{"product_id":"ya-ho-wa-13-savage-sons-of-ya-ho-wa-lp","title":"Ya Ho Wa 13 - Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wa LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eR\u003c\/span\u003eeissued for the first time in 10 years by BlueWind in Italy (previously by the excellent Sacred Bones) - All beefheart like psyche. If you want a record with a story, this has a hell of a tale - One of 9 LP's pressed out 60 plus made by the LA hippie commune the Source Family headed by Jim Baker, Aka Father Yod and later Ya Ho Wa, no I'm not joking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Baker was a former world judo champ, owner of 60’s celeb LA strip alt-restaurant hotspot the source and war hero who, after knocking off two fellow citizens of Los Angeles (via judo chop) and a jail stint, turned himself over time into a cult leader, went from 1 to 13 wives, renamed himself Father Yod before George Lucas had even dreamed of Star Wars, then\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econvinced himself and his followers he might be god, before realising eventually after moving the gang to Hawaii he maybe wasn’t, so hang-glided off a cliff with no training - resulting, thanks to a “no hospitals” cult rule - with him dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eHe had a Rolls Royce (see LP cover) and also a taste for creativity and musical followers so at one point sent people off to build a pretty solid pair of garage studios which output some decent carefree (read fiercely non commercial psyche records). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eThis LP has mostly the work of members \u003cspan\u003eOctavius, Sunflower, Djinn, and Rhythm collaborating with Electron, as opposed to Jim and is one of the best. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's easy to be a bit cynical, and certainly there is a lot to be said about Jim himself, but from a musical standpoint it's an incredible free output in a fiercely non-commercial style which is defiantly counter-culture. Super rare originals it goes without saying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnHetEyppvc?si=sxYqnd0mKkC3xWOa\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WSA London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57668094984524,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/6855\/3804\/files\/IMG_0899.jpg?v=1780091141","url":"https:\/\/whenspaceshipsappear.com\/products\/ya-ho-wa-13-savage-sons-of-ya-ho-wa-lp","provider":"WSA London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}