Every local music scene has a ton of bands. When the majors swoop in and sign them, there are always a few left behind. An example of this would be San Francisco Fillmore era band Aum
Aum - Resurrection (Fillmore 1969)
A San Francisco band that barely toured outside Northern California. They played the Fillmore/Avalon/Carousel circuit in San Francisco often. Most likely because they were an easy phone call in the Bay Area when a slot needed to be filled.
Back in college I spoke with someone who frequented the Fillmore during it's heyday. Their favorite band was Aum who - of course - I never heard of. When I saw this in a used record emporium, I snapped it up.
It was issued on Fillmore records, a short lived company operated by Bill Graham to get a piece of the pie not already snapped up by the majors.
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