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From: kah@ihldt.UUCP (Kurt Hedlund)
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Subject: Long and Varied Pieces (Amboy Dukes)
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Date: Sat, 16-Mar-85 21:20:32 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 16 21:20:32 1985
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 One long and connected piece of music from the 60s was the 
 Amboy Dukes' (Before Ted Nugent got top billing) 
 'Journey to the Center of the Mind'. It took up one album side and
 had "classics" such as 'Why is a Carrot more Orange than an Orange,'
 'Death is Life,' as well as the titled Journey'. 
 
 This is a rather interesting record considering its anti-drug message
 (though the message is not that clear) and its length, was far from
 the norm in the middle sixties. I've had feeling this was one of the first
 long rock pieces done by a somewhat popular group, I'm sure it's before
 the Who's Tommy, but I might be wrong. Does antone know for sure when
 Journey to the Center of the Mind was released??

				Kurt Hedlund
				(ihldt!kah)