RARE 1968 ORIG "LISTENING" TRIPPY UNDERGROUND ACID PSYCH Prog Blues
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ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST PRESS
TRIPPY UNDERGROUND PSYCH LP COLLECTIBLE
LISTENING
\ USA - Vanguard Records - VSD 6504
VERY RARE and sought after...
Original 1968 first pressing ::::::::
Listening have to be the most underappreciated group in the whole scene. Instrumentallym with weavy, gushing Hammond organ and acid guitar plus vocally, they were tops. Michael Tschudin who seemed to be the leading force was an accomplished keyboard player and an inventive organist utilizing his Hammond B-2 with much skill. Bassist Walter Powers started with "The Lost" and ended up in many Boston groups up to the punk era. Guitarist Peter Malick, unbelieveably only 16 at the time of this recording, was much too good to be in his teens. The album shows him highlighted all ovcer the place. You can hear those blues riffs he would build on in his career playing with some blues legands (Otis Span, John Lee Hooker). Song structures in their 1968 LP are complicated. No three chord songs for these guys. They sound like they could be Berkeley grads. Lots of blues influences and complex riffing. They also had a latin rhythm thing going at times and actually get into Santana style grooves once or twice. They also get into some spacey grooves. Always tasty and controlled even in their ‘stoned’ jams that includes ‘phasing’ on some cuts. Local legend Willie ‘Loco’ Alexander from the Lost gets on a cut. The album cover is another reminder of the Bosstown Sound days. It is a picture of them playing at the Esplanade’s Hatch Shell in Boston during a Bosstown Sound rock concert. One track from the album, Stoned Is has also resurfaced on Marijuana Unknowns Compilation
- You’re Not There
- Laugh At The Stars
- 9/8 Song
- Stoned Is
- Forget It, Man!
- I Can Teach You
- So Happy
- Cuando
- Baby, Where Are You?
- Fantasy
- See You Again
CONDITION: The cover: All around solid with a bit of light wear, rated: VG++ still with fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...has staple at top left where original store price tag was applied (like stores used to affix price tags with miniature staples)
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated: M- TOP COPY plays top clean and enjoyable ... both labels are clean
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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