Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
The Sheep
The Sheep (Blue Collar Tunes)
The Milwaukee
band The Sheep made a unique international impact. Born in the local “Jesus
movement” of the late ’60s, the group wound up in Finland to record their first
album. Soon, they recorded a couple more LPs in England,
where they starred in a stage musical that brought them back to the United States.
Their original records can now command prices the size of car payments, but
this 17-song CD rectifies some of the rarity. Tracks from vintage albums mingle
with work by Sheep members recorded as late as 1998. The earlier work stands up
best. Collectors of psychedelic-era rock would welcome a full anthology of the
act’s initial works, but this project should do in the meanwhile.



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