For Asgard, by Asgard

For Asgard

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aprilwillow This album is brilliant, biting, and rich with a complexity that proves to be both fascinating and satisfying.

paul rote This is absolutely killer . Hard to believe it lay hidden for 50 years . Favorite track: So Let Go.

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1.	Carmen 06:02	buy track
2.	For Asgard 05:13	buy track
3.	Vespucci (The Dutiful) 04:42	buy track
4.	Fool 04:20	buy track
5.	So Let Go 05:34	buy track
6.	If I Had Anything To Say 03:44	buy track
7.	You Raise My Body Temperature, Baby 03:50	buy track
8.	Center of The Sky 05:49	buy track
9.	Reflections 05:02	buy track
10.	Your Mouth Tastes Like You Just Woke Up (Bonus Track) 03:26	buy track
11.	Cradle of Love (Live Rehearsal) 05:10	buy track
12.	For Asgard (Live Rehearsal) 06:16	buy track
13.	Reflections (Live Rehearsal) 05:42	buy track

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Previously unreleased heavy acid-rock / proto-prog album from 1972!

Asgard (initially known as Osgoode, named after the street where Blue Cheer had their headquarter) was a San Francisco band featuring ace guitar player Bob Hardy (a veteran of many Bay Area bands since the early 60s) and Jake ‘Gelon’ Lau (Gideon & Power, Mary McCreary, Tribe…) on electric violin and vocals.

This is their lost album, registered at Roy Chen Recorders in 1972, now released for the first time.

“For Asgard” features nine original tracks, perfectly recorded and played, dominated by Bob Hardy’s outstanding fuzzy lead guitar and the cool touch of Gelon’s Lau electrified violin that recalls UK prog-psych bands like the similar named Asgærd or High Tide at times. Hard to believe that such a pro-recorded, top quality album like this was never released at the time. After playing a celebrated free concert at the Provo Park in Berkeley alongside bands like Mother Cat and Summerhill, the band slowly disintegrated.

Bonus tracks include one studio track from the same album sessions plus three raw rehearsal tracks.

*Sourced from the original masters

File under: psychedelic, hard-rock, progressive rock…

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released September 22, 2023

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Asgard San Francisco, California

Asgard was a hard psychedelic, acid-rock band from San Francisco featuring ace guitar player Bob Hardy and Jake 'Gelon' Lau (later of funk band Tribe) on electric violin / vocals.

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