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Chicago, early 70s. Greg Herriges is a musician obsessed with John Lennon, 12-string guitars and psychedelic sounds. Rick Vittenson is a fan of George Harrison, Beach Boys, Hollies and The Who who writes for the legendary Crawdaddy magazine. Both had previously played in different garage-beat groups during the 60. Combining their tastes for pop 60, born Athanor. With the help of session musicians, recorded and self-produced three singles during 1973 to 1975 (the first one produced by Mark Breyer Skooshny cult group, with whom Rick had been part of an earlier group called Brevity). These six songs appear here by study subjects previously unreleased demos and home professionals, all recorded between 1973 - 1981, along with a new theme of 2006 in the purest vein of their 70s recordings. All with perfect sound extracted from masters. Athanor's music is an explosion of vocal harmonies "Beatlesque" Rickenbacker guitars, occasional fuzz-wah, studio effects ... Proto-psychedelic power pop highly recommended if you like Lazy Smoke, Badfinger, Only Ones, Emitt Rhodes, Rockin ? Horse, Creme Soda. Sound remastered from the original tapes, insert with notes by Mark Breyer (Skooshny) and photos. 


• Tracklist:

01. Graveyard 04:48
02. Inner Space 03:03
03. Urizen (your reason) 04:43
04. I Don't Mind 02:34
05. Habits 03:59
06. Read Me 02:38
07. Rock Me Roll Me 03:06
08. Hidden Monsters 04:22
09. Memory (don't fail me) 03:57
10. Wonder Why I'm Sick 04:12
11. Like a River Flows 03:11
12. Inner Space (previously unreleased) 03:07



All tracks composed by Greg Herriges, except *Rick Vittenson
Originally recorded between 1973 and 1981 except 
"Like A River Flows", recorded in 2006. 
This compilation © 2013. Issued under license 
from Greg Herriges and Rick Vittenson. 


thnx to "nightsteff"