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OK, last night I needed an excuse to get out of the house, so I decided to head down to Waterloo Records and pick up The Warlocks' The Phoenix Album. I think I made a good decision. The record is all songs, as a opposed to what an old International Records sleeve might term a "free-form freakout," trippy, meandering guitar jams. It also features The Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom on guitar, who I last saw conducting a Speak-and-Spell ensemble in Oklahoma City. Good to hear you're playing music again, Sonic! As this review suggests, the opener "Shake the Dope Out" is totally cribbed from "Sister Ray," but it still got my booty shaking. Also, the first Warlocks song I ever heard (and the one that got me hooked) - "Hurricane Heart Attack" - is finally on this album. Finally The Phoenix Album is a lot less dark than other Warlocks' records; listening to the bouncy "The Dope Feels Good," I can imagine walking down a beach littered with thousands of needles glistening in the sun.

Readers in Philadelphia are so spoiled by the wonders of AKA Music. Waterloo was charging $14.99 for the CD, and, although the label's site made no mention of an LP release, I check the vinyl bin anyway, which had it for $9.99. The cover art makes a lot more sense on the LP anyway. What's interesting is that like the first Beachwood Sparks, which was released on CD by Sub Pop and on LP by Bomp!, the Warlocks' CD is on Birdman records, but the LP is on Bomp! Can anyone familiar with the vagaries of pressing vinyl explain this?