GOLD PROMO ORIG 1968 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET GRITTY ELECTRIFIED HONKY BLUES GEM

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                   ~ 1968 SCARCE ORIGINAL ~~

  GRITTY ELECTRIFIED BLUESROCK COLLECTIBLE

  RARE ADVANCE RELEASE "GOLD" LABEL PROMOTIONAL

          The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2

                  HONKEY BLUES 

                USA -SMASH RECORDS - SRS 67108 (GOLD PROMO)

TOP COPY rare advanced release GOLD PROMOTIONAL ORIGINAL 1968 first printing in old style unipak gatefod hipster designed jacket

The '68 raucous recordings of the Sir Douglas Quintet have stayed fresh, and the tracks on their first album "Honky Blues" will keep fans buzzing for the ages...

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Plain and simple, this is the best gritty blues/soul rock out there. Electric Flag may have had more raw talent than the Sir Dougless Quintet, but Sir Dougless was smarter.

At the peek of rock getting a massive tye-dye, this band does not, like the Electric Flag on its 1968 release A Long Time Comin' try to  the R&B, when here, Sir Douglas and crew leave it pure so it radiates on its own massive power. Pure does not mean simple: this music has all kinds of complex moves, and the songs are full of compositional adventure. The singer sounds a little like Jack Bruce, and at times, the band does in fact sound like a less experiemtnal Cream. But, again, on its own terms...

It is hard to believe that this is the first Sir Douglas Quintet album, as it seems like the kind of experimental venture an artist might try after a handful of successful albums have already been released. The electic nature of bandleader Doug Sahm is undisputed, but this has got to be his album with his most experimental leanings, again not something one would expect. The type of themes that Sahm would return to again and again in his songwriting are here, delivered by a grouping that lacks one of the essential sparkplugs in the Sir Douglas Quintet engine, keyboard man Augie Meyers. There is presumed to be compensation in the form of a total of five members, and someone decided to record them with enough reverb to submerge a whale. A total of seven songs that get a loping, jamming treatment that gets the message across. Certainly a promising, original album well above the level of most rock-bands-with-experiments of this era of the sixties...

• A:

• Are Inlaws Really Outlaws

• Sell a Song

• A Song of Everything
• B:

• Can You Dig My Vibrations

• Glad for Your Sake

• Whole Lotta Peace of Mind

• You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have to Stop and Pay Some Dues Sometimes

CONDITION: The cover: in old style unipak cover is solid M-  has No seam splits, no bends, no writing, no delete marks. Overall careful use AND looks as VERY collectible as it is...

The vinyl: all glossy & clean both sides M- plays highly enjoyable, TOP COPY the GOLD PROMOTIONAL labels are clean

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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