Jeff Simmons – Naked Angels LP

This is the first of two Straight label albums by Zappa’s multi-talented “sideman”, Jeff Simmons. In Seattle 1968 Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa were at the sound check for Jeff’s band Easy Chair and were fascinated by Jeff’s talent. He was soon signed to Straight Records and later Jeff was in The Mothers Of Invention at the time of ‘200 Motels.’ Both albums, ‘Naked Angels’ and ‘Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up’ were recorded in 1969. Reflecting strong fuzz guitar, heavy and psychedelicate surf-rock, ‘Naked Angels,’ the original soundtrack for a Roger Corman cult biker movie, is a sequence of mostly instrumentals that combine the freedom of the end ’60s mood and melody perfectly. This LP-reissue comes with the original gatefold cover artwork by John Williams and includes additionally the original French movie-poster. This album is one of the coolest soundtracks made at the end of the ’60s and was carefully remastered to sound today as fresh as it was 40 years ago. Never has a musician in psychedelic rock’n’roll captured the essence of deep emotion and freedom like the “sideman”.