obscured by time.
The Haymarket Square
was formed in the late sixties in Chicago by drummer John Kowalski and
bassist Bob Homa formerly of The Real Things, a Chicago high school garage
band. Together with guitarist Marc Swenson and vocalist Gloria Lambert, The
Haymarket Square was born and quickly became popular on the Chicago music
scene. The band's popularity lead them to be used as back up musicians on a
live work of art exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. The
music featured some powerful psychedelic,
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blues based songs, with heavy
percussion, searing lead fuzz guitars and the dynamic vocal work of
Lambert. The songs were recorded and appear on this album.
The songs of
The Magic Lantern, are all originals except for a superb extended cover of
the blues standard , The Train-Kept-A-Rolling, shortly after the release of
this album the original Haymarket Square line-up broke up. This appears to
be the only recording that the band has left and they did not release any
singles. Although this album has been bootlegged on the European market a
number of times, this digitally mastered version on Gear Fab Records is the
only authorized version.
This CD features the original album graphics along
with liner notes by band member John Kowalski. More information on this CD
can be found at the following website:
http://www.swiftsite.com/gearfab
By Keith Pettipas, CanEHdian.com
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