Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2026 January 16 • Friday

Hammond organ works just as well in rock as it does in jazz and it plays nicely with fuzz guitar in this not so well known self-titled record from 1968, Ivory.

Vocalisthenics Christine Christman sounds a bit like Grace Slick and the record is certainly in the Jefferson Airplane neighborhood, not much of a surprise since it was produced by Airplane's producer, Al Schmitt.

The opening track, "Silver Rains", is a proud psych-rock anthem while the next song, "Free and Easy", keeps the fuzz guitar but directs the band to a slightly jazzier feel.

Acoustic guitar and piano bring more of a sunshine hippy mood to "Losin' Hold", which has nice vocal harmonies and love-song lyrics.

This sentimental mood is sustained in "Laugh", which has more intense drumming but still a light and crystalline sound before we get back to the heavy, fuzzed out psych of "A Thought".

"I, of the Garden" re-introduces the jazzy feel and merges it with some trippy lyrics and changes in tone that should help your ears stay alert.

The remaining tracks—"All in My Mind", "A Light", "Last Laugh" and "Grey November"—are all really good but sound pretty similar to what's come before.