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This Wah Wah reissue is housed in the original gatefold sleeve and features one bonus track with the 1971 single
version of TheSaddest Day Of My Life. It's the first ever official vinyl reissue since 1971. 500 copies only

After Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos dissolved their partnership, they both went separate ways in the
music scene. Campbell-Lyons began work on the Local Anaesthetic songs while going through a series of personal
matters which ended up being reflected in the tone of the album. He did release it under the Nirvana name in 1971,
but what we have here is a totally different thing. He decided to break with what had been doing up to that moment,
and came up with an experimental progressive rock album that was perfectly suited for the Vertigo label through
which it was released. Musically, it has been compared to "something Frank Zappa could have done". It was not
inspired by Zappa, but it certainly explored similar boundaries as he may have done in his works, often moving away
from that pop sensitivity that had characterized Nirvana's previous outings. A unique sounding piece in their
catalogue.
And although being so far from what was the Nirvana sound, we have another excellent LP here that has become a
most sought after piece among collectors. Pianist/keyboardist Patrick Joseph "Pete" Kelly helped Campbell-Lyons
complete the LP, which also featured collaborations by Jon Field, with whom Campbell-Lyons had the pre-Nirvana
band Second Thoughts and who would later go to form The Tomcats, July and Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior's Tony
Duhig had also played in Second Thoughts. Some brass arrangements are thrown in, but the orchestra is gone in
favour of a harder free form, prog-rock sound.