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victor49
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victor49 Saw these guys open for Canned Heat and the hype is real They Brought the house down. I remember Canned Heat came out and watched them. They were a powerful presence. Good to see this released. Yes, the bass player wore no shoes!
agradek
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agradek Oh, my! The longer I live the more I'm embarrassed with the world I live in. How could happen such music was never released and got lost for more than half of a century??? I'm coming for the second time, and I'm even not yet halfway through the album!
And it was recorded in a cheap studio where they had not enough mics for the proper setup??? Alleluia! Favorite track: Shoot That Load Boogie (Live 1969) (bonus track).
SabbathJeff
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SabbathJeff I don't normally blindly pre-order CDs with international shipping...but when I do, I don't know that I even care what it sounds like. The personnel involved, the back story, the legacy. The fact that these things are just sitting undiscovered and un-listened is truly mind blowing. As exciting to a biologist who finds a missing link; here's another audiophile's missing link to help put the whole puzzle together. I can't wait to spin this CD! Thank you Guerssen!!!
magoski
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magoski Moonlight
Starlight
Same thing ... just filters and gradations
percentages
and angles of perception
it's all mathematics.
Everything is of the Stars
and the InBetween
Arranargement of Atoms
Speed
distance
of their Moons
Angle of Rotation
Astrology and Orbital Dynamics
celestial Mechanics
megaliths, & leylines
vortex & portal,
temple, planaterium
I found it all in the
Library
of the Magosyn
at the Tuning Array
In the Domo Magos
on the North Rim of Tycho
Moonbase One

Favorite track: Medulla Oblangta.
PDD
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PDD Thanks to Google AI (?!) for alerting me to Bandcamp's story about this forgotten gem. Steady Records were fools not to release this in 1969. Maybe the 2nd Coming wouldn't have hit it big, but they deserved a chance to fulfill the potential shown by this record. And the final two cuts demonstrate their prowess live. Favorite track: Roller.
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1.
Evaluation 03:36
Sitting on the throne looking down at me Trying to tell me how it's going to be But evaluation won't change me You say you want to change the constitution Can't you see that it's just and illusion Look below and see the world going by Political Mutes look at me and I cry But evaluation won't change me Evaluation
2.
I woke up this morning to find The world was down Nobody knows my name And all the people crowd And up from the sky there came the man that told me He said, "Boy I gotta take you down to home" Ya said, " I think I'm comin down" I can't see the things that I've found The blades in my knife so strong I can't move around The man with the beady eyes Has taken my home And I can't find anything that can make me go This lethargic state I find Is far ahead And I think I'm comin' down I just can't see the things that I've found Ya said I think I'm comin down I just can't see the things that I've found I think I'm comin' down
3.
Baby your pressure just got to me I can't stand the way you look Hey, you're benign me oh so down Baby I can't find ya Yes, I can't do it all by myself You've gotta get back where you belong Now woman just look into my eyes Can't you see what I have Baby there's so much love for you But woman I can't find ya Oh, yes, I can't do it all by myself I gotta get back where ya belong, Yeah Oh mama, You're such a pretty thing, yeah Ahh, ya touch my very soul Mama with your brown eyes shinin' to me I just can't let go Mama come on I get back, yeah
4.
I think this is the time Hell and fire flashing through My Mind The cities are melting to the ground There's plastic rising all around With no pretty colors There's no pretty lights I can't find myself I awake and I find Smoke in every corner of my mind I can't hide, I can't see Visions of the past bring misery With no pretty colors There's no pretty lights I can't find myself With no pretty colors There's no pretty lights I just can't find myself tonight
5.
Made Me Love 04:51
Now you made me love you Yes, what could I do Oh, baby you made me love you To long what could I do But ease on to me, baby make me feel so nice Now listen to me Ahh, you took my heart Yes but don't set me free Oh baby, took my heart, baby Ahh, you but don't let me die Eyes wide, yeah but look so nice, yeah I can't help myself Babe when you're around Oh yes I can't help myself Yeah when you're around It drives me crazy, yeah, yeah Yeah the sun is always shining Yeah, when you're around Got inside of me excited Yeah when you're around I just can't be denied woman Yeah, I don't know where I'm found
6.
Shufflebored 04:13
I travel through the road of life I don't know why I try It's all the same to me A shuffle down under my feet Today's gonna be the same he world ain't gonna change It's all the same you see Shuffle for you and for me My wife is dressed in rags Life is such a drag It's all the same to me Shuffle down under my feet Today's gonna be the same The world ain't gonna change It's all the same to me Shuffle for you and for me
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Roller 07:54
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**A missing link between late ’60s hard-psych and early Southern rock**

**A true lost chapter of American psychedelic rock history—recorded in 1969, unheard for decades, and finally released**

**Featuring guitar player Larry Reinhardt who would join Iron Butterfly and co-found Captain Beyond**

“…A couple days later the Second Coming was going to play at the National Guard Armory, and we all went. I was impressed with the Second Coming and with the Load, which was led by Rhino, who was a bad dude. [Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt went on to be a member of both Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond]. He looked like a little wizard, little bitty cat with hair out to there, standing in front of those giant Marshall amps, and they had a hell of a drummer named Monty [Young] and Richard Price, a great bass player who never wore shoes no matter how hot or cold it was. Those three cats were bad, and the Second Coming was also a hell of a band…”
- Jaimoe (Allman Brothers Band founding member), as told to writer Alan Paul in his memoir, which will be released in 2027.


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The story of The 2nd Coming begins in the late 1960s, when psychedelic music was sweeping across America. While California became the epicenter, a parallel scene was quietly exploding in Florida—fueled by young musicians inspired by the British Invasion and artists like Hendrix and Cream, yet searching for a heavier, more original sound.

In Sarasota and Bradenton, a tight-knit group of players gathered around a small venue called Club Toro. Among them were Larry Reinhardt, Reese Wynans, Richard ‘Hombre’ Price, Berry Oakley, and Dickey Betts—musicians who would soon help shape what the world would later call Southern Rock. What started as cover bands quickly evolved into something louder and more experimental.

Out of this scene came two interconnected bands: The Load (a power trio comprised of Larry Reinhardt, Richard Price and Mounty Young) and The Second Coming (featuring Dickey Betts & Berry Oakley). By 1968, both groups had relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, sharing houses, stages, and an emerging musical vision. Their live shows—especially at legendary local spots like the Forrest Inn—became marathon jam sessions, drawing crowds of up to 2,000 people and attracting players like Duane Allman, Butch Trucks, and Jaimoe.

These collaborations would ultimately lead to the formation of The Allman Brothers Band, while the remaining members continued forging their own path—raw, heavy, and deeply rooted in blues, psychedelia, and improvisation.

In April 1969, a new, revamped line-up of the Second Coming - rechristened as The 2nd Coming - and featuring Larry Reinhardt (guitar), Reese Wynans (organ), Richard ‘Hombre’ Price (bass) plus two drummers (Monty Young and John Meeks), entered Sound Laboratory in Jacksonville to record what would become the “Evaluations” album.
But when the band couldn’t pay the $6,000 studio bill, the album was shelved. A failed trip to New York to secure a deal sealed its fate, and the band soon dissolved. The master tapes were left behind—lost and forgotten for decades.

Meanwhile, the musicians went on to remarkable careers:

Larry Reinhardt would join Iron Butterfly and co-found Captain Beyond.

Reese Wynans would play with Stevie Ray Vaughan and later Joe Bonamassa.

Richard ‘Hombre’ Price would work with artists like Lucinda Williams, Vassar Clements, North Mississippi Allstars and many more.

The legend might have ended there—until the late 1990s, when the original master tape was rediscovered in a storage archive. Purchased by the former band members, the recordings were finally back in their rightful hands.

After years of remaining unheard, the project has now been fully restored and released in collaboration with Guerssen Records, bringing this powerful, long-lost recording to light for the very first time. The 2nd Coming captures a pivotal moment—the exact crossroads where psychedelic rock evolved into the Southern jam sound that would soon change American music.

For fans of: Allman Brothers, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, early Southern jam rock, heavy psychedelic blues

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released June 19, 2026

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Featuring musicians who would later play with Captain Beyond, Iron Butterfly, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lucinda Williams, Joe Bonamassa, and many more, The 2nd Coming emerged from the same Florida 60s scene that gave birth to the Allman Brothers: these players jammed, toured and shared stages with legends in the making while forging their own loud blend of blues and hard-psychedelic rock. ... more

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