Trizo 50
50th Anniversary Collection (3cd)
In 1973, the legendary Missouri folk-psych band Phantasia changed both its name and musical direction. With an expanded line-up, Trizo 50 careened madly between power pop, glam, psychedelia, proto-metal, pre-punk, hard rock, soft rock and garage. (Hah - yes, there certainly are a lot of different genre categories touched on by Trizo 50 - and all worth hearing!). Recorded in a small rural town of just 900 people, the 100 copies of their demo album quickly sank into obscurity, only re-emerging decades later on the collectors market, now fetching well more than $1,000 per copy. Fifty years later, Trizo 50 band member Bob DePugh has re-mixed and re-mastered the original demo album from the original 4-track tapes for a private press, limited edition run of just 200 copies - as well as an equally limited 3xCD set that includes virtually all of the band's recorded output. Recent reviews of the soon-to-be collectible release reference bands as diverse as T. Rex, Raspberries, Zombies, Big Star, The Beach Boys and Nazz. And we have to say, all of those references make sense. Straddling the 1960 and 1970s, these Trizo 50 releases are a testament both to how small town boys can absorb and reflect music from far beyond their world, and the hard reality behind the promise of rock and roll in America. For those of you with long memories, these editions are TOTALLY DIFFERENT from earlier releases on the World In Sound label. Last copies!