Consumer Guide Album

Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan: The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie [Reprise, 1972]
They've learned their lessons well, ripping off riffs from everybody--what can you say when two slapshticking ex-Mothers steal a melody from a Graham Nash protest song?--and filtering it down into the finest pasteurized mush. For some reason, it sounds a lot like the Turtles. A charming exercise in the deliberate throwback category, a true artyfact. Recommended: the Hawaiian novelty, "Nikki Hoi." B+