ERNEST HOOD - Back to the Woodlands LP Color:Black where all manner of oddity

where all manner of oddity and peculiarity are permitted

issued only in South Africa under the moniker of The Mallory-Hall Band (named for Hall and his co-leader

a large circle was cut in the floor so that the rising heat from the pottery kiln downstairs would (along with the right mixture of beer and "Purple Jesus"

– Matt Kennedy

ERNEST HOOD - Back to the Woodlands LP Color:Black where all manner of oddityWritten and recorded between 1972 and 1982 in Western Oregon, Back to the Woodlands is a previously unreleased, and nearly lost, album made by Ernest Hood during the same era as his near mythical album Neighborhoods . A visionary combination of field recordings, zithers, and synthesizers, Back to the Woodlands offers an unprecedented depth of access to this singular artistic mind. Born into a musical family, Ernest Hood began a promising career as a