D. R. Hooker - Forge Your Own Chains

A psychedelic loungy number from D.R. Hookers 1972 private press LP The Truth.

some info taken from the web...

Widely cited as one of the most important private press releases in all 1970s psychedelia, D.R. Hooker's The Truth might actually be one of those obscure lost gems that's worth the customarily inordinate amount of interest such period pieces are afforded.
D.R. Hooker was a man slightly askew with his time: from the robes he wears on the cover to the quasi mystical lyrics, he's very much connected to the hippy era, and given that this album was recorded in 1972, in a time post-Charles Manson, he was brave to associate so strongly with all the imagery pertaining to cults. Musically, Hooker looks beyond the parameters of the hippy movement, dipping into a more ambitiously studio-oriented sound than Hooker's half-troubadour, half-prophet image on the sleeve might suggest. The noisy, fuzzy elements are particularly effective, and surprisingly intricate in their arrangement and recording.
'Forge Your Own Chains' takes this to an extreme, expertly deploying advanced loungey jazz figures with an onslaught of brass. This all sounds far more ambitious and accomplished than the vast majority of private press releases that tend to emerge, and there's certainly a strong case to be made for this record being one of those precious few curiosities from the private press movement to feel like more than a kitsch comic aside. Well worth your investigation.
~ by ChrisGoesRock

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• lounge

[herbie1derbie]

Nice. First came across it on the excellent

Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974 compilation.

[nightimelady]

OOo I want that compilation, it looks awesome! the top drawer track is one of my faves

[robotechian23rd]

first time hearing it lovelyyyyyy

[L2kite]

Varg Vikernes on the cover :P ?

[1925141428224]

@pwhiteOO wow, now that you mention it :D

[mk72lfi6]

hahahaha is that jesus?

[pwhiteOO]

he sounds exactly like devendra banhart or the otehr way around. whatever

[TheRecordead]

@CANDILANDTRIP The album is like 10 bucks.. wtf dude? Buy it!

[thebabysitars]

been listening to this track for a few years now & it ALWAYS hits me like the first time i heard it - the Heavy Psy.delic. Ballad & Dirges CD has some other cool trax too ie, 'It Aint Easy'. D.R Hooker? Respect & admiration

[ZmajSnoshaj]

100 likes for this one!

[CANDILANDTRIP]

please put this video on Dailymotion.. (For download...)

[punchdrunk04]

makes me want to drop out and quit my tax slave job...