SEALED '68 ORIG QUATRAIN HARD PSYCH CALIF HIPPIE UNDERGROUND + DAVID BRIGGS
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RARE 1968 ORIGINAL!
CALIFORNIA UNDERGROUND PSYCH OBSCURITY
still factory sealed
QUATRAIN
\ USA - TETRAGRAMMATON - T- 5002
RARE Original 1968 first pressing of a sought after "psych" collectible...
STILL FACTORY SEALED ...
never opened and NO WEAR on the highly wear-prone black cover. Few copies survive without wear....
Quatrain’s sole LP has been rather obscure since its 1968 release. The band had recorded in an earlier incarnation (as The Human Jungle), but hoped that their new affiliation with Bill Cosby’s record label (which had recently scored with Deep Purple’s “Hush”) would lead to bigger and better things. Unfortunately, a small initial press run doomed the LP and it quickly faded away
Here's another outfit that's a mystery to many ... At least one reference work says they were from southern California with a line up consisting of drummer Jim Lekas, bassist Buff Lindsay, rhythm guitarist Eric Pease and lead guitarist Don Senneville, Quatrain were one of the first acts to get themselves signed by Bill Cosby's Tetragrammaton label.
Released in 1969, the cleverly-titled "Quatrain" teamed the band with legendary David Briggs in the production/engineering role. With Lekas credited with the majority of the dozen songs, the collection offered up a decent mix of conventional hard rock ('Fragments' and 'Early Morning Company') and psych-influenced numbers ('Unconquered Islands' and 'Flowing Robes'). In spite of the fact the band lacked a truly distinctive lead singer (all five members sharing vocal duties), the highlights include lots of tasty guitar (check out the meltdown rocker 'Black Lily' and the introduction to 'Canyon Woman' which sadly they faded the song out once the vocal track kicked in .... Interestingly, the standout tracks included the outright psych nugget which you all should like ('The Tree') and the LP's most atypical offering 'Fields of Love' would have made a dandy chartbound 45 release.
Bad cat on the webcat with the credits
(side 1)
Fragments
Unconquered Islands
Flowing Robes
Fields of Love
Canyon Woman
Rollin
(side 2)
Black Lily
Early Morning Company
Ask Me No Questions
Try To Live Again
Masquerade
The Tree
CONDITION:
Solid and stiff everywhere, SEALED - STILL FACTORY SEALED ...THICK gatefold has but a tiny miniature staple at top left which was attached to the price tag (stores used to apply the price tags with tiny staples to record album covers in the '60s) ... This is the *best* copy ever seen when talking NO WEAR to the mega-fragile cover - few copies exist with no wear ... this copy has no split seams, no delete marks, no writing an...SEALED ...NEVER OPENED in 48 years.....guaranteed FIRST press 1968
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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