KILLER FREAKBEAT GARAGE SHAKER THEM BELFAST GYPSIES TURNED ON KIM FOWLEY PSYCH

$

175

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                    KILLER FREAK-BEAT GARAGE SHAKER!                    

                      100% GUARANTEED 1967  FIRST PRINT!                                                 

                       THE BELFAST GYPSIES

              "THEM"   

                            SWEDEN - SONET - GP 9923

                         A/1 / B-1   MACHINE STAMPED MATRIX

100% GUARANTEED 1967 FIRST PRINT!

TOP COPY!!

This is a very rare, mint clean, 50 years old Swedish Sonet label 1967 FIRST PRINTING collectible of the incredible FREAKBEAT Lp by the Belfast Gypsies, who explode with the power of Van Morrison's THEM ...

In late August 1965, Billy Harrison and Pat McAuley formed a rival "Them", competing with the Van Morrison/ Alan Henderson line-up of "THEM." In March 1966, after a court injunction, Pat McAuley and brother Jackie McAuley (both previous Them members), were only allowed to use 'Other Them' in the U.K. but instead The McAuley brothers became "The Belfast Gypsies" though they were never actually billed as such, and recorded two singles and this one Swedish-only album in 1967, all produced, directed by Kim Fowley (who no doubt sings on this album as well). These cats toured Europe billed as "Them" anyway, but ended up breaking up in November 1966. Nevertheless, when they teamed up with Mr.Fowley it was pretty cool arrangement as he's something of "Garage Guru" and Hollywood '60s scene-ster. The Belfast Gypsies turn-on a wyld Garage R&B sound all tooo similar to Morrison's Them...and crossing the boundries into FREAKBEAT...

The Lp's first track isn't bashful about its heritage, igniting a serious rave-up re-write of Gloria entitled "Gloria's Dream." Kim Fowley brought to this band an American influence, shaped by garage punk bands such as the Count Five and the Seeds, with whom Fowley had been distantly involved. So the influence is evident in "Secret Police", a Kim Fowley song with sneering nasal vocals that gives Van Morrison quite a run for his own vocal style. Kim Fowley is also all over one of the albums standouts: "People, Let's Freak Out", a thumping Bo Diddley-esque shaker of the best kind. The album cover rather mischievously had the word "Them" written large across the top of the sleeve, and "Belfast Gypsies" next, so that many buyers and indeed critics assumed it was a record by Them called Belfast Gypsies.

Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness), follows the Them blueprint of style and sound, where elsewhere "The Last Will And Testament" is a steal from "Saint James Infirmary" performed as a pastiche of Them's glorious "I'm Gonna Dress In Black". That and also "Midnight Train" and "Boom Boom" are crafted with explosive power, again no doubt thanks to Kim Fowley who directed the band in the electrified ways of turning it on...

Glorias Dream
 The Crazy World Inside Me
. Midnight Train
Aria Of The Fallen Angels
 Its All Over Now Baby Blue
 People Lets Freak Out
Boom Boom
The Last Will And Testament
 Portland Town
 Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)
Suicide Song
Secret Police

The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated  M- a TOP COPY expect play grade to be with excellent clear audio, NO distracting surface problems ... both Swedish Sonet labels are clean

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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