GRAPEFRUIT Deep Water V Rare Orig UK 1969 RCA Prog Psych Pop LP SF 8030
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Description
Grapefruit
Deep Water
Very Rare original UK LP released on Stateside Records in 1969. 1st UK pressing on the Orange RCA label, the sleeve is laminated on the front.
Matrix No's
Side One - XPRS 0475-1
Side Two - XPRS 0476-1
Grapefruit's second and last album was a mighty sour disappointment after the tentative but rich promise of their debut. For whatever reason, their previous course -- as a lighter variation of the British pop-psych being done by the Beatles -- had been totally discarded. Out the window too went the multi-textured harmonies and orchestral arrangements responsible for so much of whatever charm the group could muster. In their place was a very routine band, playing very average harder rocking material mixing soul, pop, blues, and country. On "Can't Find Me," for instance, they seem to be trying to be a pop-slanted version of the Band (not a strategy bound to succeed in the hands of anyone), while "The Right Direction" is rustic country-rock with banjo. "Thunder and Lightning," "Come Down to the Station," and "A Dizzy Day" are all so-so boogie-rock numbers. Only on "Time to Leave" (which sounds just a bit like Badfinger) and "Blues in Your Head" do even traces of their early harmony pop arise, and even so they aren't very good ones. Not recommended, even if you enjoy the first Grapefruit album and are convinced that the follow-up might have at least something to offer.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
1 Deep Water
2 Can't Find Me
3 Thunder And Lightning
4 Lady Godiva (Come Home)
5 Step In The Right Direction
Side Two
1 L.A. And Back Again
2 Come Down To The Station
3 Little Man You Had A Dizzy Day
4 Blues In Your Head
5 Time To Leave
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Released on RCA Records in 1969
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Catalogue Number SF 8030
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Record is in Vg - condition (quite a few light surface marks under a strong light, mostly hairlines and wear to the spindle hole)
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Sleeve is in Ex condition
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