Methuselah - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John: Expanded CD

Methuselah - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John: Expanded CD

Label: Grapefruit, Cherry Red

Cat. No. CRSEG144

Genre: Psych, Prog

Methuselah album combined the group's West Coast-influenced harmony vocals with a late 60s psychedelic-into-progressive hard rock feel, largely down to the one-louder leads of Les Nicol, who'd been Mick Ronson's main rival for guitar hero status in the Hull group wars a couple of years earlier.

While the album has been bootlegged several times, this new reissue is taken from the original master-tapes and includes another 30 minutes of previously unheard tracks and mixes from the same December 1968 sessions. Newly remastered, and with a 28-page booklet featuring photos and band quotes, this digipak issue is the definitive release of buried treasure from the British psych/prog scene.

TRACK LISTING

1  Matthew

2  Mark

3  Luke

4  John

5  High In The Tower Of Coombe

6  Methuselah

7  My Poor Mary

8  Fireball Woman

9  Fairy Tale

10  Frère Jacques Bonus tracks

11  Don't Ask Me And I Won't Lie

12  You Are My Sunshine

13  Put Me Down Easy

14  Fireball Woman (alternative mix)

15  Fairy Tale (mono mix)

16  Frère Jacques (mono mix)

17  Don't Ask Me And I Won't Lie (mono mix)

John (US     Elektra EKS 74052, released October 1969)

1-10     The album Matthew, Mark Luke and John

11-17     Previously unreleased album outtakes/alternative mixes