Shag - Shag (1969) (2005)

Shag was born from the ashes of garage band The Shags (of 'Stop And Listen' fame). In the late '60s, they moved from Milwaukee to California, where they played at all the major venues and ballrooms, supporting famous bands like Jefferson Airplane and The Who. In 1969, the band recorded a demo at Pacific High Recordings in San Francisco, at the same time that the Grateful Dead were recording their classic 'Working Mans Dead' album. The demo was in fact a fully finished album of bombastic psychedelia, acid-rock and proto-prog with loud fuzz-wah guitars, long tracks, crazy percussion and killer flute.