ORPHAN EGG Orphan Egg (2005 UK 12-track CD album, originally released on GNP subsidiary Carole in 1968 - formed in 1967 in San Jose, Orphan Egg was one of the lengthy list of Bay area groups inspired by the psych movement spreading its tentacles from the sound's spiritual home in San Francisco. The album, which also boasts some strong UK beat/psych influences a la early Status Quo, features lashings of incredible heavy fuzz guitar psych on a number of tracks. Aside from a handful of covers, the self-penned tunes really are the stand-outs here, with the feisty fuzz guitar, bass, drums, a little recorder and a smattering of harpsichord, combining, along with beautiful trippy vocals, to produce an ethereal, floating psych sound that makes for a hugely enjoyable listen; sealed & stickered picture sleeve)