The Light - Turn On... The Light (1967) (Compilation, 2007)

Artist: The Light
Title Of Album: Turn On... The Light
Year Of Release: 1967/2007
Label (Catalog#) : Ugly Things [UTCD-2205]
Country: USA
Genre: Psych Rock, Garage Rock, Acid Rock
Quality: Flac (*image + .cue,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 01:12:59
Total Size 379Mb

Subject of a cover story in UT#25, THE LIGHT was a dynamic, multi-talented supergroup from California's Inland Empire. Formed early 1967, the group united the brightest talents from two of the area's most popular garage bands, the Bush and the Northside Moss. After attracting the attention of Music Machine producer Brian Ross they recorded a single for A&M Records, a Jekyll & Hyde pairing featuring a gorgeous Left-Banke-style A-side "Music Box" and a fuzz-guitar monster flipside, "Back Up." By the end of the summer they had evolved into an incendiary West Coast psychedelic rock ensemble comparable to the Buffalo Springfield or Moby Grape, but with the dual lead guitar firepower of the Beck-Page Yardbirds.

Turn on THE LIGHT is the first ever collection of the Light's music. It includes their sole 45 release plus 20 previously unreleased live and studio cuts. The full-color CD packaging includes a 16-page booklet with rare band photos plus track-by-track liner notes by the band's own Greg Eckler.

Tracks:
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1. Back Up (Anglin, Eckler, Hoard) - 2:50
2. Music Box (Anglin, Samson) - 1:55
3. Every Day (Samson) - 2:12
4. What You Need (Is Me) (Hoard, Eckler) - 2:24
5. Somebody Touch Me (Eckler) - 3:29
6. Good Inside (Hoard) - 2:07
7. Got To Have You (Samson) - 2:39
8. Just Like The Last Time (Anglin, Samson) - 4:20
9. Tobacco Road (Loudermilk) - 3:13
10.Somebody Touch Me (Eckler) - 3:18
11.I Feel Free (Bruce, Brown) - 3:53
12.Good Inside (Hoard) - 2:07
13.Can't You Hear Me (Samson) - 2:32
14.Got To Have You (Samson) - 2:23
15.Got A Good Reason (Lennon, McCartney, Arr. Anglin) - 2:08
16.Just Like The Last Time (Instrumental) (Anglin, Samson) - 4:18
17.Can't You Hear Me (Samson) - 2:41
18.Tell Me, Tell Me (# 1) (Anglin, Eckler) - 3:56
19.She's Not There (Argent) - 3:02
20.Milk Cow Blues (Arnold) - 4:28
21.I Need Love (Anglin, Eckler) - 2:41
22.When I Look At Her (Anglin, Eckler) - 2:18
23.Tell Me, Tell Me (# 2) (Anglin, Eckler) - 2:50
24.It's All Over (Anglin, Samson) - 2:23
25.Die Another Day (Samson) - 2:41

Personnel:
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Pete Samson - Vocals, Bass
Bob Aglin - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Greg Eckler - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Drums
Ben Cartwright - Drums
Steve Hoard - Vocals Rhythm Guitar (Tracks 1-17, 20, 24)
Joe Casados - Lead Guitar (Tracks 5-17)
Phil Kelley - 8-String Bass (Track 25)
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RCA Hollywood, Summer 1967 tracks 1-3, 24
Live at the Mystic Eyes, Riverside, CA Summer 1967 track 4, 19-20
Unknown studio, San Bernardino, CA Late 1967 tracks 5-7, 16-17
Live at the Mystic Eyes, Riverside, CA Late 1967 tracks 8-15
Unknown studio, San Bernardino, CA March/April 1967 track 18
Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA April 10, 1967 Tracks 21-23
Sound Sync Studio, Riverside, CA Late 1970 Track 25 (post-Light recording)

All thanks to original releaser