1968 ORIG THE COLLECTORS - 1st - Doors Psych Garage

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1968 North West Coast Garage Psychedelia                         

           THE COLLECTORS

                              USA - dark olive green Warner Brothers - WB 1746

Original 1969 vinyl first pressing of the first and best COLLECTORS album a weavy collection of trippy grooves climaxing on the side long nearly 20 minutes "WHAT LOVE" suite ...

Behind the superb Art Nouveau artwork on the sleeve of this their self titled debut (1968) is hiding one of the true, hidden and forgotten gems of Canada. To achieve this kind of perfection as a first try, back in the late 60’s is simply astounding (they only had a few singles beforehand) and unfortunately all too rare. Bill Henderson and Claire Lawrence (the main core of the group) made a fantastic songwriting partnership.When you put together a group of top-notch classically-trained, jazz and rock musicians, the result is likely to be extraordinary - and this album is unique. Every song on the A side is different, ranging from bouncy Tull-like folk-rock through acid/heavy to a pessimistic anemia sounding like Jim Morrison on downers. The album was more a local and cult favourite than a major success; the only top-40 single was Lydia Purple (a bit like Eleanor Rigby with recorder obbligato) - and ironically the only song not written by the Collectors themselves. Side B is a single continuous piece on the theme "What is Love", innovative and remarkably successful, running the gamut from moody reflection through psychedelica to frenzied despair for almost 20 minutes -- however side one is a treasure from the opening ethereal to anthemic "What Is Love" to the brilliant psychedelic/pop of "She (Will-O-the-Wind)" and "Lydia Purple", filled with an abundance of tasty hooks and folk-rock harmonies that remind one of the equally esoteric finer moments of The Electric Prunes and Giles & Fripp. These two songs alone are worth the price of this album. Why they didn't cross over and become hits in North America is beyond us, but so goes the music industry. And then there's Howard Vicker's crooning on "One Act Play", which is powerful and yearning, so much so as to make Scott Walker(Walker Brothers) envious. There's even the sci-fi rock ballad "Howard Christman's Older", which joins the ranks of great, little known gems along side Clearlight's "Mr. Blue", the latter certainly not to be confused with the Fleetwoods classic of the same name. Hopefully many more people discover the unique flavour of this short-lived Canadian West-coast phenomenon that was actually a favorite of Jim Morrison of The Doors ... 

CONDITION: The cover is "EX" (excellent) all around solid with no split seams, no bends, no writing, so a collectible that should 'do' just fine in most collections.

The vinyl is all glossy, VG++ side one and EX (excellent) side two, on the old olive Warner Bros label, hard to find 40+ years old hippie collectible

        A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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