First Step Beyond

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You must physically hold this album, kneel at it's

altar; we will fail to describe it. Medusa's First Step

Beyond might have forever shifted the perception

of Chicago rock history had it managed to make

the leap from tape to it's never-realized vinyl

pressing. Instead, the conflagration of Sabbath,

Hawkwind, and Amon Duul II remained petrified

in the Corycian Caverns-otherwise known as the

drummer's basement. Self-produced on four track

in 1975, this lone transmission from Medusa's

repertoire appeared on the extremely mysterious

Pepperhead label, whose proprietor allegedly

disappeared after a bad trip and has never been

seen again. Forged in ceremonial mock-velvet,

custom embossed in Gorgon-gold and blood-red,

and art directed in accordance with the band's

elaborate original stage props and artwork, we have

positioned this unreleased opus to finally reach it's

destination: the turntables of pot-smoking and

leather-clad teenagers, young and old.