The Human Expression formed in 1966, with the members coming from Westminster, California, and Tustin, California. Jim Quarles and Jim Foster began writing songs for the new band, and they started performing in local venues and school dances to create a more cohesive unit. After rehearsing for six months, they went to a recording studio and cut the demo recordings for their first single, eventually securing a recording contract with Los Angeles-based Accent Records. Although 'Every Night' was chosen as the A-side, the original flip, 'Readin' Your Will', was replaced with a song that is probably their best known recording, 'Love At Psychedelic Velocity'. Two more original compositions made up the second single, 'Optical Sound'/'Calm Me Down', but perhaps due to the slow sales of the band's own songs, their manager brought demos of two songs by then-unknown songwriter Mars Bonfire to the band to consider for their third single. They selected 'Sweet Child Of Nothingness' for their third release, to be backed with another original composition 'I Don't Need Nobody', turning down 'Born To Be Wild' in the process, as Quarles was not impressed with the song. Before the third single was released, lead guitarist Martin Eshleman injured his hand, when Tom Hamilton accidentally slammed a door on it, leaving Eshleman with severed tendons, forcing him to leave the band. Although a new guitarist was brought in, Quarles left almost immediately, and the band then fell apart. By that time they had recorded enough material to put together an album of their single sides plus a few demos, and so here is the best of The Human Expression from 1967.
Track listing
01 Love At Psychedelic Velocity
02 Outside Of It All
03 Every Night
04 Calm Me Down
05 Optical Sound
06 Your Mind Works In Reverse
07 Who Is Burning
08 Readin' Your Will
09 I Don't Need Nobody
10 You Need Lovin' Too
11 Sweet Child Of Nothingness
12 Following Me
