The Leaves - Hey Joe (Expanded) (1966/2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 275 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 MB
52:52 | Garage Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 275 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 MB
52:52 | Garage Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
This is one hell of a debut album, especially for a group that only lasted for about a year after its release. The Leaves perform some superb folk-rock in a Byrds/Beatles vein ("Just a Moment," "Girl From the East"), excellent lyrical garage punk ("Words," "Tobacco Road"), and solid hard rock ("Hey Joe," "Too Many People"), and cross swords with the Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On," "Back On the Avenue" – the latter a ripoff of the Stones' "2120 South Michigan Avenue") and Bob Dylan ("Love Minus Zero"). The sound isn't exactly consistent, given the gamut of influences at work here, from Bo Diddley ("Dr. Stone") to primitive psychedelia ("War of Distortion"), but there isn't a bad song on the disc, and the CD reissue has about the best sound ever heard on this material, bringing out the guitars in a genuinely crisp and vivid fashion.