H.P. Lovecraft - 3 Albums (1967-68)

Artist: H.P. Lovecraft
Title Of Album: Collection
Year Of Release: 1967-1991
Label: Phillips/Sundazed Music
Format: 2xVinyl, CD
Country: US
Genre: Psychedelic rock, folk rock, acid rock
Audio codec: FLAC | lossless

Tracklist:
H.P. Lovecraft (1967):
A1. Wayfaring Stranger (2:40)
A2. Let's Get Together (4:38)
A3. I've Been Wrong Before (2:48)
A4. Drifter (4:14)
A5. That's the Bag I'm In (1:47)
B1. White Ship (6:36)
B2. Country Boy & Bleeker Street (2:38)
B3. Time Machine (2:08)
B4. That's How Much I Love You Baby (More or Less) (3:57)
B5. Gloria Patria (0:30)

H.P. Lovecraft II (1968):
A1. Spin, Spin, Spin (3:23)
A2. It's About Time (5:20)
A3. Blue Jack of Diamonds (3:09)
A4. Electrollentando (6:36)
A5. At the Mountains of Madness (5:00)
B2. Mobius Trip (2:44)
B3. High Flying Bird (3:24)
B4. Nothing's Boy (0:42)
B5. Keeper of the Keys (3:08)

Live - May 11, 1968 (1991):
01. Wayfaring Stranger (10:24)
02. The Drifter (8:24)
03. It's About Time (4:55)
04. The White Ship (7:02)
05. At The Mountains Of Madness (4:33)
06. The Bag I'm In (3:36)
07. I've Been Wrong Before (2:54)
08. Country Boy & Bleeker Street (3:45)

H. P. Lovecraft was an American psychedelic rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967 and named after the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Much of the band's music was possessed of a haunting, eerie ambience, and consisted of material that was inspired by the macabre writings of the author whose name they had adopted.Combining elements of psychedelia and folk rock, the band's sound was marked by the striking vocal harmonies of ex-folk singer George Edwards and the classically trained Dave Michaels.[4] In addition, Michaels' multi-instrumentalist abilities on organ, piano, harpsichord, clarinet and recorder provided the band with a richer sonic palette than many of their contemporaries.

The band was signed to Philips Records in 1967 and released its first single, "Anyway That You Want Me", in the early part of that year. Their first album, H. P. Lovecraft, followed in late 1967 and included what is arguably the band's best-known song, "The White Ship". The band then relocated to San Francisco, California, where they became a frequent attraction at various San Francisco Bay Area venues, including The Fillmore and the Winterland Ballroom. In 1968, a second album, H. P. Lovecraft II, appeared, but the group disbanded in early 1969.

Edwards and fellow original member Michael Tegza subsequently formed a new line-up of the band with the shortened name of Lovecraft, although Edwards left this new group before the first album was recorded. This second incarnation of the band released the Valley of the Moon album in 1970 and, after a further name change to Love Craft, the We Love You Whoever You Are album in 1975