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The Animated Egg were a studio-only group that issued a self-titled album of psychedelic instrumentals in the late '60s. It's now known that the chief instigator behind the Animated Egg was renowned Los Angeles session guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:3FKdxBym7iSS4Lt501u6oA">Jerry Cole</a>, whose fuzzy leads (with some electric 12-string, surf, and Latin lines as well) dominate the arrangements. <a href="spotify:artist:3FKdxBym7iSS4Lt501u6oA">Cole</a> also wrote the material, and though he was unsure of the other personnel when asked about the LP many years later, possible accompanists include Edgar Lamar and Don Dexter on drums; Tommy Lee and Glenn Cass on bass; Billy Joe Hastings and Norm Cass on guitar; and <a href="spotify:artist:0IecGJbdBeYSOVtSPRehh5">Billy Preston</a> on organ. The Animated Egg, despite the high instrumental talent involved, sounds rather like it was thrown together in the studio to capitalize on the fad for psychedelic sounds, <a href="spotify:artist:3FKdxBym7iSS4Lt501u6oA">Cole</a> playing on several other similar "psychsploitation" LPs in the same era credited to different groups. Everything from The Animated Egg, plus numerous bonus tracks from some of those other LPs with a similar approach, can be heard on the Animated Egg CD compilation Guitar Freakout. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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