Heavily influenced by the Animals, Yardbirds and Them, the Circle played a frenetic brand of psych-tinged garage punk laced with generous blasts of Yoder/Patten manipulated feedback. The 14 live (of 18 total) tracks are some of the most scintillating freakbeat to ever scorch these ears. Their version of "Mystic Eyes" is positively cataclysmic with Whaley not only providing bone-chilling cymbal accents to accompany the guitar maelstrom, but taking a rare lead vocal as well (Yoder handles the remaining vox). The result is definitive- much as I love that miserable old bastard Van Morrison, he and his former band's original is but a mere shadow of the cacophony achieved here. Ditto equally impressive (and explosive) interpretations of "Little Girl", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "Mister, You're a Better Man Than I." The fidelity is excellent by 2007 standards, let alone 1966.