SAINT STEVEN ULTRA-RARE ORIG'69 ABC-PROBE PROMO LP LEE HULKO MASTER KILLER PSYCH

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·       SAINT STEVEN – ULTRA-RARE SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM (“SAINT STEVEN”) ALSO KNOWN AS 'OVER THE HILLS' –- MEGA-RARE PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE - ORIGINAL 1969 ABC/PROBE STEREO LP CPLP-4506

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

·       *** PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORD HAS STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       ORIGINAL BLACK ABC-PROBE RECORDS LABEL WITH  MULTICOLORED “BOXED” PROBE LOGO ON TOP OF THE LABEL

·       The record has LEE HULKO’ initials (LH) clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl (dead wax)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THE RECORD HAS (S)TERLING (S)OUND ACRONYM ("SS") IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

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The brainchild of original Ultimate Spinach member Steven Cataldo, the album is a fine example of the "Boston" Sound of 1969 and was conceived and recorded against the backdrop of social and political unrest of america in the Late 1960's. This was one of those records that came out of nowhere, was played on FM radio a bit and then disappeared without a trace.It was ABC/Probe Records, the same label as Soft Machine's first album in 1969. No musicians were listed inside, just the producer, engineer and cover design folks. The lyrics were included and are quite poetic with the feeling of dread buried beneath some of the warmer imagery. Each side of the album was a suite, "Over the Hills" on side one and "The Bastich" on side two. The songs balances the innocent with the darker forces that we all must confront.The cover features "Saint Steven" hugging his guitar floating up in the clouds as the sun radiates around him with a drawing of a sea monster slithering down at the edge of the ocean.With the Vietnam war at Its height and the assassination of Robert Kennedy a recent memory, this legendary album juxtaposed fine rock music with audio excerpts from US television news and is a true one-off.Saint Steven uses his own mythical figures, "Gladacadova" and "Ay-Aye-Poe-Day", to add magic and mystery to his little tales.In the middle of "Poor Small", the song stops and we get an excerpt from one of the Presidential elections in which some old woman is reading the tally of states and hitting a gavel. The song continues and so does the tally in the background, it still reminds me of sad realities of life that we try to escape from with music. Although the original album was rather short (about 29 minutes), it still worked as one entire piece, amazing from the beginning to the end. I can't compare it to any other bands, because it doesn't really sound like anyone else, although I do hear a bit of Spirit in some of those hypnotic sustained guitar parts. Master tapes are thought to have been lost decades ago.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

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CONDITION:

                                                                                                                      THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+ (VG+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+(+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a small color-coding sticker /label affixed to the spine (visible on both sides) with a small piece of clear scotch tape, which may be possible to remove with a little effort (we did not attempt to)

-        Cover has some small writing on both sides (name of the radio station , asterisk, genre) written in black ballpoint  about ½ x 1 inches in size)

-        Cover has two corners slightly worn / frayed / bent (just a beginning of the split seam)

-        Cover has some ring wear.  On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 4  (front side) and 5 (back side).

-        Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging ; Yellowing is also noted on the INSIDE gatefold

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the seams

-        The cover has a few visible scratch marks on the back side.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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