MONO 1968 THE ALAN BOWN OUTWARD UK POP Psych Idle Race
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RARE MONO 1968 Original UK POPSIKE GEM = PROMO
The ALAN BOWN
USA - MUSIC FACTORY 12.000 - MONO PROMOTIONAL
CLEAN...SUPER RARE MONO ... 1968 advance release PROMOTIONAL first pressing vinyl ...record companies stopped producing mono releases in 1967, any mono releases past 1967, are to be considered special and a very rare breed....
The rare mono release contains different song mixes from the stereo issue and also has a way different sound production with a big punchy mono playback....
The ALAN BOWN SET #1 is a very underrated album of hip Mod toytown popsych, filled with catchy tunes that explode with the charm of the swinging London sixties sound...
!Attention! The track "Penny For Your Thoughts" is worth the price of getting in that it is an exploding fuzz psych nugget of everlasting charm...
The scarce USA of the British titled ‘Outward Bown’ on the obscure "Music Factory" label includes the infectious slice of quality pop-sike "Toyland", along with their version of ‘All Along The Watchtower’, which impressed Hendrix sufficiently enough for Jimi to start including it in his set, plus other goodies such as the (1st Lp era)Bee Gees-influenced ‘Sally Green’. The album failed to happen, and singer Jess Roden left to pursue a solo career, with the band taking on a more progressive sound.
This albums stands up against any album of its time and it should be one of those sought after classics that everyone raves about. Toytown, Magic Handkerchief, Mutiny, Sally Green and All Along The Watchtower are absolute classics. The rest of the album is not far behind either. Name your poison: Peter Frampton and the Herd, Status Quo and "Matchstick Men," Traffic and its debut album. It's great popsike, of course -- as great as any of those and many more. Blissed out mini-classics are as delightful as only British psych can be, a collection of semi-detached suburban Ray Davies observations full of vaguely Edwardian lifestyle concerns, peopled by pretty girls who wash the dishes, toys that talk, and love that flies from the rooftops with the clouds. Signs of the band's (and band members') brilliance are all over the place. "Penny for Your Thoughts" is garage land Small Faces, underpinned by freak guitar and the brilliant reeds of Bown and future Supertramp mainstay John Anthony Helliwell, while a version of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" melds Hendrix' arrangement to a Sgt. Pepper's-ish style.
If you like late sixties UK psychadelic pop then put a bid down ... A criminally neglected album from a classic era of swinging London ...
1. Toyland
2. Magic Handkerchief
3. Little Lesley
4. All Along the Watchtower
5. Sally Green
6. Penny for Your Thoughts
7. Story Book
8. Technicolour Dream
9. Love Is a Beautiful Thing
10. Violin Shop
11. You're Not in My Class
12. My Girl the Month of May
CONDITION: The cover: Mint... 42 years old = a perfect flat and square copy with 4 sharp corners, no split seams, no bends and no writing and NO delete markings. Has a MONO / PROMO sticker at top right....Super collectible that will continue to rise in value from the 1968 UK popsike scene!
The Vinyl: all super shiny and TOP clean M- looks and plays so nice...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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