Sullivan, Jim
U.f.o. (black)
Ultra rare 1969 private press psych-folk-rock masterpiece. 'U.F.O.' was a different beast to the one-man-and-his-guitar stuff Jim had been doing on stage; instead, it was a fully realised album of scope and imagination, a folk-rock record with its head in the stratosphere. Sullivans voice is deep and expressive like Fred Neil with a weathered and worldly Americana sound like Joe South, pop songs that arent happy - but with filled with despair. The album is punctuated with a string section (that recalls David Axelrod), other times a Wurlitzer piano provides the driving groove (as if Memphis great Jim Dickinson was running the show). 'U.F.O.' is a slice of American pop music filtered from the murky depths of Los Angeles, by way of the deep south. Newly remastered and includes 16-page booklet with liner notes by Andira Lisle, rare photos, archival material and full lyrics.