AMIGO Stepping Stones | WestCoast PSYCH/folkrock gem SS

$

50

A true shame that so few people are hip to Stepping Stones, a one-off psych obscurity by Amigo.  Aaron Milenski said it best, writing for Acid Archives: “Here’s a sleeper of an album, a late 70s release on a lost old label by a band that once backed up El Chicano and wrote for Malo and Santana. Between the odd, nondescript album cover and the band’s Latin rock past (as detailed in the liner notes), you’d never guess that this is actually a mix of San Francisco-styled guitar rock and Los Angeles-styled folk-rock/rural rock with excellent harmonies and sharp instrumentation. At times it slightly resembles Tripsichord. As the notes point out, these guys could really play, and there’s plenty of hot lead guitar here. The closing “The Clown” is the key song, a dreamy ballad with harpsichord and evocative vocals that builds to a stunning closing battle of fuzz guitars. The songwriting here isn’t always up to the level of performance, but there’s plenty to like on this cool record.”  Released in the U.S. on Vee Jay (VJ) International, of all labels, in 1977, this is a SEALED copy (shrink has peeled a bit a top center).  The reserve on this item is $49.99. 

Winner pays postage (in the U.S., this would be about $4.50 for one LP sent by Media Mail).  Package insured upon request.  Winners outside of the U.S. will be notified of postal fees, but an approximate cost for one LP to many countries is $15.50 by airmail.  If you bid on and win more than one item, you WILL save on postage!  Note: I do not gouge on postage and packaging costs.  Record will be carefully packaged in a strong, oversized LP mailer.  In addition to money orders and checks, I also accept PayPal.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.  E-mail: david.o@jjldj.com.  This week I am mainly listing psychedelic or acid rock and psych-related albums (many of them the kind of thing that gets listed in Acid Archives if it happens to be by an American artist or band).  To see more rare and collectable items, click on the “view seller’s other auctions” button above.  Other key words: garage, basement, underground sounds, hippie, acid folk, private press, custom press, fuzz, hard rock, hardrock, prog, psychedelia, sike, Pokora, hippie.