D.R. Hooker

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
Forge Your Own Chains 04:37 Tools
Weather Girl 04:11 Tools
The Sea 04:26 Tools
Fall In Love 02:35 Tools
This Thing 00:00 Tools
The Bible 04:46 Tools
The Truth 00:00 Tools
Falling Asleep 00:00 Tools
A Stranger's Smile 00:00 Tools
I'm Leaving You 00:00 Tools
A Stranger´s Smile 02:22 Tools
Hello 02:40 Tools
Kamala 05:54 Tools
Free 03:17 Tools
This moment 05:24 Tools
I´m Leaving You 04:04 Tools
Winter 04:29 Tools
A Tormented Heart 05:59 Tools
Hello [Bonus] 02:41 Tools
This Moment [Bonus] 05:26 Tools
Free [Bonus] 03:18 Tools
Kamala [Bonus] 05:56 Tools
A Tormented Heart [Bonus] 06:01 Tools
Winter (Bonus) 04:29 Tools
Winter [Bonus] 04:29 Tools
Armageddon 05:58 Tools
The B-I-B-L-E 03:41 Tools
02 - Fall In Love 02:21 Tools
03 A Stranger's Smile 02:21 Tools
05 This Thing 05:20 Tools
Forge Your Own Chains - Volume 2 02:41 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#1 05:58 Tools
07 I'm Leaving You 04:04 Tools
08 - The Truth 03:39 Tools
09 The Bible 04:48 Tools
10 Falling Asleep 05:03 Tools
04 - Weather Girl 05:03 Tools
08 The Truth 03:41 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#2 05:20 Tools
05 - This Thing 05:18 Tools
Everyday I love you less and less 04:48 Tools
10 - Falling Asleep 03:41 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#10 05:03 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#3 05:03 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#5 05:03 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#7 05:03 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#6 05:03 Tools
Forget your own Chains 02:41 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#4 03:41 Tools
This Thing - 1:52 - 2:35 - 4:10 05:18 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#9 05:18 Tools
Hello (Bonus Track) 02:41 Tools
CD Digital Audio, Track#8 05:18 Tools
06 Forge Your Own Chains 05:18 Tools
09 - The Bible 05:18 Tools
01 Forge Your Own Chains 05:18 Tools
Free (Bonus Track) 05:18 Tools
This Moment (Bonus Track) 05:18 Tools
13 - Free (Bonus) 05:18 Tools
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Acid drenched rock from the early 70s. Not much is known about D.R. himself. His 1972 LP The Truth was widely cited as one of the most important private press releases in all 1970s psychedelia, D.R. Hooker's The Truth might actually be one of those obscure lost gems that's worth the customarily inordinate amount of interest such period pieces are afforded. D.R. Hooker was a man slightly askew with his time: from the robes he wears on the cover to the quasi mystical lyrics, he's very much connected to the hippy era, and given that this album was recorded in 1972, in a time post-Charles Manson, he was brave to associate so strongly with all the imagery pertaining to cults. Musically, Hooker looks beyond the parameters of the hippy movement, dipping into a more ambitiously studio-oriented sound than Hooker's half-troubadour, half-prophet image on the sleeve might suggest. The noisy, fuzzy elements are particularly effective, and surprisingly intricate in their arrangement and recording. 'Forge Your Own Chains' takes this to an extreme, expertly deploying advanced loungey jazz figures with an onslaught of brass. This all sounds far more ambitious and accomplished than the vast majority of private press releases that tend to emerge, and there's certainly a strong case to be made for this record being one of those precious few curiosities from the private press movement to feel like more than a kitsch comic aside. Well worth your investigation. ~ by ChrisGoesRock Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.