The Children Rebirth Reviewed by Nathan Ford Heres an excellent Texan psychedelic artifact from 1968, freshly reissued on vinyl by Spains Guerssen Records. Evolving from garage outfit the Stoics into The Minds Eye (who released the excellent 45 "Help, Im Lost"), the band headed to LA in 1967, playing popular Sunset Boulevard venues with the help of Monkee Davy Jones. The Minds Eye soon became the Children, but financial issues and increased acid usage convinced the band to head back to Texas, where "Rebirth" was recorded. Produced by Lelan Rogers, who also recorded the 13th Floor Elevators and the Golden Dawn among others, "Rebirth" is a surprisingly lush album, full of intricate psychedelia quite unlike that of Lelan Rogers other charges. String sections, vibraphone solos and other baroque-pop touches rub shoulders with acid drenched psychedelic rock, with the powerful female vocal presence of Cassell Webb tying these disparate strands together nicely. Th...