One of the great lost '60s albums. Side one includes all six of the tracks
the Misunderstood recorded in England in 1966, with magnificent guitar work and nervy, ambitious (if a bit overtly cosmic) songwriting that combines some of the best aspects of the
Jeff Beck-era
Yardbirds and
Syd Barrett's
Pink Floyd. Remember that
Pink Floyd and
Hendrix had yet to record when these sides were waxed; they aren't derivations, but genuinely innovative and groundbreaking performances. Side two contains seven pre-psychedelic demos from their U.S. garage days in the mid-'60s that, while not nearly as important as their 1966 work, are solid, crunching R&B-soaked rock in the tradition of their chief British influences. ~ Richie Unterberger