is a highly regarded cult - record, in part because some of the supporting musicians are highly regarded pioneers of the form: , , and all appear on the album. While it is not among the very best of such late-'60s hybrids, it is pretty good, though too low-key to command the kind of wide interest (by cult standards, anyway) that someone like or does. has an unusually convincing reedy voice, never overdoing the melodramatics yet establishing a dramatic atmosphere that admits hints of . When distant, mournful strings are added to his more anguished and somber songs, like and there's an effective multi-dimensionality rare in early . Other songs, particularly the covers of old tunes, are less striking. It's an interesting release, though, that's quite rewarding for fans of more adventurous fusions. ~ Richie Unterberger