''Stoned Guitar'' is the second album by

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. It was released in 1970. The cover features an adaptation of a painting by

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, "Two Rock Pools". "Black Sally" was a cover of a March 1970 single by

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band Mecca, which featured singer/guitarist Dennis Wilson (no relation to

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) and bassist

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, who formed

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in June 1970. "Jugg-a-Jug Song" and "Midnight Sun" were covers of unreleased

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recorded by New Zealand guitarist Doug Jerebine under his stage name, Jesse Harper. (Jerebine's original versions were belatedly released in the 1990s.) "Tomorrow" was a cover of "Tomorrow I'll Go" by

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, whom Maurice Greer had befriended in London. Kongos's own version of the song later appeared on his ''Kongos'' album in 1972. The original release stated that the album's closing track, a cover of

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's "Railway and Gun", was recorded live at

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's Bo-Peep Club, where the band had a residency. However, in the liner notes of the 2011 reissue Maurice Greer disclosed that the track was merely a studio recording with crowd noise overdubbed in order to simulate a "live" recording. Two singles were released from the album: an edited version of "Black Sally" b/w "Tomorrow", and an alternative mix of "Midnight Sun" b/w "Idea" (a non-album track composed by Doug Jerebine and also known as "Keep Cool"). The album was reissued on CD in 2001 by Ascension Records, in 2007 by Rockadrome Records, and again in 2011 by Sunbeam Records.

Track listing

# "Black Sally" (Dennis Wilson) – 6:38 # "Stoned Guitar" (

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, Maurice Greer, Larry Waide) – 6:45 # "Jugg-a-Jug Song" (Jesse Harper) – 8:03 # "Midnight Sun" (Harper) – 9:41 # "Tomorrow" (

) – 4:23 # "Railway and Gun" (

) – 9:22

Personnel

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— lead guitar (tracks 1-4, 6), effects (track 2), co-lead vocals (track 4) * Larry Waide — bass (tracks 1-4, 6), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6), lead guitar (track 4), co-lead vocals (track 4), acoustic guitar (track 5) * Maurice Greer — drums (tracks 1-4, 6), lead vocals (tracks 1, 3-6), tambourine (track 1) * Derek Neville — baritone sax (track 4)

Covers

American band Vermonster covered "Black Sally" and "Stoned Guitar" on a 12" EP, ''Instinctively Inhuman'' (released 1991). Australian band Seedy Jeezus cover Black Sally on a Live to Air broadcast on 106.7 PBS, Melbourne, Australia ( Dec 9, 2015). The guitarist later in an interview talks about his love for Human Instinct and how he drove Seedy Jeezus crazy on tour playing them all the time.Live to Air broadcast on PBS 106.7 on Dec 9, 2015, Pojama People Show.

Notes

References

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