Title: C'more, you little cat!
Review: Not as together as BLACK MONK TIME, nor as manic and hopped-up as the live stuff which slipped out on some of those Prae-Kraut Pandaemonium compilations, this is a fascinating look at the early Monks as a collective work-in-progress. Larry's signature churchy organ intro to every single song, you can imagine the arguments that went down before those came out for good. Gary's still not entirely sure how to howl/scream the songs, he's still singing them half the time. It's rave-up and I'm sure it sounded/worked a hell of a lot better live than comes across here. Nonetheless they rock like NOBODY else could, and when they're on, you feel it to your spinal cord.Not essential, but damn close. It's beat time! It's hop time! It's monk time!
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