The Brigade (3)

US psych rock band from North Portland, Oregon, 1966 - 1970. Emerging from the ashes of a group called The Better Set, The Brigade - Peter Belknap (lead vocals), Ed Wallo (guitar), Eric Anderson (keyboards), Tim Vetter (bass) and Bob Anderson (drums) - played their first gig in September 1966. With Vetter replaced by Mark Hartman, they developed an organ-led psychedelic sound that saw them triumph in 1968 in a Portland's Battle of the Bands, an achievement that won them a 1954 Cadillac hearse, a support slot to Sly & The Family Stone and a recording contract. Unfortunately the recording contract wasn't honoured, and after Dennis Steindl replaced in late 1969 Hartman (he was drafted), they decided to record their own album at a friend's home studio. Recorded in February 1970 and released in June of the same year, the self-financed LP was pressed in only 100 copies. Obviously the item is really very rare.