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Track Listings
| 1. Voyage of the Trieste |
| 2. In the Past |
| 3. Inner Mystique |
| 4. I'm Not Like Everybody Else |
| 5. Medication |
| 6. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go |
| 7. Baby Blue |
| 8. I Ain't No Miracle Worker |
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Sundazed label reissue of excellent 1968 album (despite minimal participation from the actual band!) a psych-pop classic
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Tres Mystique
27 Sep 2000
Format:Audio CD
Inner Mystique is perfect for the music lover who romanticizes about the rock n roll revolution of the Sixties. With each listen, Inner Mystique sucks you into the portal of what the Sixties were all about politically, socially, and musically. It's rebellious; it's innovative; it's electric Bob Dylan; it's Byrds-esque at times. Truly, Inner Mystique is a masterpiece, a classic, that all rock n roll lovers should have in their collections.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sundazed's 2012 THE INNER MYSTIQUE CD -- mystique and mysteriosos
23 Feb 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This 2012 reissue must be the third or fourth CD incarnation of this, the Chocolate Watch Band's second album -- not bad for a record that, so it seems, was barely ever known outside of the band's hometown area back in early 1968 (and original Tower label vinyl on this album in nice shape used to go for $75 to $100 in the early 1980s). And it's worth picking up for A) the usual superior Sundazed sound, and B) the very thorough and, indeed, bracing annotation by Jud Cost, which gives as good an account of the group's history (as seen from the inside) as any that's ever been written. Sad to say, however, the one flaw in the release is the annotation -- while covering the group's history is important, beyond any question, not one single word is said about the confused history of this album, or the fact that, as near as one can make out, at least three different bands (only one of them the Watch Band) are actually on the album; apparently, producer Ed Cobb didn't let the break-up of the band's classic lineup prior to the recording stop him from delivering an album, and employed an outfit called the Yo-Yoz on some of the filler tracks, augmented by other musicians, and with Don Bennett taking the vocals where necessary, in lieu of the Watch Band's legendary David Aguilar (one of the group departees). It would have been a good idea to try and weave at least a little bit of those credits and identities together, especially as one of the better "non-Watch Band" tracks, "In the Past" (a cover of a We The People recording, authored by Wayne Proctor, that's actually better than the original) sticks out pretty prominently along with the group's actual recordings.
All of that said, this is one great 27 minute body of music, and precisely who is playing what isn't really as important as it sounds from that complaint, except to the Watch Band members and their devotees. One can really embrace this album in two different (but equally satisfying) ways, as a showcase for some of the Watch Band's best sides surrounded by some filler, or as an overall spaced-out, psychedelic/punk experience. Or you can grab onto it both ways simultaneously. But however you do it, it is worth embracing, and this is a most worthwhile -- if not perfect -- re-release.
All of that said, this is one great 27 minute body of music, and precisely who is playing what isn't really as important as it sounds from that complaint, except to the Watch Band members and their devotees. One can really embrace this album in two different (but equally satisfying) ways, as a showcase for some of the Watch Band's best sides surrounded by some filler, or as an overall spaced-out, psychedelic/punk experience. Or you can grab onto it both ways simultaneously. But however you do it, it is worth embracing, and this is a most worthwhile -- if not perfect -- re-release.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Give me some good strong chords.
1 July 2006
Format:Audio CD
This was the second album by '60s garage band lengends the Chocolate Watchband. The band actually broke up before they recorded a second album, but that didn't stop producer Ed Cobb. He took a few leftover Watchband tracks, recorded some new tracks without the group, and released it as an album. The three songs performed by the actual Chocolate Watchband ("I Ain't No Miracle Worker", the Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" and Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue") are great, although "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is somewhat ruined by the overdubbing of psychedelic flourishes. The "new" songs are a mixed bag. There are a couple of psychedelic instrumentals that are kind of boring. The rest of the songs are pretty average garage rock, with "In the Past" being above average. The CD adds four bonus tracks, which are all great songs taken from singles released by the original lineup of the group. Thankfully, the original undubbed version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is among them, along with the classics "She Weaves a Tender Trap", "Misty Lane" and "Sweet Young Thing". The CD also has an unlisted bonus track, which consists of about a minute of the instrumental backing track to "Misty Lane".
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