At last. This 1968 release from the Chicago psychedelic rock quartet, The Troll, gets the Radioactive treatment. Although originally signed to ABC Paramount, for whom they released aseries of four singles, one of which (Every Day And Every Night/Are You The One) managed to edge its way into the charts, the band is best remembered for Animated Music, their only release for the Mercury offshoot label, Smash (SRS 67114). The album's style is varied, ranging from the power of Werewolf And Witchbreath, to the more psych-orientated vibe of Satin City and Everybody's Child, via the vaudevillian tones of Have You Seen The Queen and Professor Potts Pornographic Projector. The influences of melody and the vocal harmonies are felt throughout the album and the musical performances are uniformly excellent. There are also some periodic injections of varispeed vocals and strange sound effects that were becoming all the rage on late '60s major label psych albums. The album is now regarded as a psych masterpiece and is finally receiving the critical acclaim it so richly deserves. Of course, the consequence of this is that the price of an increasingly hard to come by original has risen inexorably over the last few years. Track listing: 1. Satin City News 2. Mr.Abernathy 3. Fritz Und Sweeney 4. Everybody's Child 5. Solitude 6. I've Only Myself To Blame 7. Faith To Sing A Song 8. Proffesor Pott's Pornographic Projector 9. Have You Seen The Queen 10. Mourning Of The Day 11 A Winter's Song 12. Werewolf And Witchbreath
