McKenna Mendelson Mainline - Stink download free

When I was first starting collecting records, I used to see this all the time in Canada. Now it's becoming a bit harder to catch but it's a solid blues LP. My problem with it, you can hear tension , a bad tension and some scattered concepts that don't really hold up. If this was the ONLY version of most of these songs, then that could be passable, but I compare this album to their DEMO album called "BLUES" on paragon records. Allegedly Paragon, Jack Boswell recorded them in August 1968 with intention to hand it to them for their major league demo. Well they scored a record with UA as is obvious here. They released a lavish gatefold which was probably inspired by the white album, since this is the black album stark design ect. The songs, while good they lack the spark and raw vibe which BLUES has intact. BLUES sounds live off the floor. I cannot prove this but there are things happening on that recording which sound LIVE. The only bad part is a type of production style Jack Boswell liberally used on his sessions at this time, this weird spring reverb that he throws into the drum mix. You can hear it on Reign Ghost, Christmas (bryden) the Plastic Cloud ect. It's not too bad but it's there. Aside, the standouts are everything aside. The rough shouting spontaneous vocals, the super electrified almost distorting guitar lines that are both fluid and experimental. Denny Gerrard may be the guy who helped bring the magic together. Just listen to those Basslines he comes up with. They sound contemporary !!! While no 'slapping , plucking' - he rides the scales so effortlessly and is putting it all out. He was coming off the stint with the Paupers at this time so this is a transition record for Denny. He was not in England to record Stink. Stink, funny name for an album. Why did they add that weird and weak phaser effect to the lead guitar?? UG. There is a revealing conversation in studio the put at the end of one of the sides. It basically says they are not getting the sound and vibe they want. UA dropped them after this album and they never returned to a big label. They signed with GRT, and GRT while putting out original Canadian stuff , they were mostly a distrubutor of music from outside of canada.