THE POINT - MAGIC CIRCLE (1983)
The Point's story begins in 1979 in the Northern California town of Livermore (home of the United States' largest Nuclear Weapons Labotary).
They quickly moved to Los Angeles - the place to be - so Mike Alford (drums), Tom Alford (guitars, vocals) and Jon Stebbins left home to find their fame and fortune. That was in 1979 and , the Point played the club scene and prepared to make their vinyl debut. Like most young bands, The Point decided to start their own label, Rabdab, and cut a record. The result was a four song, ten-inch EP. All four tracks were pleasant enough but the band needed a producer to land a hand and help them get the sound they were striving for. Enter Vitus Matare, keyboard player, vocalist and writer for The Last (the band who probably started the whole Los Angeles garage/psych scene - though they never get credit for it). Anyone who has heard The Last's records realizes Matare and The Point would musically hit it off. The first collaboration was a song called "Pothead" done for The Warfrat Tales compilation of L.A bands. Vitus Matare enjoyed working with The Point so much that he demanded the group record their debut album. Matare and The Point, once again entered the studio and they left with Magic Circle. One of the stronger records to emerge from the Paisley movement. The album got a french release on the Lolita label but was never reissued on CD, though "All My Life" was picked for The Children Of Nuggets Rhino Box Set (Original Artyfacts From The Ssecond Psychedelic Era 1976-1995), and "Pothead" can be heard on the Warfrat Tales CD reissue along 12 other bands of the era, all produced by Vitus Matare. The band split around 1986, the leaders Jon Stebbins and Tom Alford went their separate ways. Tom Alford released in 1994 a mini album "Desire Caught By The Tail" and in 2003 "Second Foundation" (available at Not Lame) both produced by Earle Mankey, and very enjoyable. Complete History of The Point Here
They quickly moved to Los Angeles - the place to be - so Mike Alford (drums), Tom Alford (guitars, vocals) and Jon Stebbins left home to find their fame and fortune. That was in 1979 and , the Point played the club scene and prepared to make their vinyl debut. Like most young bands, The Point decided to start their own label, Rabdab, and cut a record. The result was a four song, ten-inch EP. All four tracks were pleasant enough but the band needed a producer to land a hand and help them get the sound they were striving for. Enter Vitus Matare, keyboard player, vocalist and writer for The Last (the band who probably started the whole Los Angeles garage/psych scene - though they never get credit for it). Anyone who has heard The Last's records realizes Matare and The Point would musically hit it off. The first collaboration was a song called "Pothead" done for The Warfrat Tales compilation of L.A bands. Vitus Matare enjoyed working with The Point so much that he demanded the group record their debut album. Matare and The Point, once again entered the studio and they left with Magic Circle. One of the stronger records to emerge from the Paisley movement. The album got a french release on the Lolita label but was never reissued on CD, though "All My Life" was picked for The Children Of Nuggets Rhino Box Set (Original Artyfacts From The Ssecond Psychedelic Era 1976-1995), and "Pothead" can be heard on the Warfrat Tales CD reissue along 12 other bands of the era, all produced by Vitus Matare. The band split around 1986, the leaders Jon Stebbins and Tom Alford went their separate ways. Tom Alford released in 1994 a mini album "Desire Caught By The Tail" and in 2003 "Second Foundation" (available at Not Lame) both produced by Earle Mankey, and very enjoyable. Complete History of The Point Here
Songs
Magic Circle / Strychnine / You're The Fix I Need / She's Gone Too Far / Pothead / All My Life / She's Only For Me / I Like Girls / Someday / Streets Of Warsaw / Itch
4 comments:
Thanks for that great records !! Good songs. "I like girls" is a cover of Gary Valentine's The Know.
You can visit Tom Alford at http://www.tomalford.com/
just googling around, found a test press of this record today stuffed into a regular cover.
Is that cover you posted the French version?
thanks!
-Clayton S.
absolutely, this is the french LP
Thanks say a gratefully Frank :-)
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