Merryweather, Neil - Space Rangers

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Hollywood Boulevard	05:38
	2	Step in the Right Direction	03:42
	3	Eight Miles High	03:39
	4	King of Mars	03:34
	5	Neon Man	04:05

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Sunshine Superman	03:45
	2	Road to Hades	04:12
	3	High Latitude Hide ‘N Seek	03:24
	4	Escape	02:49
	5	Sole Survivor	08:13

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Information/Write-up

Neil Merryweather had been kicking around the LA scene for some time during the early seventies playing his super fuzzed out psychedelic guitar work to a lot of projcts including Heavy Crusier and Mama Lion to name but two of them. By this time he had built a repuation as a fine guitarist working the Hendrix niche ala Frank Marino, Peter Kaukonen, Robin Trower and Randy Hansen. This was the first of two solo albums and showcase Merryweather in full-on heavy psych mood - the songs are influenced by space travel and far-out sci-fi themes based around the invasion and destruction of the earth by, surprise-surprise, space invaders. In fact, both albums are conceptual along the same lines as Billy Thrope's 'Children Of The Sun' opus released a few years later. Natch the music is full-on heavy psych with superb heavy progressive leanings and lashings of brilliant lead guitar. Great tracks including two well chosen covers , that's 'Donovan's 'Sunshine Superman' and the Byrds 'Eight Miles High'.

Neil Merryweather: bass and vocals
Tim McGovern: drums
Timo Laine: guitar
Michael “Jeep” Willis: guitar
Robert Silvert: chamberlain and synthesizer
Edgemont: synth patches

Produced by Neil Merryweather
Engineers: Rick Heenan, Hugh Davis, Chuck Johnson, Roger Dollarhide
Album Design: Neil Merryweather
Photography: Herbert Worthington III

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