h33t - Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls (1969) [rockbox]

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"Coven is a rock band, composed of vocalist Jinx Dawson, bassist Oz Osborne (not to be confused with Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath), Chris Neilsen on guitar, and drummer Steve Ross. They had a top 40 hit on Warner Bros. Records with "One Tin Soldier," written and composed by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter which was also used as the theme song to the 1971 movie Billy Jack. Jinx Dawson, blonde siren of the band Coven, sang the song at a 1971 session with the film's orchestra as part of the sound track for the Warner Brothers movie Billy Jack. Jinx asked that her band Coven be listed on the recording and film, not her name as a solo artist.

Jinx Dawson was a native of Indianapolis, Indiana who began studying opera and the occult in the late 1960s. She, Ross, and Osborne formed Coven in Chicago in the late 1960s. .In 1967 to 1968 they toured on concert bills with Jimmy Page's Yardbirds, the then glam band Alice Cooper, and Vanilla Fudge, among many others. Jinx began and ended each Coven concert with the sign of the horns, being the first to introduce this hand sign into rock pop culture. They were signed to Mercury Records, where they put out their first album, Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls in 1969. The music on the album was hard rock psychedelia; what made it distinctive was the heavy emphasis on diabolical subject matter, including songs such as "The White Witch of Rose Hall" (based on the story of Annie Palmer), "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", and "Dignitaries of Hell". The album concluded with a 13 minute track of chanting and Satanic prayers called "Satanic Mass" (written by their producer, Bill Traut, of Dunwich Productions). Also included inside the album, was Coven's infamous Black Mass poster, showing members of the group displaying the sign of the horns as they prepared for a Satanic ritual over the naked altar. This is the first photographed use of the Horned Hand Salute and the Inverted Cross in rock music pop culture, Coven being the first occult rock band and the pioneers in that genre. (They also hold the distinction of making one of the first "rock videos" to the title track of their third album, "Blood on the Snow" in 1974, seven years before MTV started in the 1981.)

According to Jinx, "The satanic thing actually was something we were interested in and were studying at the time. When you're younger, you're looking for answers, and a lot of members of the band were looking into the same books at the same time. We studied it, we practiced it."

This content was considered highly unusual for the time. Then called Heavy Underground Rock, Coven is now considered pioneers of Dark Heavy Metal and Gothic Rock. Unwanted publicity came to the band in the form of a sensationalistic Esquire magazine issue entitled "Evil Lurks in California" (Esquire, March 1970), which linked counterculture interest in the occult to Charles Manson and the Tate-La Bianca murders, while also mentioning the Witchcraft album and its Black Mass material. As a result of this unwanted publicity, Mercury withdrew the album from circulation.

Good luck returned to Jinx Dawson when Tom Laughlin asked her to record the "One Tin Soldier" song, originally written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, for his Billy Jack movie. This recording charted three times, first in 1971 (#26), in 1973 (#79), and a re-entry of the original version in 1974 (#73) on the Billboard Magazine's Hot 100, and was a top 10 hit in Cashbox. The song was named #1 Most Requested Song in 1971 and 1973 by American Radio Broadcasters. Coven released a self-titled album in 1972 which featured "One Tin Soldier" along with "Nightengale" penned by Jinx Dawson which charted as a hot pic on Billboard & Cashbox; a third album, Blood on the Snow, was put out on Buddah Records in 1974. One of the 1st music videos ever made directly for an album title song was produced by Jinx and the Coven with Disney Studios.In 1990 Coven appeared in the film "Heaven Can Help" with Jinx in a starring role. She wrote all the music and along with original drummer Steve Ross, new members were added to the Coven which appeared in the film.

Jinx Dawson continued to pursue a career in acting with a minor, uncredited role in the movie Cool World. She returned to music after several years as caregiver for her terminally ill father. She is set to film a PBS Special called The All time Biggest Movie Title Songs.

On November 5th 2007, Jinx Dawson announced via her MySpace page that three of the original Coven members were planning to reform the group and record a new studio album to "finish what they started". She added that the band were "dying to tour". May 2008, Coven released a new CD "Metal Goth Queen~Out of the Vault" with music spanning decades. Some of the guest musicians on this CD include Michael Monarch, formerly of Steppenwolf, Glenn Cornick, formerly of Jethro Tull and Tommy Bolin, formerly of Deep Purple, in some of his last recordings."

This is one of my favorite albums of all-time. My father had the original vinyl and I grew up listening to it.

This album sounds kind of like if Jefferson Airplane were in league with the Dark Lord.

This is ripped from the 2008 CD release. It has some stuff added into the Black Mass at the end which I think was a mistake. and there is also a "making-of" track at the end.

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