SEBASTIAN RAYS OF THE SUN CDN L.P / POKORA / PSYCH FOLK
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GREAT FOLK / PSYCH SOUND ON THIS CANADAIN RARITY / CONDITION IS VG+ FEW TINY MARKS BUT PLAYS EX / SLEEVE A STRONG EX WITH DRILL HOLE - GAINING QUITE A REPUTATION NOW AND BECOMING TOUGH TO TRACK DOWN. "An obscure singer/songwriter from Ontario, or maybe a group leader, who signed a solo recording contract to release the above album. His songs in general are overproduced by Roy Dykhof, with orchestral (horn and string) arrangements by Roger Grevel. Although there are some good guitar leads here and there, the result is comparable to the British artist Barry Ryan. There are two longer tracks: Passages and Rays Of The Sun, produced by Sebastian himself, with real rock backing (gtr, bs, drms and piano) by his friends (or his real group?), that are outstanding! The first starts slow and melodic and then quickens in pace; the second is mid-tempo. The mood is psychedelic with piano breaks and excellent guitar leads. These two tracks really are worth a spin two songs here, both self-produced, are from a completely different world. They are long folky ballads, dreamy and intense with powerful vocals. They're kind of humorless, but they're great anyway, precursors of 70s psych classics like the best songs on the Garrett Lund album. Elsewhere, one song opens with some terrific phasing, though everything else is much more conventional. The mainstream stuff here is quite good if you pay attention, but you'll probably be more likely to wonder what Sebastian could have come up with if he'd had full creative control. The self-produced songs are long and take up a third of the album's running time
SEBASTIAN: Rays Of The Sun (MCA CANADA 1969)
Mega rare and much in demand Canadian deep folky psych-pop
with lavish arrangements rendering it in a sort of Darius meets
Scott Walker aura...
Great songs,strong vocals,magical vibe,great acid guitar actions,
sitar parts...
This rare LP has 4 stars raity scale in the Hans Pokora book !!
SIMILAR RARITIES FOR SALE IN MY WINTER SALE! THANKS FOR LOOKING AT MY CURRENT AUCTIONS - I AM GOING TO TRY AND MAKE 2010 A YEAR FOR CLEARING OUT MY EXCESS VINYL !! INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR RECOMMENDED.
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