Hoi` Polloi "Devil`s Song"1972 US Psych Pop Rock
- 9 years ago
Hoi’ Polloi’s only self-titled private press LP is a true lost gem. Record Collector Magazine referred to this album as “a buried treasure” while Acid Archives writer Aaron Milenski said of the album, “Here’s proof that great finds are still out there awaiting us.
Watch interview...in Psychedelic Baby...http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.gr/2013/10/hoi-polloi-interview.html
Review by Patrick The Lama (Acid Archives) :
"One of the more curious phenomena I have encountered during 15 years of probing the
underbelly of American psychedelia and hardrock is what I call "the Ohio River effect".
This refers to the unexpected and statistically significant number of great private press
1970s albums that emanate from the tri-state area of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. While
I'm not suggesting that some local Prankster branch had dosed the water with a gallon of Hofmann's finest, the Ohio River link is as good an explanation as any for this regional outbreak of St Anthony's fire, which produced acknowledged classics like Zerfas,
Anonymous, Hickory Wind, McKay (all from IN), Stone Harbour, One St Stephen, Estes Bros,
Dragonwyck, Morly Grey (all from OH), and Kristyl, Top Drawer, Marcus (all from KY).
The above roster of 12 deadly discs is what comes up after 5 minutes of brainracking, and a more thorough analysis would yield dozens more, while a few unknowns seem to pop up on
the radar screen every year. The seldom discussed album by Indiana college band HOI'
POLLOI is an example of a local obscurity with qualities as strong as any famous act from either coast, yet its origins made it a concern mainly for friends and family. If it hadn't been for the unhealthy curiosity of record hounds it probably would have remained
unheard of, but after Hans Pokora listed the LP in one of his "Collector Dreams" books it
only took a few months for a copy to find its way to me. Better still, I was able to trace the record back to its roots and connect up with some of the guys involved in it, which lead to a piece on them at the Lama Workshop site..
Watch interview...in Psychedelic Baby...http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.gr/2013/10/hoi-polloi-interview.html
Review by Patrick The Lama (Acid Archives) :
"One of the more curious phenomena I have encountered during 15 years of probing the
underbelly of American psychedelia and hardrock is what I call "the Ohio River effect".
This refers to the unexpected and statistically significant number of great private press
1970s albums that emanate from the tri-state area of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. While
I'm not suggesting that some local Prankster branch had dosed the water with a gallon of Hofmann's finest, the Ohio River link is as good an explanation as any for this regional outbreak of St Anthony's fire, which produced acknowledged classics like Zerfas,
Anonymous, Hickory Wind, McKay (all from IN), Stone Harbour, One St Stephen, Estes Bros,
Dragonwyck, Morly Grey (all from OH), and Kristyl, Top Drawer, Marcus (all from KY).
The above roster of 12 deadly discs is what comes up after 5 minutes of brainracking, and a more thorough analysis would yield dozens more, while a few unknowns seem to pop up on
the radar screen every year. The seldom discussed album by Indiana college band HOI'
POLLOI is an example of a local obscurity with qualities as strong as any famous act from either coast, yet its origins made it a concern mainly for friends and family. If it hadn't been for the unhealthy curiosity of record hounds it probably would have remained
unheard of, but after Hans Pokora listed the LP in one of his "Collector Dreams" books it
only took a few months for a copy to find its way to me. Better still, I was able to trace the record back to its roots and connect up with some of the guys involved in it, which lead to a piece on them at the Lama Workshop site..