"q magazine" stated in its december 1996 review: "half of this 1968 album...is made up of pleasant, traditionally styled instrumentals... but it's the three lengthy improvisational pieces that dominate, pointing forward to his later, more elliptical work..." in a november 1996 review in "down beat" it was rated 4.5 stars — very good/excellent — "...has to be the strangest folk trip of the '60s... it's fahey's loopy sound collages and odd sonic touches that make this largely instrumental album a treasure." it received three-and-a-half stars in "the new rolling stone album guide".