I am thrilled to see the new release of ODE TO QUETZALCOATL on vinyl.
This Lp has not been available for years. It is newly remastered and sounds like the original of 1969. The upgrade of the cardboard sleeve feels like the original in your hands.
An additional insert is included of the Quetzalcoatl legend and poster of a nautical map of Cortes. This artwork was created by Justin Jackley. There is a limited number of colored vinyl disks so don’t wait.
Thank you collectors, worldwide, you have made Ode To Quetzalcoatl known and opened many doors for me. Thanks to Guerssen Records for putting these LPs into the hands of many people.
Order from Guerssen Records.
– David Bixby
ITEM ON PRE-ORDER. OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE: JULY, 18th.
ORDER NOW AND BE THE FIRST ONE TO GET IT.
Since its discovery in the late 90s, Dave Bixby’s legendary $2000 private press album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the King in the loner/downer folk genre. First reissued by us back in 2009, we present a new, improved edition with newly sourced / remastered sound and extras.
After being involved in 60s Michigan folk and garage-rock bands such as The Shillelaghs and Peter & The Prophets, Bixby started playing acoustic guitar and experimenting with LSD. After a year of drug abuse he felt broken. Starting a soul-searching, spiritual journey, he wrote “Ode to Quetzalcoatl” and most of the material for his second album, Harbinger’s “Second Coming” in just one month and a half.
Assisted by fellow musician Brian MacInness, who played some guitar parts on the album, Dave recorded “Quetzalcoatl” using a echo-laden four track machine in a flat’s living room. The sound is lo-fi and sparse: just acoustic guitars and some occasional harmonica & flute, added to Bixby’s haunting, emotional vocals, spiritual lyrics and solid songwriting.
The opening cut, the eerie and painful “Drug Song” sets the mood perfectly for the rest of the album which contains more tormented titles like “666” , “Lonely faces”, Open Doors”, “Secret forest”…
Including “Drug Song”, 666”, “Lonely faces”, Open Doors”, “Secret Forest”…
*Original artwork in hard cardboard sleeve
*Restored and remastered in 24-bit domain at Grammy Award-winning Osiris Studio
*Insert with detailed liner notes plus rare pictures and lyrics
*Extra insert with the map/story of Quetzalcoatl by Dave Bixby
*Download card
Dave Bixby 