Kennelmus: Ken Walker (vocals, guitar, zither, melodica, electric piano, organ, effects); Bob Narloch (vocals, guitar, harmonica, tambourine); Tom Gilmore (recorder, bass); Mike Shipp (drums, percussion).Originall released on Phoenix International Records (42171). Includes liner notes by Jud Cost.Digitally remastered by Bob Irwin (Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, New York, New York).In the early 1970s, Kennelmus was Arizona's only psychedelic surf band. Their lone debut album is one of the true rarities of pyschedelia and is presented in its original form, sans any remixes or extra tracks. The music, just as heralded as the album is rare, is an oddball head on collision of the Chantays, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lee Hazlewood and Ennio Morricone & the Electric Prunes all rolled up into one gigantic head rush. Listing individual tracks is almost senseless as the album was conceived as one long piece of continuous music, but selections like "I Don't Know," "Dancing Doris," "Shapes of Sleep" and the closing "The Raven" have a hypnotic pull all their own. A true visionary piece or late psychedelic noodling, you be the judge, but definitely a band with a sound and a style all their own. ~ Cub Koda
