RARE 1968 Orig THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL VOL 2 WEST COAST PSYCH

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             The

The WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIEMENTAL BAND    

 VOLUME 2          

                  USA - 3 color STEAMBOAT REPRISE - RS 6270  

If a band could ever be called a psychedelic group, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band fit the bill. This somewhat mysterious crew issued 4 albums in the late '60s that plugged into the era's myriad of folk-rock, psych-pop, freakouts, and trippy lyrics establishing a solid identity of their own. One that collectors rate at the top of the heap some 40+ years later... There are few groups as enigmatic, as mysterious as The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. The prime mover in the band was Bob Markley, born in Oklahoma and the son of an oil tycoon. He moved to Los Angeles early in the 1960's. With the release of the group's second album 'Vol 2', Markley's hold on the group was obviously completed and the air of anonymity removed. The WCPAEB was clearly seen as a trio, with photographs on both the front and back sleeves. Alongside Markley were the Harris brothers. The album includes a bunch of gems. "Smell of Incense" is particularly strong with great instrumentation. Released as a single (in a cut-up and remix version), it was the hit the group never had; They were curiously beaten by a cover version by the Southwest F.O.B., who reached no.56 a few months later. The first track, IN THE ARENA is most excellent - very vibrating love scene, super guitar, super licks. "Tracy Had a Hard Sunday" is very recommended if you have good taste for great original psych. Always an interesting band that can define a genre and a sound and a kind of promise of fun and silvery mystery that is always just a little bit further out in a kind of very American psych way. Savagely innocent even if some say it's exploito, it is undoubtedly sweetly magnificent.

CONDITION: The Cover: solid & colorful, in GREAT shape after 47 years; The front cover is rated near M- a survivor! ~ The dark colors have worn away on most surving copies = here a keeper collectible with no upgrade needed (see photo) = all around solid with no split seams, no bends, no writing and no cut corners/no delete marks... The back cover (group photo) is M- clean

The Vinyl: original shine on both sides, M- real clean, maybe faintest of inner sleeve paper scuffs? Audio is CLEAN  ...the steamboat labels are both CLEAN

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record