LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

surprisingly for a band which stayed together in one form or another for nearly 13 years, magic tube, originally released on the obscure british main label (british main 90069) is the only album that mouzakis managed to issue during their lengthy career. originally from delaware, mouzakis featured the talents of keyboard player fred dawson and drummer eddie stevenson, augmented by a never- e n d i n g succession of guitarists. when asked later about mouzakis, fred dawson opined "after trying to get 4-5 people to agree on 'stuff to play', we ended up as a three piece band. what we lacked in personnel we made up for in amplification". despite a dearth of recorded material, mouzakis enjoyed considerable live success on the us east coast concert circuit, supporting, amongst others, poco, seatrain, redbone, dr hook, chicago and the sylistics. magic tube, very much the rough and ready hard garage psych album, features almost completely material from the collective pen of dawson and stevenson (the only exception being a live version of rock around the clock). of the band, one critic was moved to proclaim "mouzakis has to be heard to be believed. they are totally unique...and as a trio, they accomplish more in their sound than groups double their size!". a fascinating album well worth investigating.
track listing: 1. magic tube 2. rock around the clock 3. white horse 4. love everyday 5. long haired bombardier 6. party ball 7. lady 8. both do fine