It’s a paradox, yet there are cult albums that every collector knows about – or, rather, became aware of some quarter-century after such platters were first released – and ORANG-UTAN‘s self-titled longplay is one of those records. Still, there’s a weird story behind this British band’s sole offering, because the heavy-psych ensemble called themselves HUNTER, and when the quintet endeavored to lay down eight cuts at London’s De Lane Lea Studios in 1970, in a single session, they hoped to hit the big time; instead, their producers absconded with the tapes to the States and issued what turned out as “Orang-Utan” there without telling the musicians.
