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Medusa

First Step Beyond

You must physically hold this album, kneel at its altar; we will fail to describe it. Medusa’s First Step Beyond might have forever shifted the perception of Chicago rock history had it managed to make the leap from tape to its never-realized vinyl pressing. Instead, the conflagration of Sabbath, Hawkwind, and Amon Duul II remained petrified in the Corycian Caverns—otherwise known as the drummer’s basement. Self-produced on four track in 1975, this lone transmission from Medusa’s repertoire appeared on the extremely mysterious Pepperhead label, whose proprietor allegedly disappeared after a bad trip and was never been seen again. Forged in ceremonial mock-velvet, custom embossed in Gorgon-gold and blood-red, and art directed in accordance with the band’s elaborate original stage props and artwork, we have positioned this unreleased opus to finally reach its destination: the turntables of pot-smoking and leather-clad teenagers, young and old.

  • CD

    1 x Compact Disc
    10 tracks totaling 62 minutes
    1 x metallic red and gold screened velvet digipack
    1 x 8 page, tip-in lyric booklet
  • LP

    1 x 150 gram LP
    7 tracks totaling 43 minutes
    1 x metallic red and gold screened velvet tip-on jacket
    1 x two-sided gold ink on black paper lyric insert

Track List

  1. Medusa Strangulation
  2. Medusa Transient Amplitude
  3. Medusa Frustration's Fool
  4. Medusa Temptress
  5. Medusa Feelings Of Indifference
  6. Medusa Black Wizard
  7. Medusa Unknown Fear
  8. Medusa Isle Of Let Be
  9. Medusa Father Bother
  10. Medusa Think Harder