The Litter $100 Fine (LP)

(2016/Sundazed) 7 tracks. The Litter's follow up album to the fabulous godlike ’67 longplayer, 'Distortions', '$100 Fine' ranks as one of its era’s masterpieces. From the ultra-explosive album opener, 'Mindbreaker' (where the Distortions sound now takes on Blue Cheer-like heaviosity) to the LP’s epic finale; a nine-minute, ambitiously retooled 'She’s Not There. In a tradition established on Distortions, The Litter again prove they were the most totally inspired – no, make that totally English-inspired – cover band to invade a US recording studio. $100 Fine includes exceptional covers of Jeff Beck ('Tally Man'), newcomers Procol Harum ('Kaleidoscope'), and last but certainly most obscure, a cover of 'Here I Go Again' by Eire Apparent. But what separates $100 Fine from its predecessor is the emergence of original material, from the ‘Fresh Cream’-style harmonica wailer 'Blues One' to heavier psychedelic fare like '(Under the Screaming Double) Eagle.' For further enticement, we should mention everything is drenched in double-tracked, screaming fuzz from Midwest guitar legend Tom 'Zip' Caplan. Unfairly rare but now rescued by Sundazed…and sounding exactly like it should. Play It Loud!