The album cover features a swirling group of multi-colored (and numbered) boxes that surround a black-and-white image of a shrunken head.

[3] A 2006 promotion of the CD reissue on eBay by "Groovers Paradise" describes the album this way: "This underground New York psychedelic project has a unique sound – soulful vocals, fluid Hammond organ, fuzzy bass, distorted lead guitars, lots of weird percussion instruments, augmented by unexpected stereo effects.

The exhaustive Acid Archives describes the album as "full of sound effects, fuzz guitar and creative arrangements, but without the songs to elevate it to keeper status.

"[6] Although the band is obscure by any standard, the Head Shop is probably the best known and one of the last of the many projects masterminded by Milan, an enigmatic music industry professional who produced and performed on a variety of recordings released in the 1960s.

Virtually all of the Milan projects, including the Head Shop are highly sought collectors' items, and original sealed copies of the Epic album surface occasionally.

The bonus tracks run the gamut from folk to flower power to psychedelic pop[7] and include songs by the Household Sponge (the predecessor band to The Head Shop, which also performed under the name the Aladdins),[2] Licorice Schtik (a band being promoted by Milan in the same time period), and other earlier projects including The Downtown Collection.