RARE 1968 PROMO "PRESENTING" LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE Beatles Zappa PSYCH
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ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST PRESS = PROMOTIONAL COPY
"PRESENTING"
LOTHAR And The HAND PEOPLE
\ USA - RAINBOW CAPITOL - ST 2997
Original 1968 first pressing on the rainbow CAPITOL label of the '60s ... the very first LOTHAR and the Hand People ...
Lothar were one of the first rock bands to use both a Moog and a theremin.
Lothar and the Hand People were a late-1960s psychedelic underground rock band known for its spacey music and pioneering use of the theremin and Moog modular synthesizer. They were possibly being checked out by Chas Chandler when he was caught in traffic and missed their first show. He promised he would stay for their second show that evening but left after signing up Jimi Hendrix and being blown away by his show that evening.
At that point the world gained a mind blowing guitar player but lost an underground psychedelic group that would eventually give up after two albums due to their no commercial potential direction....
So - Who is Lothar? Well Lothar is an IT. An instrument called a Theremin (An early electronic music instrument, invented, in the early decades of the 20th Century, by Russian engineer Leon Termen ("Theremin" was a French transliteration of the Cyrillic, IIRC). You play it by moving your hands around it - the spatial location of one hand controls pitch, while the other controls volume. It was used to create weird sound effects in radio dramas and sci-fi films.
Some play it as a proper instrument - e.g. Clara Rockmore, when she was alive. And even today, it still sounds weird.) PHEW.Lothar And The Hand People "PRESENTING" the FIRST LP:::
"This May Be Goodbye", "Every Single Word" and "Ha (Ho)" reminds of mid-period Beatles, both in songwriting and innovativeness. "L-O-V-E (Ask for It By Name)" sounds 1967 in that catchily classic way - how this escapes the oldies stations we have no clue. "Rose Colored Glasses" is a gorgeous, lush ballad that calls to mind Arthur Lee's Love. "Sex and Violence" sounds like Captain Beefheart's Magic Band with Lou Reed and the Beatles guesting on vocals. "Woody Woodpecker" is humorous. "Kids are Little People" is catchily Zappa-esque. The gorgeous theremin piece "Paul, In Love" predates Eno's ambient music by nearly a decade.
One could make a convincing argument that Lothar sounds like Frank Zappa fronting the Olivia Tremor Control, a modern Beatlesque pop band utilizing electronics and tape experiments. One could also make the argument they sound like a Silver Apples-Velvet Underground side project. Or maybe a long lost Beatles-Faust collaborative session. Whatever the case may be, Lothar are truly one of the greatest bands of all time, and it's a travesty they are confined to the footnotes of music history.
The first album featured a notable "robotic" cover of Manfred Mann's UK hit "Machines" (composed by Mort Shuman), which Capitol released as a single.
- Rusty Ford - bass
- Kim King - Moog synthesizer, guitar, Ampex tape decks
- Paul Conly - keyboards, audio generator, Moog synthesizer
- John Emelin - lead vocals, Theremin (Lothar)
- Tom Flye - percussion
Machines - 2:38
This Is It - 2:49
This May Be Goodbye - 2:36
That's Another Story - 2:09
Kids Are Little People - 2:23
Ha (Ho) - 3:33
Sex And Violence - 2:51
Bye Bye, Love - 2:27
Milkweed Love - 2:56
You Won't Be Lonely - 2:34
Woody Woodpecker - 0:48
It Comes On Anyhow - 3:19
Paul, In Love - 2:57
CONDITION: The cover: Solid all over, slight cover wear started, rates: VG+, Capitol Records promotional advises "free" in perforated letters. Still retains fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated: "EX" (excellent) to M- expect play grade to contain CLEAN and enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both rainbow Capitol labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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