White Harvest – Self-titled album

Description

The self-titled, sole album by the American psychedelic rock band White Harvest was released on Rite Record Productions in 1976. The album was recorded at Krieger-Field Recording Studios in Akron, Ohio; with the band producing. Album cover by Dennis Haas, adapted from a 16th century woodcut.

Featuring Jamie Hale on vocals, Bobbie Campbell on keyboards and vocals, David Quillin on lead vocals, Bruce Herbert on bass, and Gary Colledge on drums. Background vocals on track B4 provided by Candy and Sabrina Bell.

Almost passed this one up at a flea market when I saw it contained the hymn «When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder». With no band pics on the cover it could just as easily have been some old-time gospel thing. Fortunately I risked my two bucks anyway, unaware of the way cool hard rock gem that lurked within. With female vocals, organ/synth backing and an overall exultant tone, White Harvest is similar in some respects to Servant or The Sheep, yet with a rougher quality. Not quite Earthen Vessel but darn close on slow boogie jammers like «I Can’t Understand» and «Let Him In», both of which display a fair amount of distortion and fuzz soloing. Other songs have more the direction of west-coast rock, sometimes managing a light psych edge. One ballad – other than that the electric angle is present throughout (no folk or acoustic stuff in here). All original material save their heavy rendering of the aforementioned hymn (which I’m sure ruffled a few feathers in their Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio community). Very attractive sleeve art of a 16th century black-on-white woodcut print. A 500 press ultra obscurity. [Ken Scott, The Archivist]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “It’s Gonna Fall Down”
A2. “Help Me, Lord”
A3. “He Stays The Same”
A4. “I Can’t Understand”
A5. “Presence Of Jesus”

Side Two
B1. “Let Him In”
B2. “His Love”
B3. “When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder”
B4. “Be Strong In The Lord”

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