Sundazed 
The Gurus : are hear! (US,1966-1967,reiss.2003)**°°'
Café Feenjon in New York was the birthplace of some ‘60’s styled groups who were influenced by the Arab groups who played there as well. The Gurus were much more marked in attractive post-garage 60’s psychpop, but adapted necessary original Middle Eastern elements (percussion, some oud, middle eastern played guitar or bits of organ themes), even, not everywhere, but perhaps influenced by the mystery hanging around Medulla Oblongata ? Talbot felt too restricted by the still structural melodic song driven music, soon left the group to form the New York Electric String Ensemble which did an album on (the mostly free-jazz do-what-you-want label) ESP. The group succeeded in recording an LP, but were not really paid for anything they did, also not in the club, so since then the group soon evaporated into the unknown. The recordings were done as mono. Sundazed remastered the tapes, and added nine !! unpublished tracks (of which Louie Louie is most surprising with its Middle-Eastern flavour) and four alternate tracks. For me, a welcome reissue.
