ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL

If the eccentric-mesmeric psych rock project Ya Ho Wha 13 deserves the attention of all prog listeners, Father Yod and the Spirit of the '76 is just a curiosity for absolute fans of the guru and his spiritual tribe. Father Yod and the Spirit of the '76 is the first Father Yod musical incarnation. It features the usual gallery of musicians with the omnipresent and creative Djin Aquarian on guitars. This album has been published by the Source Family but curiously Father Yod is absent of the recording sessions. Moreover we can hardly perceive the influence of his auratic mystical splendor on the album. Conceptually his peaceful and enthusiastic philosophy is supposed to remain an inspired guide for the musicians. Musically speaking this is utterly disappointed. All or Nothing at all figures among the less interesting and less absorbing albums from Father Yod. To sum up things, it is a vague, passable collection of acid folk-ish songs with ponctual naïve pop accents and soft melodic airs. Father Yod's haunted-cathartic ceremonials and darkly lyseric psych jams have gone in order to let the place to standardised, mediocre and pseudo romantic hippie [&*!#]s.

This is not a review of the album All or Nothing At All, but a clarification about the songs & songwriters featured on this album produced in 1975. This album was a departure from the spontaneous music of Yahowa 13, to showcase individual songwriters. Take A Ride, Hurry Home, Party Song and Woman were all songs written by and performed by Les Adam (aka Rhythm). Home, Lady and Do Me were all written by Djin. The first track I Can ReadYour Mind was written by a brother called Nixa sung with Anastasia. Every Morning was written by my late husband, Tim Garon (aka Hom), but performed by Robin Baker (aka Ahom). The Great Woe was written by a brother called Zoroaster. I am not sure who wrote Different Dreams, and neither did Djin or Les Adam; who passed away in 2015, but who confirmed with me which were his songs. Although, Scott Arvin aka Electric can claim Renaissance as his song; he did not write Take A Ride; which he was incorrectly credited in the 2012 documentary about The Source Family.