Stoned Guitar

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Stoned Guitar
Stoned Guitar cover
Studio album by The Human Instinct
Released 1970
Recorded Stebbing Studios, Auckland
Genre Blues-rock
Length 44:55
Label Pye Records
Producer(s) Maurice Greer
The Human Instinct chronology
Burning Up Years
(1969)
Stoned Guitar
(1970)
Pins In It
(1971)


Stoned Guitar was the second album by New Zealand blues-rock band The Human Instinct. It was released in 1970. The cover featured a painting by New Plymouth artist Michael Smither, "Two Rock Pools".

The album's closing track, "Railway and Gun", was recorded live at Auckland's Bo-Peep Club, where the band had a residency.

The album was reissued on CD in 2001 by Ascension Records.


[edit] Track listing

  1. "Black Sally" (Dennis Wilson) – 6:38
  2. "Stoned Guitar" (Billy Te Kahika, Maurice Greer, Larry Waide) – 6:45
  3. "Jugg-a-Jug Song" (Jesse Harper) – 8:03
  4. "Midnight Sun" (Harper) – 9:41
  5. "Tomorrow" (John Kongos) – 4:23
  6. "Railway and Gun" (Rory Gallagher) – 9:22

[edit] Personnel

  • Maurice Greer — lead vocals, drums, tambourine
  • Billy TK — lead guitar
  • Larry Waide — bass, guitar ("Midnight Sun")
  • Derek Neville — baritone sax ("Midnight Sun")