1968 MINTY TOWER THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND = ONE STEP BEYOND = Hard Psych GARAGE

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TOWER RECORDS

HARD GARAGE CLASSIC!

1968 original 

COLLECTION COPY

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• The
• CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND
• " ONE STEP BEYOND "
  
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• USA - TOWER RECORDS - ST 5153.
  

• One Step Beyond was as close as The CHOCOLATE  WATCHBAND ever got to making an album entirely on their own, which is reflected in the fact that all but one song here was an original by the band members; but on the other hand, this is a slightly different Watchband lineup, assembled by Sean Tolby and Bill Flores, including guitarist Mark Loomis and drummer Gary Andrijasevich (both of whom had left in 1967 to join the Tingle Guild), and original, Foothill College-era Chocolate Watchband member Danny Phay (who'd also been in the Tingle Guild).
  
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• Missing is David Aguilar, the band's one-time lead singer and most visible songwriter up to that time -- and the result is an album that has almost none of the influence of the Rolling Stones garage punk, and, instead, shows a strong garage rock overall heading into sometimes raw rock and other times brittle but melodic, reminiscent in some ways of the Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Charlatans, Moby Grape, and the Jefferson Airplane. Danny Phay isn't as charismatic a singer as Aguilar was, but he's pretty good, while there are lots of interesting shared vocals. 

1. Uncle Morris
   How Ya Been
   Devil's Motorcycle
   I Don't Need No Doctor
   Flowers
   Fireface
   And She's Lonely.
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5. The cover: rated: near M- colorful and solid having no faded colors, no delete marks, no split seams, 
6. no bends, and no writing 
   

1. The vinyl: Rated: M- :very clean over both sides, shiny smooth , playing with outstanding audio , no issues and both TOWER labels are perfect as first released