Sunday 16 June 2019

Ya Ho Wha 13 ‎– "The Operetta" (Swordfish Records ‎– YHVHCD3) 1975


Not that all the original Ya Ho Wa 13 albums actually received a proper well distributed release at all,this collection of 'previously unreleased ' material from 1975 has been sourced from the archive of drugged up jams made at the Source Family home.
Contrary to his Yod-like status,this wasn't made after his death, but before Father Yod decided to jump off a cliff having never used a Hang-glider before. At least this ill-advised decision made hundreds of young hippie girls safe from his filthy wandering beatnik fingers. 
Dunno about any Operetta,but it wouldn't surprise me if Yod,Jim Baker, thought very highly of his vocal attributes,but he certainly had some kind of God or Yod complex.
The music, is the same chaotic free acid rock jams, with Father's throaty cries and chants permeating the mess.It shouldn't do, but it works.

Tracklist:

1 Untitled 22:52
2 Untitled 14:47
3 Untitled 13:31
4 Untitled 6:02
5 Untitled 10:24
6 Untitled 4:59


3 comments:

kevinesse said...

a friend recorded them again in the early noughties as you say....he said they were insufferable twats, but I wouldn't expect otherwise! Don't know if the recording was released...plus no father yod!!

as you are a bottomless wealth of music...have you thug's 'mechanical ape' lp?....hope you're well.

Wedge said...

if you needed any more information on this collective's semi-current activities, here you go-

https://www.furious.com/perfect/yahowa13.html

and heres 2 different links to torrents of a 13 CD box set; both of which are still seeding as i enter these links-

https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4609173

https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1034613

and, Thank You for these mp3 posts. ive been intrigued by these semi-enigmatic LPs that ive seen on want & trade lists for decades. i love psychedelic ineptitude, especially when its performed by insular religious wack-jobs. you have no idea what this means to me being able to finally scratch the surface of this, quite literally, parallel universe.

many thanks!!!

Wedge said...

also, when it comes to psychedelic ineptitude, this LP released by a bunch of acid casualties & hippie waste-cases blatant attempt to exploit the then-current "Punk" thing is priceless. the reason im mentioning it here is the fact that the person on the back of the picture disc pressing looks like they could have been a member of this Ya Ho Wa cult, and theres a Sky Saxon/Seeds connection as well. im guessing that Randy Uchida and Shigehisa Yokoyama were familiar with this one because if this doesnt exemplify the primest example of "Punks Is Hippies", i dont know what does, but those 2 guys are dead, so i guess we'll never know.

https://progrockworld.info/rarities/29724-juicy-groove-first-taste-1978.html