BOBBY CALLENDER Rainbow 1968 PSYCH original 1st MGM Records LP w/insert NM

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Welcome to Rock2FunkYourSoul's Rare Vinyl Auction! 150 records with particular focus this week on: Rock, Country, Folk, Psych, drum breaks, Prog, Experimental, spanning mainly from the 1960's, 70's, and 80's! All pressings are original, I do not sell bootlegs, or reissues :) *If you want to combine shipping from soon to end items, and any item out of this auction, just send me message, it's no problem!

• Vinyl Condition: NM (a top shelf copy in every way!)

• Cover Condition: EX (would be NM, but on the backside someone wrote "572" in black ballpoint pen to the left of Bobby's profile)

• Year of Release: 1968

• Record Label / Catalogue #: MGM Records SE-4557

• Additional Attributes: 1st press, original company inner sleeve, rare original lyric insert (hard to find any copy with that!)

• Commentary (Something like the Beatles, Rush, etc. speak for themselves! This is a space for more obscure items, to provide a loving collector's notes, no dealer hype, just because a Xian private press has 5 seconds of fuzz guitar for example doesn't make it a psych grail out of acid archives or Pokora!)

Review: Bobby Callender in many ways shows he is the progenitor of Prince. From voice, lyrics, artistry, basically the 60's paisley tinged Haight-Ashbury if Prince was Prince then!
A monumental album of ethereal psychedelic folk baroque rock, all originals, and why this hasn't attained a legendary status yet is a mystery.
He was an African-American psychedelic folk rock artist, in some ways similar to Tim Buckley. Perhaps being a black man who wasn't funk/soul or jazz, or blues, but in "the white man's" music, which itself is ridiculous, because where does rock come from after all? Not to mention Jimi Hendrix is arguably the greatest guitarist, psychedelic genius.
Perhaps it's because instead of fuzz guitar (which there is some!) we have the sitar, tabla, harpsichord, oboe, a string section that includes the venerable jazz bassist Richard Davis on double bass, and some very deep introspective multi-layered lyrics.
Produced by the legendary Alan Lorber, players include Paul Harris, Bernard Purdie, Colin Walcott, Eric Gale, Bobby Gregg, and Hugh McCracken among others. A veritable pantheon of legends, a multi-racial supergroup bringing together some of the finest music brought to studio.
Bobby was 10 years ahead of his time. Toast to a true legend, who left us a masterpiece! 
My grading system comes from being a longtime collector myself, meaning conservative grading, and transparency :). NM EX VG+ VG VG- G+ 
Some terminology abbreviations: *DNAP = Does Not Affect Play *OIS = Original Inner Sleeve *WLP = White Label Promo *OST = Original Soundtrack
If a record is sealed, I will state "sealed" and presumed "mint", making sure it is flat, and such. Should a buyer win a sealed item, I am happy to unseal it for them upon request. 
Packing is done using LP mailers, record outside of jacket in polysleeve. All records that reach $30+ in final bidding will have a MoFi or similar high quality inner sleeve along with OIS (If OIS is applicable!) 
I have been collecting for about 20 years, and integrity is important to me; I want you to be proud and happy with your purchase, satisfied with accurate grading, and knowing you can have confidence in the record when bidding and purchasing.
At Rock2FunkYourJazzSoul we hope to have the honor of your business, and repeat business if another desired item comes up :)
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