HAMS - Giving Thanks / Thanks Giving LP New Zealand and even psych sax surprises

and even psych sax surprises

But it's also partly because the band sounds like it views everything from Cream and Black Sabbath to afro-cuban and Middle Eastern  music as essentially the same

Smith's vocals

“November 11th”

with a result as great as the entire career of Hagerty and Callahan together

HAMS - Giving Thanks / Thanks Giving LP New Zealand and even psych sax surprisesLimited edition of 200 copies. A reissue that few if any would have predicted. The Hams legendary and elusive sole release was promoted as an exclusive through Systematic via the backdoor in the summer of 1987 amidst the distributors fog of bankruptcy. The Hams label, Down And Out, was equally mysterious, having previously released one LP (Prominent Disturbance) and one cassette (The Turks) to little or no fanfare. Since none of the Systematic sales