ORPHEUS
Ascending
1968 Canada pressing

Having spent many many MANY desperate hours there in the past, it’s hard for me to imagine anything good EVER coming out of Worcester, Massachusetts.
But here we are.

Orpheus was part of something called “The Bosstown Sound”; which was kind of a catch-all phrase to help market #psychedelic rock and pop music from my hometown of Boston in the late #1960s .
Think of it as the “grunge” or “alternative” marketing ploy of its day.

Musically speaking, the best thing about Ascending are the lush, velvety orchestral arrangements. They add a lovely bit of whimsy and sophistication to what are already well-written sunshine pop / psych tunes.

Pretty good record, and they certainly had their moment in the sun; making four records and touring with Cream, Janis Joplin and The Who.

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