BLO - Chapter And Phases: The Complete Albums 1973-1975

A few years back, you would be forgiven for believing that BLO’s only song worth hearing was “Chant to Mother Earth”, a psychedelic dirge-waltz that, for a while, seemed to be comped every few months. Nothing else was available aside from expensive imports that I avoided because, once again, I thought they were only worth the one song. Far from it. These guys, who once toured with Ginger Baker, synthesized jammy fuzz-rock with their Nigerian roots in a way that few African bands did as well. In this context, it makes sense that Rev-Ola, purveyors of obscure pop and psych from the '60s, would put this out instead of the usual suspects from the super-hot Afro reissue scene. It’s been a long time coming, so get this one while it lasts.