Affiliated with the
Jesus People Army
group from
Sandpoint, Idaho,
The Last Call of
Shiloh were part of
a huge revival
movement that
advocated a return
to the original
teachings of Christ.
Termed, "Jesus
Freaks," basically
they were Christian
hippies. "Shiloh,"
they say on the LP
jacket, is another
name for Jesus.
Creating their own,
"Last Call" label,
they were among the
earliest
contributors to
Jesus Music.
The whole of side 2
of the record is
fantastic west coast
psych, albeit with a
Christian edge -
which may turn off
the pagans amongst
us, or maybe not,
since the music is
of such stellar
quality that one may
think they are
listening to some
unreleased
QUICKSILVER
MESSENGER SERVICE or
maybe even some
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
The song, "New
Jerusalem,"
"borrows" the intro
to the BEATLES "Dear
Prudence." The last
song on the LP,
"Brokenness," is far
and away the most
ethereal,
dual-female vocal,
Christian acid-folk
song on the planet,
complete with
shimmering reverb
slide guitar in a
way that takes your
breath away. In
fact, side 2 of this
album is one of the
top 10, west coast
psych masterpieces
of all time. To my
ears, if side 1
matched the
intensity of side 2,
this LP would rank
right up there with
the MUSIC EMPORIUM,
or J.A's
"Surrealistic
Pillow" or any other
west coast psych
album we could name.
Curiously, later the
band moves to New
Jersey? and turns
into the LIVING
SACRIFICE band.
[
posted on
Cosmic Jim's blog
]
As of
July 2010, the official
vinyl reissue of The
Last Call of Shiloh
album is now available
from the website
http://www.anazitisirecords.com/,
the only authorized
distributor of their
album. It includes a
16-page insert-booklet
complete with song
lyrics, photos and
eventa biographika,
summarizing the origins,
experiences and life of
The
LCS
Band and
its members, and
describing the Move of
God in Sandpoint, Idaho
in 1971-1972. The
"curiosity" of the
band's move to New
Jersey is resolved in
the write-up, for it is
revealed that the two
founding members, John
Murray and Jaimei
Tsapatoris were born and
raised there, later
embarking on an "epic
journey" that took them
clear across the country
to the Pacific Northwest
where they found The
Lord and started His
Band, and theirs.
In the
middle period The Band
traveled to the East
Coast of the U.S.,
feeling led of God to
share the Gospel among J
& J's friends and their
old crowd, but later
returned to Sandpoint
once again, in the
end fulfilling a
transcontinental mission
that toured on both East
and West Coasts.
Jas.
'Jaimei' Demetrios
T. Tsapatoris
Co-Founder
& Ranger of
The Last Call of
Shiloh
e-mail:
info@anazitisirecords.com
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