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Space rockers Automatic Man (featuring Santanna's dynamite drummer, Michael Shrieve) get their 1976 debut remastered in all its progressive glory.

After making his name with Santana (remember his solo on "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock?), drummer Michael Shrieve did some experimenting with Stomu Yamashta and then turned to this four-piece, which was led by singer/keyboard player Bayete. Their sound is progressive rock with a spacy, spiritual bent (titles include "Atlantis Rising" and "Interstellar Tracking Devices"), which means swirling synthesizers, biting lead guitar playing (courtesy of Pat Thrall), and lyrics about angels and heaven and how "worldly things keep us apart." The drumming is good and it's high in the mix, but after his prominent role in Santana, one expected more in the way of leadership from Shrieve, and this group ultimately was as faceless as the alien image on the front cover. ~ William Ruhlmann

Digitally remastered edition of this group's debut album from 1976. After parting company with Stomu Yamashta and his Go project, former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve and guitarist Pat Thrall joined bassist Doni Harvery and vocalist/ keyboardist (and band founder) "Bayete", who is also known as Todd Cochrane. An Oxford graduate, Cochrane recorded two albums on Fantasy Records the didn't get any exposure at all. Island Records pledged support and this eclectic, funky space rock blend was given life. An FM staple in the 70's, Automatic Man found an audience with progressive rockers and fans of Hawkwind and German krautrock fans. Now you can enjoy it all again on CD with the best sounding version ever.

Personnel: Pat Thrall (vocals, guitar); Todd Cochrane (vocals, keyboards); Doni Harvey (vocals); Michael Shrieve (drums, percussion, electronic percussion).

Liner Note Author: Nigel Williamson.

Photographer: Jim Lee.

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List Price $19.99 (You save $5.84)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Progressive
Label Lemon Recordings
Orig Year 1976
All Time Product Rank 27,361
CD Universe Part number 6712404
Catalog number 29
Discs 1
Release Date Jun 08, 2004
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Automatic Man
Engineer Chris Kimsey; Keith Harwood
Personnel Michael Shrieve - drums, percussion, electronic percussion
Pat Thrall - vocals, guitar
Todd Cochrane - vocals, keyboards
Doni Harvey - vocals
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Click to hear an MP3 sound sampleTrkSong
1Atlantis Rising Fanfare
2Comin' Through
3My Pearl
4One 'N One
5Newspapers
6Geni-Geni
7Right Back Down
8There's A Way
9Interstellar Tracking Devices
10Automatic Man
11Turning of the Axis
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5 stars Still great
As another reviewer noted, this was, and is still, a great piece of music. I'm not sure that I'd classify the remastering job Lemon Records did as actually horrible, but it's mediocre at best. It's really a shame because someone with real know-how in mastering (are you reading this, Steve Hoffman?) could have done so much more with it. Hopefully, someone will.
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3 stars Good stoner music in 1977
Man I searched this album for years. On kazaa and limewire with no results. I bought Automatic Man on 8 track from a Mississippi Gulf Coast convenience store in 1977 where I used to buy my beer. Used to play it while cruzin the coast highway getting stoned with my hommies.
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5 stars Smokin and i ain,t jokin
I bought this album for 2$ in the village i liked the cover i said what the hick lets try it.I was blow away by funky space sound and when i found out that the drummer was from Santana i flip didn,t think anybody else new about this group waited 30 years for this.I still have the 2 albums was ready to send it calf.to have it put on cd.Thank you cd universe
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5 stars outer space rock revisited
I was shocked to see that this made it to CD, I wore the LP out years ago. These guys turned out a terrific album,and was a staple of the mid 70's, so glad it's back,it is more than worth a listen. Outer space rock revisited!
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4 stars finally on cd
good to finally have on cd great fusion here thrall is amazing
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