GENESIS - "In The Beginning" 1st PRESS vinyl LP - 1968 (US psych band) IN SHRINK
$
40
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Description
GENESIS
“IN THE BEGINNING”
Mercury SR 61175
1968
FIRST PRESSING
STILL IN SHRINK
BEST COPY ON EBAY AS OF 02-09-2017. There are two other copies on eBay, both sitting at $39 (VG and VG+) incl. post.). This copy’s condition is superior.
Difficult to find garage rock album from this excellent psych / rock San Francisco Bay area band. All originals except Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne”, including “World Without You”, which clocks in at 16:08.
STORED VERTICALLY IN A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR 49 YEARS.
About the LP: Not to be confused with the ''other'' Genesis, (Phil Collins, etc.). This is a mix of melodic songwriting, searing guitar and male/female harmony vocals. Leader Jack Ttanna had played in psych legends The Sons of Adam, while guitarist Kent Henry would go on to join Steppenwolf, and their superb musicianship is showcased throughout this brilliant album, the only one the band ever released.
Also, from Wikipedia: This American band is truly a lost gem of West Coast psychedelia. Apparently they're from Los Angeles, but has more in common with the San Francisco sound, and it sounds nothing like the British band. The music is closer to Jefferson Airplane, with male and female vocals, with the usual setup of vocals, guitars, bass, and drums. Songs include "Mary, Mary", a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne", "Ten Second Song" (which is hardly ten seconds long, but around 3 minutes long), and the 16 minute "World Without You" that includes an extended guitar jam, doing what many Bay Area bands, like Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, and the Grateful Dead, were doing at the same time.
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