Credits:DamonDescription:Californiapsychedelicsinger/songwriterDamon'sprivatelypressedandmuchsought-after1968albumSongofaGypsyhasseenseveralincarnationssincevinylcollectorsbecameobsessedwithitsscarcity--andmanywerebootlegs.Fewversions,however,includingtheoriginal,wereeverpresentedproperly.Asanalbum,SongofaGypsywasoverratedbyfanaticswhoclaimeditwasapsychmasterpiecewithsongsthateclipsedtherecordingsthatinfluencedit.Butheardproperly,itsperiodinnocence,naivete,andambition--nottomentionCharlieCarey'skillerguitarplaying--aremoreclearlyarticulated.[ReissuepackagesreleasedbyNow-Againuptheanteconsiderably,withcompleteremasteringfromvinylandacetatesources(sincethemastertapesweren'tavailable),pitchcorrection,andadditionalmaterial.]~ThomJurek