meggy
11-26-2006, 12:00 AM
Anyone familiar with this late 60's group? Just heard some tonight for the first time and they are pretty interesting. Searching only comes up with this one album, so far. Which one guy on the bay wants $3000 for his copy!?? (Goofy. CD goes for $11.42, used LP's $15'ish). looky here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/CHRISTOPHER-whatcha-gonna-do-LP-psych-rock-ORIGINAL_W0QQitemZ300051007844QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3 06QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Anyway, here's a flowery description. But they do have overtones of all the groups he mentions, and they are kinda dark in a cool, Doors/David Crosby sort of way. For a quick listen: http://www.amazon.com/Christopher/dp/B000005CVC/sr=1-1/qid=1164516153/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-5845137-2479855?ie=UTF8&s=music
...informed by the dreamier qualities of the San Francisco sound, especially the extended atmospherics of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead . There are also hints of fellow Los Angeles bands the Doors and Spirit throughout the album, and like the best music coming out of California, the songs on Christopher sound somehow revolutionary and foreboding, as if there is something dark lurking just beneath the surface of the music. Occasionally Christopher occupied similar musical territory as Cream . They were not unfamiliar with the blues, and, like the British supergroup, they were an absurdly powerful three-piece with an abundance of ability in both instrumental and songwriting proficiency ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide
http://cgi.ebay.com/CHRISTOPHER-whatcha-gonna-do-LP-psych-rock-ORIGINAL_W0QQitemZ300051007844QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3 06QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Anyway, here's a flowery description. But they do have overtones of all the groups he mentions, and they are kinda dark in a cool, Doors/David Crosby sort of way. For a quick listen: http://www.amazon.com/Christopher/dp/B000005CVC/sr=1-1/qid=1164516153/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-5845137-2479855?ie=UTF8&s=music
...informed by the dreamier qualities of the San Francisco sound, especially the extended atmospherics of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead . There are also hints of fellow Los Angeles bands the Doors and Spirit throughout the album, and like the best music coming out of California, the songs on Christopher sound somehow revolutionary and foreboding, as if there is something dark lurking just beneath the surface of the music. Occasionally Christopher occupied similar musical territory as Cream . They were not unfamiliar with the blues, and, like the British supergroup, they were an absurdly powerful three-piece with an abundance of ability in both instrumental and songwriting proficiency ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide