Details: You must physically hold this album, kneel at it's altar; we will fail to describe it. Medusa's First Step Beyond might have forever shifted the perception of Chicago rock history had it managed to make the leap from tape to it's never-realized vinyl pressing. Instead, the conflagration of Sabbath, Hawkwind, and Amon Duul II remained petrified in the Corycian Caverns-otherwise known as the drummer's basement. Self-produced on four track in 1975, this lone transmission from Medusa's repertoire appeared on the extremely mysterious Pepperhead label, whose proprietor allegedly disappeared after a bad trip and has never been seen again. Forged in ceremonial mock-velvet, custom embossed in Gorgon-gold and blood-red, and art directed in accordance with the band's elaborate original stage props and artwork, we have positioned this unreleased opus to finally reach it's destination: the turntables of pot-smoking and leather-clad teenagers, young and old.

Medusa - First Step Beyond (Vinyl)