SEALED 1968 ETERNITY'S CHILDREN SUNSHINE ACID POP Curt Boettcher PSYCH GARAGE
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84
$ 84
Sold For
Sep 29, 2013
Sold Date
Sep 24, 2013
Start Date
$ 10
Start price
15
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USA
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AMAZINGLY REFRESHING 1968 CALIF POP-PSYCH GROOVES!!!
STILL FACTORY SEALED = NEVER OPENED IN 45 YEARS!
ETERNITY'S CHILDREN
\ USA - TOWER RECORDS - 5123
STILL FACTORY SEALED from 45 YEARS AGO!!!
Original 1968 first pressing of a collector favorite in the world of swingig California sunny pop-psych ...filled with infectious memorable melodies... on the famously collected TOWER RECORDS label ...
Lush, gorgeous sunshine/psych poprock garage with wonderful male/female harmonies and beautiful melodies. Songs are very well written and performed. Excellent pop-rockers all throughout..it's really a shame they never got more popular than they did because some of these songs are unbelievably great. "Mrs. Bluebird" could have been a top ten hit if things were right in the world. ETERNITY'S CHILDREN were a band that was far more than just another faceless studio assemblage; a group that dated back to Mississippi ca. 1965 and specialized in raw, garage-styled rock 'n' blues before moving to Los Angeles and getting into the top level of sunshine poprock perfection . Produced by the legendary Curt Boettcher (see Sagittarius LP's) ... Eternity's Children were a far cry from such faceless Curt Boettcher studio amalgamations as the Bootiques or the Candy Company, names they were sometimes lumped in with. No, this was a real group. Apparently there were turbulent circumstances surrounding the group at the time of this 1967 recording, and combined with producer Boettcher's penchant for using his own group of session vocalists and musicians on any given recording he was put in charge of, it's simply impossible to say who played what on Eternity's Children. What can be ascertained however is both the beauty of the album as well as its consistency. At its best, on such songs as "Again Again", "Your World", "Little Boy" and the lead single "Mrs. Bluebird" with killer fuzz guitar slapped within, the group achieve an almost uncanny level of brilliance on a sound that equals anything Curt Boettcher was ever involved with. Elsewhere, highlights "My Happiness Day", sunshiney poprock grooves that are mighty catchy, as is "Lifetime Day" and the infectious rocking closer "Sunshine Among Us". As well, "Rupert White", as has long been known, utilized the same basic backing track as the Gary Paxton produced Chocolate Tunnel's version of the same song. Similarly, "You Know I've Found a Way" is an under-dubbed version of a track found on Boettcher's concurrent album with Gary Usher-- Sagittarius' Present Tense. The clear highlight of Eternity's Children is "Mrs. Bluebird"-- a sublime achievement for both the group and their producers, combining the very best of many disparate elements found within the musical ether of 1968: smooth, full harmonies; perfectly performed backing arrangements; a melancholy chord progression; bird calls and even a fuzz guitar solo that starts off fooling the listener by perfectly emulating a wind instrument. It was state of the art record making for its time, and the band hit the circuit hard to promote it, including a performance in front of Dick Clark on American Bandstand. (The video of this appearance has yet to surface, but is a legitimate holy grail.) Sadly, "Mrs. Bluebird" was not able to chart higher than #69 in July, and its follow-up "Sunshine Among Us" performed even worse, hitting a paltry #117 that September..clearly the album went under the radar of listeners and remains a lost gem from 1968. A: Again Again Rupert White Flowers My Happiness Day Lifetime Day B: Mrs. Bluebird Your World You Know I've Found a Way Little Boy Sunshine Among Us
CONDITION: STILL FACTORY SEALED ...rarely available like this, especially after 45 years of age ...outer cellophane is missing at very bottom of center front cover, showing a 'touch' of light shelf wear...no problem (see photo) the rest is all mint and never opened...unplayed... Original pstore price sticker is crossed out, there is a faint line ON OUTER CELLOPHANE in center (see photo)
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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