Circuit Rider - Circuit Rider (1971/1980 Norwalk, CT) | Biker Psych / Blues Rock | Full Vinyl Rip

Circuit Rider is the only album from Circuit Rider, recorded September-October 1971 at Scovol Productions in Norwalk, Connecticut - a studio above a meat market - and privately released in 1980 on their own imprint, catalog CR 666. T he lineup is Thorn Oehrig on lead vocals and all written material, Brian Keane on guitar, Robert Albertson on bass, and Doug Baun on drums. Jeff Jones engineered. This copy is an original pressing with the darker blue labels and large pressing ring - distinguishable from the later Bookworm and Numero reissues. The Numero Group reissue from 2012 brought it to a wider audience but the original is the one. The catalog number is not a joke. Neither is the cover - a crucified snake over a fire-gazing lizard straight out of the Morrison shaman handbook, with a hazy mountain range across the back. No label name, no production credits, no photos of the band. Just CR 666. Oehrig's vocals are what splits listeners down the middle - wasted, howling, somewhere between biker and shaman, with a delivery that makes Jim Morrison sound restrained. The Morrison comparison is inescapable enough that some people have genuinely speculated it's him under a pseudonym. It isn't. Side A is the deeper end of the record - swampy, slow-burning acid blues that takes its time getting where it's going. Side B opens up considerably. Limousine Ride is the clearest track on the record. Billy Bad Billy and Chinese push harder, and Chinese in particular sounds like it's barely holding together at speed. Acid Archives list it. One of the stranger records to come out of Connecticut. 🎧 This is a full vinyl rip from my original pressing. 🔥 Standout tracks include: Billy Bad Billy, Chinese, and Limousine Ride. 🎸 Sounds like: Captain Beefheart, Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Ya Ho Wa 13 🎧 Vinyl Finds Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9oSXuMGglp1N8SlbZUEtCJ7 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ 💿 Tracklist 00:00 Old Time Feeling 4:24 How Long 10:31 Forever Angels Proud 13:47 Laugh 15:50 Just For Today 20:35 Limousine Ride 26:11 Billy Bad Billy 31:08 Chinese 33:31 Red Dog 36:55 Old Charlie Polecat #CircuitRider #BikerPsych #BluesRock #PrivatePress #PsychRock #VinylRip #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper