Gold Dragon - Too Late

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1981
Time: 26:16
Size: 60,2 MB
Label: Private
Styles: Hard Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1/2. Highway Child/Higher And Higher - 9:54
 3/4. Need A Friend/Take Off - 5:59
 5. Too Late - 5:27
 6. Too Late (Version) - 1:45
 7. Highway Child II - 3:09

"Since this album is among the top rarities in my collection, with scarcely more than a dozen known copies worldwide (according to Acid Archives), I was shocked to not only see it listed here, but with a half dozen ratings! There are truly some SERIOUS music collectors on this site! These guys were a psych/hard rock power trio out of mid - late 70's San Francisco. Leader/guitarist/song writer Fred Mabuhay was formerly the bassist with an obscure group called Dakila. Clearly influenced by Mr. Hendrix, he sounds like he would have given the master a run for his money in any battle-of-the-bands competition. Make no mistake about it though, the sound is definitely all 70's, despite the claims of some that it sounds like a long lost late 60's artifact. In fact, had this been released to the mass market, it would, no doubt, have quite a reputation. Excellent wailing guitar is present on virtually every cut, though never in a show-offy, out-of -place style. Instead, we get just the right amount of fuzz and wah-wah to drop your jaw and leave you wanting more. And the production value is also surprisingly good for an obviously low-budget effort, with major label fidelity through out. I have been told that most, if not all, known copies have their own, unique cover. Yet mine has the same one as the picture, so this may have been the intended version of it. Hopefully Mr. Mabuhay can be located for reissue permission, as this one is a clear winner! Grades - 1 A, 1 A-, 3 B+'s, 1 B, and a B-, consistently great!"

Too Late