RARE 1970 ORIG LIQUID SMOKE HARD HEAVY ACID PSYCH BLUES HAMMOND UNDERGROUND
  $   70

 


$ 70 Sold For
Jul 13, 2014 Sold Date
Jul 8, 2014 Start Date
$   10 Start price
10   Number Of Bids
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              ORIGINAL 1969 FIRST PRESS

           Late-60's ACID/PSYCH ROCK ... BEAST 

             

                LIQUID SMOKE

            

                              

            

\                                                     USA - AVCO EMBASSY - 33005

 

RARE ... long time little seen ...plays very MINTY clean ....

yep, it's the original 1970 first pressing  ....granted, LIQUID SMOKE features amazing playing; powerful, solid, sound organ of Hammond B3, those heavy guitars and dirty heavy vocals delivering powerful tracks in a different scale of level in which few groups of the style could climb !


Comes with the scarce original AVCO inner sleeve

This hairy underground rock crew features a groovy gritty version of "Hard to Handle" with ragged vocals.

Liquid Smoke were a Long Island, New York group that consisted of Sandy Pantaleo (lead vocals), Vince Fersak (guitar), Ben Ninnman (keyboards), Mike Archuleta (bass), and Chas Kimbrell (drums).

The group formed while students at ECU and signed with Avco Embassy in 1969, releasing their lone lp in early 1970 which was produced by Vinny Testa who also produced Frijid Pink and co-produced with Shadow Morton the Merchants Of Dream’s 1968 psych masterpiece “Strange Night Voyage”.

The group’s killer psych track “Lookin’ For Tomorrow” was the highlight of Peruvian band Gerardo Manuel & El Humo’s debut lp “Apocallypsis”. The album also includes their single “I, Who Have Nothing” a powerful take on the classic hit.

Elsewhere the album is solid; psychedelic with blues rock touches filled with dramatic playing. All in all they sound a bit like Frijid Pink mixed with psychedelic edges. The groups self compositions are even better and contain some nice growling vocals, fuzzy rippin' guitar and cool organ runs.

I Who Have Nothing

Lookin' for Tomorrow

Hard to Handle

Reflection

Warm Touch

Shelter of Your Arms

Set Me Free

It's a Man's World

Let Me Down Easy

CONDITION: The cover: Abuot impossible to find this dark cover from 43 years without self wear, and this copy has light wear and a delete drill at top rght, still very collectible, rated VG+(+) ...strong original colors, no cut corners, no split seams, no bends, no writing, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... collection worthy rarity ...

The vinyl: is all glossy clean and clear M- looking and playing beautiful ... clean Avco labels too ...expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both AVCO 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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All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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