Fresh Blueberry Pancake – Clown On A Rope (US 1970)

Pittsburgh power trio Fresh Blueberry Pancake formed in 1968, comprising singer/bassist Tony Impavido, guitarist John behrens, and drummer Geoff Rydell. After two years of local gigging, the group built up enough of a fan base and enough original material to record a demo tape, and in 1970 they self-released Heavy – issued in a pressing of just 54 copies, the record is now much sough-after among collectors of plodding, monolithic acid rock. (The Shadoks label reissued Heave in 2003.) After the album’s release the group abbreviated its name to Pancake, dissolving in 1972.