The Misunderstood | Children Of The Sun: The Complete Recordings 1965-66 / 05 April 2021 507 Views
For astronomical potential prematurely curtailed, few fables top California’s awesome Misunderstood who, on the advice of their ex-pat DJ buddy John Ravenscroft, relocated to London to find an audience receptive to their futuristic Yardbirds-derived R&B laced with Glenn Campbell’s other-worldly pedal steel. After December 1966’s still-stunning I Can Take You To The Sun manifested as a psychedelic landmark, singer-songwriter Rick Brown fell victim to the US draft, splintering the band and leaving a recordings trail, including Shapes of Things-mutating posthumous single Children Of The Sun and mind-blowing signature blow-out I Unseen. This inestimably vital set remasters all available recordings from California and London in original mono, its riveting history in the making explained in insightful notes from Ugly Things’ Mike Stax.