The J Ann C Trio

First ever reissue for 1966 private pressing reveals a slice of Tiki lounge rockabilly-folk sensuality.

Writing about this 1966 release in 2013 private press bible Enjoy The Experience, Endless Boogie’s Paul Major employed the phrases “freeform garage space music”, “heavy Twilight Zone feelings” and “drugs from another dimension”. Now, context is important here. If you’d discovered this long-player in a cut-out bin for a dollar, it might well blow your mind. However, when purchased on green vinyl as a legitimate reissue it would be advisable to adjust your expectations. Recorded at a high-end Ozarks country club where Ann, Carl and Terry were the house band, this is eerie suburban rockabilly, adrift somewhere between garage and lounge. It’s no lost psych classic from space, but if you tune in to the sensual vocals and deepbass rhythms of Ann Delrene, especially on the reverb-laden proto-Cramps groove of Voodoo Doll or the trio’s cover of Wanda Jackson’s Funnel Of Love, you might just think someone had spiked your Tahitian punch with a cheeky Valium.