Artist: Morning Dew
Album: No More
Country: US
Genre: Garage psych
Release: 1966-69 (2009)
Quality: FLAC | lossless

The Morning Dew's body of work provides a compelling object lesson in how far into the ether the average American rock dude would drift over the course of the 1960s. Early in that fabled decade, lead guitarist Mal Robinson and drummer Don Sligar played together in a Ventures-influenced instrumental combo called the Impax and a pair of blue-eyed R&B acts, the Runaways and the Durations. Robinson and Sligar then joined forces with bassist Don Shufford to form a folk-rock band, the Toads, which in 1966 would evolve into the Morning Dew with the addition of guitarist Don Anderson.

The Morning Dew started out as a swaggering garage rock outfit before embracing the fuzzy sounds and sonic wanderlust of psychedelia late in the decade. They cut an album for Roulette that was released in 1970, not long before the band called it quits, but No More 1966-1969 collects several small label singles and demo sessions the band recorded in the years before that album, and while most of the stuff here is strong if not exactly mind-bending rock & roll from the Middle of America, the group's creative progress is inarguably fascinating.

Tracklist:
1. No More - 2:41
2. I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) - 2:17
3. Touch Of Magic - 2:26
4. Look At Me Now - 2:36
5. No More - 2:46
6. Be A Friend - 3:43
7. Go Away - 2:53
8. Winter Dreams - 2:18
9. Sycamore Dreamer - 3:45
10.Then Came The Light - 4:01
11.Cherry Street - 4:26
12.Rainbow Woman - 4:00
13.Lady Soul - 3:07
14.Money Honey Blues - 2:49
15.Sing Out - 2:57
16.Young Man - 2:38
17.Get Together (Dino Valenti) - 4:17
18.KEWI Radio July, 1967 Tour Interviews - 6:14
19.Look At Me Now - 2:52

Personnel:
Malcolm Robinson - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Don Sligar - Drums
Don Anderson - Rhythm Guitar
Don Shufford - Bass