Jagged Edge / Sainte Anthony's Fyre (1968-70 Detroit / Trenton) | Heavy Psych | Vinyl Stream

For today's psychedelic trip this morning I'm spinning two lost heavy psych masterpieces back to back - Chasing Rainbows by Stoney & The Jagged Edge on Big Beat HIQLP 015, and the self-titled Sainte Anthony's Fyre on Vintage / Rockadrome / Lion ROCK/LION-041-V-1. Both records almost never happened. 00:00 Intro 03:36 Stoney & The Jagged Edge starts 47:22 Saint Anthony's Fyre starts 1:21:09 Close Stoney & The Jagged Edge were actually just The Jagged Edge in 1967-1968. The Stoney was added for the 2014 reissue because a British band and an R&B vocal group both had the same name by then. They formed in Detroit in 1966 - Dave "Stoney" Mazur on lead vocals, Ira "Wiley" Pack on guitar, Harry Catarancuic on bass, Tim Thompson on drums. Mazur was still in high school. They played the Grande Ballroom starting February 1967. Rob Tyner of the MC5 personally sketched their first Grande poster. They shared bills with MC5 and the Stooges when Iggy was still going by Jim. Opened for the Doors at Cobo Hall and by local legend blew Jim Morrison off the stage. Signed with Jeep Holland's A-Square Productions. Recorded six songs in a single session at Detroit's United Sound Studios in May 1968. Broke up in October 1968. For decades the tapes were thought burned in a studio fire. Alec Palao at Ace Records found them decades later. Released in 2014 on green vinyl. Sainte Anthony's Fyre formed in Trenton, New Jersey in 1968 - Greg Ohm on guitar and vocals, Tomm Nardi on bass and vocals, Bob Sharples on drums. A power trio built on unusual foundations. Ohm was classically trained, first violin in Trenton High School Orchestra. Sharples is British, his father was a drummer in England, and Bob himself played trombone in a BBC youth orchestra at ten. Nardi came from a bubblegum band called Marshmallow Way. They rehearsed in the cellar of a boutique in downtown Trenton called the Hip-Pocket. The store owner started Zonk Productions using clothing store profits and got the band booked as opener for MC5, Wishbone Ash, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Cocker, Rare Earth, and Grass Roots. Ohm played weird positions and off-key tunings on a customized Gibson Firebird. He nailed treble horns to cabinets behind the drummer so high notes screamed into Sharples' ears. Acid Archives calls this a superior and more powerful album than MC5's Kick Out The Jams. The name references St. Anthony's Fire - the old name for ergotism, the LSD-like fungal poisoning that afflicted medieval villages. Broke up 1972. Greg Ohm died shortly after from cirrhosis. Two records that almost vanished. Both connected to MC5. Both lost for decades. Both worth every minute. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ Full vinyl rips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn Shop: https://vinylpipershop.com/ #StoneyAndTheJaggedEdge #SainteAnthonysFyre #HeavyPsych #AcidRock #VinylStream #VinylPiper #MorningStream #Detroit #Trenton #PrivatePress #MC5 #RareVinyl