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Neverneverland
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Kicking off the most exhaustive exhumation yet of
' early-'70s catalog, the remastered
readily takes its place among the era's most crucial debuts, a hard-rocking, free-flowing, and, above all, anarchic monster that opens with the definitive statement of yippie intent,
and doesn't look back. Titled for radical
's book of the same name,
remains a manifesto for the revolution that never quite got off the ground, a gutsy affirmation that
were never to eclipse. Originally released as a January 1971 single,
also appears among the bonus tracks in its edited (three-minute) 45 rpm format, together with its turbulent B-side, the similarly barnstorming
And it must be admitted that anybody entering the realm of
from those points of view is in for at least a few surprises. While
and
certainly adhere to the band's rockiest tendencies, the
sounds like nothing so much as those other pink things,
circa
, while
has a distinct
tinge to it. Other moods float in and out of focus before
returns to
central for the live crowd-pleaser
-- present in both its 11-minute LP form and, among the bonus tracks, the 12-minute
prototype that was one of the band's first studio attempts at the piece. Needless to say, both are as relentless as the title insists -- and as fiery as
' own reputation demand they should be. ~ Dave Thompson