Magi - Win Or Lose. CD. (Radioactive - RRCD152) This north Indiana outfit ruled the roost in the "Michiana" region in the mid-'70s, attracting huge crowds whenever they played live. Often compared with Led Zeppelin, this 5-piece outfit rocked the area with a tight and raw sound that combined in-your-face hard rock with undisguised psychedelic tendencies and lashings of fuzz. It must be said the boys didn't do themselves any favours by issuing their only known album with a cover reminiscent of a Journey photo shoot (THERE'S NOWT WRONG WI' JOURNEY!!- AOR loving Freak Writer), but regardless of their dubious hair and sense of dress, Magi certainly deserved more than the obscurity into which they ultimately lapsed. Recorded in Michigan in 1976, it boasts a series of solid songs propelled by a tight rhythm section and some more-thanrespectable vocals, in another place or time this band could have been huge. As it is, we only have this one incredibly rare album to judge them by, but based on the evidence, Magi definitely receives an unqualified thumbs-up. Highly recommended.NOW DELETED LAST 3 COPIES.

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