What makes a record a true cult classic? Released to a modicum of critical acclaim but zero commercial success. Artists behind the release have to disappear immediately into obscurity. And over the course of decades, a dedicated core of record collectors, critics and true believers must spread the word about the album in question. Well, by those standards, New York band Hackamore Brick\’s 1970 LP One Kiss Leads to Another is the cult classic to end all cult classics (the only recent contenders might be Rodriguez\’s albums Cold Fact and Coming from Reality).

Released on the bubblegum-centric Kama Sutra label to positive reactions from critics ranging from Richard Meltzer to Lenny Kaye, One Kiss sounded very different from anything else on the label or, for that matter, anything else on the 1970 music scene; often cited as the first post-Velvet Underground album, it does indeed provoke comparison\’s to VU\’s third, self-titled record and Loaded as well as other descendants like the Modern Lovers and Television. But the countryish harmonies of vocalists Tommy Moonlight & Chick Newman lend the record a sound not unlike any number of current alternative \”beard rock\” bands plying their wares, and the discursive lyrics recall the Kinks. Moonlight and Newman didn\’t record another note together as Hackamore Brick until 2009.
Liner notes by Tony Rettman featuring quotes from Tommy Moonlight and pictures from the Hackamore Brick archive round out both the vinyl & CD releases. Remastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in NYC—highly anticipated and worth the wait!