NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Notes From The Underground LP VANGUARD 1968 US orig

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NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

FRED SOKOLOW, MARK MANDELL, SKIP ROSE, MIKE O'CONNOR, PETER OSTWALD

Berkeley, CA, psychedelic outfit Notes from the Underground formed in 1965, originally comprised 

of singer/multi-instrumentalist Fred Sokolow, guitarist Mark Mandell, bassist Mike O'Connor, keyboardist John Miller,

 and drummer Joe Luke. One of the first Bay Area rock bands of any real distinction, the group played 

at the first Longshoreman's Hall concert presented by the now-legendary Family Dog collective -- they also 

regularly headlined the local club the Jabberwock when the house band, their chief rivals 

Country Joe & the Fish, were taking a night off. With the exits of Miller and Luke, 

Notes from the Underground recruited keyboardist Jim Work and drummer Peter Ostwald; soon after,

 fledgling producer and folklorist Chris Strachwitz proposed helming the Notes' first recording session, 

which yielded a self-titled EP issued in 1966 on the Changes label

'NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND'

1968    LP     VANGUARD RECORDS    STEREO  VSD-6502

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  VANGUARD - GOLD LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: VSD-6502   

Catalog on labels: VSD-6502-A (XSV 140538) ; VSD-6502-B (XSV 140539)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): VSD-6502A     XSV140538-2A   

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): VSD-6502B     XSV140539-2A

On labels: rim text reads " Recording for the Connoisseur" 

All songs unless otherwide noted; Fyodor Music, BMI

Copyright 1968

Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., N.Y.

Recorded in U.S.A.

On back cover: Produced by Samuel Charters

Recorded and processed at Vanguard's 23rd St. Studio, New York

Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., 71 West 23rd St., New York, N.Y. 10010

Printed in U.S.A.

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: FOLLOW ME DOWN - I WISH I WAS A PUNK - MAINLINER

DOWN IN THE BASEMENT - WHAT AM I DOING HERE

Side B: WHERE I'M AT - CANTALOPE ISLAND

WHY DID YOU PUT ME ON - TRISTESSE - WHO NEEDS ME

  grading

RECORD  EX (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG (please, see pictures and read above description)

Notes from the Underground's sole album was bound to draw comparisons with early Country Joe & the Fish, 

if only because they shared the same label and producer, and also came from Berkeley. 

Like the Fish and several other Bay Area psychedelic bands, they unpredictably blended jug band music, 

blues, good-time novelty-tinged humor, jazz, and electric hard rock.

The album's not without its fun moments and some period charm, like the brooding, 

driving "Why Did You Put Me On," with its very '60s-sounding organ swoops. 

Other highlights are "Tristesse," whose gentle folk-rock is slightly reminiscent of the early Youngbloods, 

and a rock treatment of Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island."...(AllMusic)