AUTOSALVAGE (’60s band)

• Thomas Donaher / vocals, guitar
• Darius Davenport / vocals, keyboards, percussions, bass, guitar, medieval instruments
• Rick Turner / guitar, banjo, dulcimer, guica
• Skip Boone / bass, guitar, piano,

One of the relatively few New York psychedelic groups to achieve national recognition, Autosalvage's day in the limelight was fairly dim and brief. The band included bassist Skip Boone, the brother of Lovin' Spoonful bassist Steve Boone, and Rick Turner, who contributed guitar to most of the tracks on Ian Sylvia's 1966 album Play One More. Autosalvage's self-titled 1968 album revealed a fairly large palette, with touches of folk, blues, progressive and strings. The group's cheerful harmonies owed a bit to the Lovin' Spoonful, and Frank Zappa (perhaps impressed by their sometimes-disjointed and improvisational material) was a fan, but their material was not strong enough to forge a distinctive identity. Boone and drummer Darius Davenport also appear on the obscure 1968 album by Bear, but otherwise Autosalvage's debut was also their curtain call.

First time on CD for 1968 album by New York rock band discovered by Frank Zappa who reputedly had a hand in this their sole album. Autosalvage merged rock lyrics with avant-garde music to great effect while using Medieval instruments. Nine tracks including, 'Land Of Their Dreams & 'The Great Train Robbery'.