Rating: *** (3 stars)
Title: Savagery and Grace
Company: Daystar
Catalog: DSLP 8001
Year: 1980
Grade (cover/record): NM/NM
Comments: includes booklet and bonus single; a slew of these have recently popped up so this may well be a repressing ...
Available: 1
Price: $80.00
Okay, we'll admit this one took a little while to grow on us. The record got a lot of hype as one of those lost psych masterpieces. It isn't. Instead, it's best described as a surprisingly impressive slice of hardrock. Written and produced by guitarist Gary Richard Jinks, it's apparently a concept piece (though the plotline is lost to us). Lead singer Jacque Hoffman is no great shake (she occasionally sounds like she's trying out for a shot with The Go-Gos), nor is the rest of this Illinois-based outfit. That said, for a no-budget home project, the set's not half bad. This copy is still in the shrink wrap and includes the bonus single "Jennifer Magic" b/w "Dreams In a Graveyard".)
"Savagery and Grace" track listing:
1.) The Night of Stadiums/It's Different/Help You Need (Gary Richard Jinks) - 6:31
2.) Decadence/Something I Might have Missed (Gary Richard Jinks) - 7:43
3.) I'm Not In Love (Gary Richard Jinks) - 3:51
4.) To Start From Scratch (Gary Richard Jinks) - 4:42
5. The War of the Roses (Gary Richard Jinks) - - 9:51
6.) Suicide (Gary Richard Jinks) - 12:50