Dark, melodic and heavy psych by four guys who'd go on to be huge parts of the progressive Canterbury scene. Steve Hillage later played with Kevin Ayers and Gong before switching into ambient/electronic meditation mode. Keyboardist Dave Stewart and the rest then formed Egg. Arzachel was actually named Uriel, but then Hillage left to go back to school, the LP eventually came out in 1969 and carried the name "Arzachel"...who knows. Some dude on allmusic.com claims it was "recorded in an unknown cavern in eastern Ukraine." "Azathoth" and "Queen St. Gang" stick out as absolute classics of late 1960's psych/prog.
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