RARE MINT SHRINK 1968 ACID ARCHIVES = FOLLOW ME = JOHN YLVISAKER Folk PSYCH
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RARE ... MINT! ... 1968 ORIGINAL!
Follow Me.....
John & Amanda Ylvisaker
USA - PRIVATE PRESS - Avant Garde Records label (AV 111),
RARE...THICK WEIGHTY PLATTER ...Original 1968 first pressing ....
ALL MINT and in factory shrink wrapper ...
An ACID ARCHIVES recommendation...and here's why:
This is a very rare Christian Psych Folk LP and was released recorded April 4, 1968. Included in the line up on this LP was Dick Hyman on keys, who later went on to become a driving force in the jazz world as well as recording LP's playing a Moog synthesizer. Meanwhile, and only in America, this Ylvisaker cat was the hip electrified Dylan of the x-ian scene, John Ylvisaker, was 'gently rocking the American youth groups from coast to coast with some new electricsounds'. Albums like 'Cool livin' (1967) and 'Follow me' (1968) swapped unquestioning praise
for Lutherian folkrock songs and sardonic Dylanesque lyrics, and Ylvisaker became a hero to young '60s Christians who wanted to be hip with a positive outlook. Don't get turned off by any pre concieved notions, cause Ylvisaker's voice (kind of a low register Jim Morrison style) is just too unique, too heartfelt to not get sucked in. As the record spins, the music gets better and better. Wildness starts to creep in. Ylvisaker puts holy stories to pysch and makes songs that are as good as any rock songs around. And then there are compelling bent groovers and garage edginess...This stuff ain't inept or sloppy, and it's not "Real People." No, this is just damn good! Be it X-ian rock with the cheesiest of garage rock organs and slithery Eastern-influenced psychedelic guitar lines, occasionally embellished with florid flute, delivered in a shaky, low croon suggestive of Jim Morrison who can't quite hold all his notes? It sounds like a satire of an obscure psychedelic LP review, or perhaps a description of a band in a Z-grade late-'60s exploitation movie that few have ever seen. But it's real. "Follow Me" is weird in it's own way, like hearing an alternate universe, hardcore Christian version of the sub sonic placid Doors with the full-of-himself over-seriousness John Ylvisaker's vocals (which are more lounge lizard than the Lizard King). The band play with a sense of drama, their raw ominous self compositions can at times be genuinely haunting, and Ylvisaker's occasional intoned spoken passages (another Morrisonism) are so peculiar that they're quite entertaining...
With the recent advent of the "Archivist" collector guide and the "Holy Fuzz" compilation the pagan world may be prepared to discover what a handful of open-minded collectors already know, namely that the seemingly unhip field of 1960s-70s Christian psychrock contains some of the greatest records ever made. Take our word for it. John Ylvisaker writes the songs, sings and plays guitar while his lovely wife Amanda plays keyboards and Strawberry Alarm Clock-ish flute and session pros provide the rhythm section. To prepare yourself for the full Ylvisaker experience, contemplate the idea of Elvis ditching his mid-60s Hollywood crap and reinventing himself as a TV evangelist, then recruting P F Sloan and Curt Boettcher to provide songs in a Greenwich Village-meets-Southern-sermonizing style. And no clichéd comments about dorky Christians please, cause John Y is smart, suave and has a clearer view than most atheists. He also has a wonderful rich tenor voice which does whatever he asks of it. The arrangements are atmospheric and varied with guitars and flute on top of a typical upscale Grassroots folkrock soundscape, while the performances are classy and tasteful. Forget any incorrect sarcasms you may hear about sloppy playing in the "Incredibly Strange Music" book uttering such nonsense. No exact reissue exists... Side One
The Birth
The Song of the Stable Boy
John, the Baptizer
Nicodemus
Wade in the Water
The Rich Young Ruler
Side Two
The Water of Life
Judas Iscariot
The Victory Dance
Thomas
Peter and the Angel
Follow Me
Personnel:
John Ylvisaker - 12 & 6 String Guitar, Vocals
Amanda Ylvisaker - Flute, Organ, Vocals
Paul Palmes - Percussion
Dick Hyman - Piano, Organ, Celeste
Jay Berliner - Classic & Electric Guitar
George Duvivier - String Bass
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This LP doesn't show up that often, so don't miss out on this hard to find gem!
CONDITION: The cover: Solid thick gatefold cover is MINT...44+ years old - still in original factory shrink wrapper ... a TOP COPY, flat and square with no bends, no writing and no split seams...
The vinyl: all clean and smooth M- looks and plays top level...
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !
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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