MU
The First Album
(Akarma AK209) 2002
Released by the Italian label, Akarma, that specialises
in classic psych recordings this is a 180g vinyl reissue of the first
album.
The running order of the original release has been changed
and there are four additional tracks included. One
More Day, You've Been Here Before and On Our
Way To Hana are the remaining tracks released as singles that were
not included on this album first time around, plus we also get the Lew
Irwin Earth News Interview.
The cover is a very nice textured gatefold with the front
being the same as the 1974 United Artists release. The inside has some
colour versions of photographs of the band which have appeared in the
two double CD collections. There is also a brief history of the band -
but it doesn't say who wrote it - plus the text from the United Artists
release (which I have already quoted here).
There is also an insert that has the 1973 picture of band outside their
Maui shack and a map pf the legendary continent of Mu on the reverse.
Overall this is an excellent release, the additional tracks
fitting in well and and giving that extra running time. Definitely worth
acquiring if you prefer vinyl.
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Side 1
1. Ain't No Blues
2. Blue Form
3. Too Naked For Demetrius
4. Interlude
5. Mumbella Baye Tu La
6. Eternal Thirst
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Side 2
1. Ballad Of Brother Lew
2. Nobody Wants To Shine
3. The Clouds Went That Way
4. Children Of The Rainbow
Bonus Tracks:
5. One More Day
6. You've Been Here Before
7. On Our Way To Hana
8. Earth News Interview
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Take a look at the Akarma
Records website.
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