The Wild Thymes - "Reflections"  Ramco Records LPM 719  #879/2000

Originally recorded in 1967/68.

A spectacular AAA psychedelic masterpiece from Arizona's top 1960's studio

Cut by Bernie Grundman from the original master tapes

Only 2000 numbered copies, pressed and plated at RTI on HQ-180 purple vinyl

Tip-On jacket manufactured by Stoughton

Liner notes by Grammy-nominated music historian Alex Palao

All tracks PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED on vinyl

Includes: Wild Thymes sticker, printed inner sleeve

Also available on a CD with bonus tracks and extended liner notes

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An amazing addition to the Arizona Vintage Music catalog. This is a Limited Edition (2000 copies) vinyl release pressed on Purple Vinyl and Numbered. Mind bending music from 1966 and 1967 from the mind of Ritchie Hart (Charlie Gearheart - RIP January 2024) with creative inspiration from Mike Condello. The Wild Thymes was a short-lived “studio creation band" (that rarely played together in clubs), creating these amazing "pop-psyche fuzz garage rock" songs. This limited edition vinyl release has 12 tracks -- 10 songs written by Hart and guitarist Bob Knisley and two George Harrison cover songs -- Tax Man and If I Needed Someone. Hart and Knisley were formerly of Ritchie Hart and The Hartbeats, one of the premier Phoenix combos of the early 1960s. Hart had previously had some success in 1959 with a Duane Eddy tribute named "The Great Duane". And then Ritchie and The Hartbeats were the club band at Jack Curtis' Stage 7 teen club in Phoenix. Hart went into the military in 1963 and when he returned in 1965, he reunited The Hartbeats. But by 1966, he was fronting the faux Brit band Volume IV, then The Present Daze, who morphed into The Wild Thymes. Then by 1968, he had recruited Paul Howard, Bob Henke, Ed Black and Mike McFadden and began writing songs for the first Goose Creek Symphony album -- in a completely different direction for sure -- and The Wild Thymes tapes were left to gather dust on a shelf at Audio Recorders. Why this project was not released at the time is a mystery; considering the high-quality music they laid down. The Wild Thymes was Ritchie Hart /guitar and vocals, Bob Knisley / guitar, Richie Metzendorf / bass, Dennis Kenmore / drums; and with Mike Condello / guitar and vocals, Ray Trainer / bass and organ and Steve Forman / percussion. The liner notes were written by Grammy-nominated music historian Alec Palao. Ramco LPM 719 released in 2022.