49TH PARALLEL - (S/T) - Maverick - 1969 - 1ST PRESSING - promo LP - psych rock
$
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49TH PARALLEL
“49TH PARALLEL”
Maverick MAS 7001
1969
FIRST PRESSING
VG+ / VG to VG+ (see notes)
ONLY ORIGINAL 1ST PRSSING COPY ON EBAY AS OF 02-01-2017.
Extremely difficult psych rock classic. It was remastered (read, no longer sounds like the 49th Parallel wanted it to sound for their fans and friends when they recorded it).
In 2010, the Popsike website sold a very similar copy (condition wise) for $224 (incl. post.). Look at the photos to determine your idea of the VG versus VG+ish condition on the cover.
Considering that this LP was hard to find here in the States in 1969, the small tears seem minimal (again, see photos). The first US pressings are very hard to find.
STORED VERTICALLY IN A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR GOING ON 48 YEARS.
ABOUT THE BAND FROM THE ALLMUSIC WEBSITE: “49th Parallel was one of an unusual breed of garage punk bands to come out of Canada in the mid-'60s. Originally known as the Shades of Blond when they were formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the band featured Dennis Abbott on vocals, Dan Lowe and Bob Carlson on guitars, Dave Petch at the organ, Mick Woodhouse on bass, and Terry Bare on drums.
Their second single, "Blue Bonnie Blue" (co-written by a then-unknown Delaney Bramlett about the equally unknown Bonnie Bramlett, no less) had more of a lyrical folk-rock feel, though it kept its sharp edge in the singing and lyrics.
The group was never able to capitalize on the success of "Twilight Woman" and it’s follow-up, "Now That I'm a Man," however, in part because they were unable to hold their lineup together. At their best, 49th Parallel had a hard, cutting sound that could have put them in the front ranks of garage punk bands, their slashing guitars and swirling organ around Abbott's lead vocals making a compelling and memorable sound, which was easily adaptable to psychedelic punk. Their slow ballads were suitably spacey in a pop/rock vein, but it was their harder numbers that hold up best. Like a lot of '60s bands, they outlived their era and metamorphosed into new shapes and directions. Guitarist Dan Lowe later made a fortune in the field of multimedia sound design, as the inventor of Q-Sound.
