TCCDM Pulls One Out..."IV" - Mahogany Rush (1976)

"IV" - Mahogany Rush (1976)

     I dig me some Frank Marino.  Always have.  And Mahogany Rush "IV" is another album that hits the sweet spot.  The square is front to back.  It opens with a psych blues-rocker…and closes with a bit of spacey prog dust goodness.  In between are blistering funk rockers.  Great riffage.  Solid vocals.  All original jams.  This Canadian trio is a firestarter.  Sometimes, ya just need to break away and go hammer nails in planks.  Mahogany Rush is what fuels this fool.  Whaddayagonnado?  Mahogany Rush "IV" is a banger.

"IV" - Mahogany Rush (back)

Favorites include:
"I'm Going Away"
"Dragonfly"
"The Answer"

     I already had a used copy, but the vinyl was a bit rough.  This one that I rescued on the cheap has a clean white label promo pressed at the Columbia plant in Terre Haute and sounds fantastic.  Unfortunately, the front cover has one of those ugly "Demonstration Not For Sale" timestrips.  (Why couldn't they put those things on the back?)  The critics have never given this guitar-cat much of a break, but I'll take all of this ya got.  Still on the hunt for one of the Frank Marino live albums.  By the way, not a fan of the album artwork.  Compared to the amazing album covers of the two previous Mahogany Rush albums, "Child Of The Novelty" (1974) and "Strange Universe" (1975)..."IV" looks like an outtake from a WWF backscratchers grudgematch.  Fortunately, the music makes up for it.  "Now give me some candy!"

Columbia promo label

Cat #
PC 34190
SIDE A  DEADWAX
0 T1  AL 34190-1B  STERLING  A  
SIDE B  DEADWAX
0 T2  BL 34190-1B  STERLING  A

"Dragonfly" - Mahogan Rush / "IV" (1976)

TRACKS:
A1  "I'm Going Away" 4:06
A2  "Man At The Back Door" 3:40
A3  "The Answer" 4:36
A4  "Jive Baby" 3:26
A5  "It's Begun To Rain" 6:27
B1  "Dragonfly" 5:05
B2  "Little Sexy Annie" 3:22
B3  "Moonwalk" 5:48
B4  "IV...(The Emperor)" 7:10

PERSONNEL:
Frank Marino - vocals, guitars, synth (A1), Mellotron (A1, A5, B4)
Paul Harwood - bass
Jimmy Ayoub - drums, percussion

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