Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation - Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation - Vinyl LP Record (Arrives in 20 days)

• The Late ‘60s Spawned All Sorts of Psychedelic One-Offs That Trade for Big Bucks on the Collector Circuit • But the 1969 Self-Titled Album by Bob Azzam and The Great Expectation Stands Out from the Crowd • First, It Has One of the All-Time Great Drum Breaks on Their Cover of Alvin Toussaint’s Classic “Rain Rain (Go Away)” • And Their Version of “The Last Time” Is Probably the Most Psychedelic Stones Cover Ever, a Delirium of Fuzz Guitar, Electric Sitar, Rumbling Piano, and Throbbing Bass Punctuated by Soaring, Left Banke-esque Vocal Choruses • The Rest of the Album Is Incredibly Eclectic, Ranging from the Tropicalismo of “Berimbau” to the Beatle-esque Takes on the Les Reed Tunes “Mr. Lovin’ Luggage Man” and “One Little Packet of Cigarettes” • And Egyptian vocalist Wadie George “Bob” Azzam Pays Tribute to His Middle Eastern Roots with “Mon Amour” • The Record Is Also Suffused with a Little Bit of Electronic Weirdness a la Lothar and the Hand People or Silver Apples • First Reissue in Any Format • Remastered for Vinyl • Fire Orange Pressing

Tracklist

1. Mr. Lovin Luggage Man
2. Rain Rain Go Away
3. Mrs. Wilson
4. Berimbau
5. One Little Packet of Cigarettes
6. The Story of My Life
7. The Last Time
8. Mr. Dyingly Sad
9. Tricky Soul
10. Mon Amour

Label: Real Gone Music | Origin: Holland