I think that this was the first recording from Crackhouse, at least that's what I'm guessing from the info on the Mandragora site. If I'm correct, than this disc features a 1988 recording from the Texan psych-thugs in their most primitve form - certainly sounds like it after sinking my teeth into this 48 minute disc. Featuring psychedelic sitar master Erik Amlee in his younger days and culled from wrecked cassettes of dusty boombox recordings, the deep murk recording present on these tracks works in their favor, cloaking the screaming freeform wah-wah freakouts, pounding neanderthal drumming, and dirgey three-chord riffs in a heavy noise fug that adds tons of threat to the jam, like Butthole Surfers drowing in noise/feedback overload. None of the tracks are titled, but that doesn't matter 'cuz the whole session just bleeds together into a single massive riff freakout with the wah pedals going non-stop...the riffs are all repetitive, sometimes locking on a single grooving riff for 4-5 minutes at a time, slowly pouring on more noise and feedback while the drummer bashes away. It's all quite "live" and organic too, with the occasional tape dropout or recording glitch. About halfway through, the guys actually start busting out Sabbath riffs and other old metal references in between the slabs of druggy feedback and effects. Pretty badass, and I can't help but be reminded of Gravitar's fully improv power-rock while listening to Hard-Core, although Crackhouse sound like they are waaaaay more stoned than Gravitar ever got. Yeah, this is a pretty rad document of 80's psych-scum from deep subterranea, and comes in a full color paper wallet in a resealable plastic sleeve.