ALBUM: The Chambers Brothers’ Greatest Hits (1971)
MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$
The question is did people know what they were getting into with the Chambers brothers. The band’s hit ‘Time has Come Today’ is relatively straightforward on the edited version that charted on the radio, under three minutes.
But good gosh, the 11-minute album cut pulled out a little Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly and Soft Machine into a psychedelic stew of soul and gospel.
Most of the rest of the album is good old soul shouting and grooving. Decent cover of People Get Ready. Hard to top Curtis on that though. Entertaining music for a ride into the county on Saturday night headed to a barnstormer in the morning.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the soul songs and I like the long song.
There is a TIme and a Place: Juke Joint.
(PS this song would have worked well on my ruminations on time)
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease.