Ecology

US rock outfit Rare Earth’s Ecology from 1970 was their fourth album, and, with the benefit of Motown’s Norman Whitfield on production duties, was a potent mix of hippie-rock and blue-eyed soul. Most of side one is taken up with a classic Whitfield widescreen production, their near-eleven minute version of ‘I’m Losing You’ which features a fiery conga breakdown, funky drum breaks, space-rock guitar soloing and some nice little touches of studio trickery. An excellent more rock-flavoured version of Whitfield’s burgeoning psychedelic soul aesthetic.