THE SERPENT POWER • 1967 STEREO LP VANGUARD VSD 79252
  $   129

 


$ 129 Sold For
Sep 16, 2014 Sold Date
Sep 6, 2014 Start Date
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• DON´T YOU LISTEN TO HER • GENTLY, GENTLY • OPEN HOUSE • FLYING AWAY •
• NOBODY BLUES • UP AND DOWN • SKY BABY • FORGET • DOPE AGAIN • ENDLESS TUNNEL •




THE ONLY ALBUM RELEASED BY THIS SAN FRANCISCO GROUP IN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF   THE   WAYS   IN   WHICH   THE  “SAN   FRANCISCO   SOUND”  HAD  COALESCED   INTO   A
RECOGNIZABLE   TREND   BY   1967  :  MUSIC  SET  TO  BEAT  POETRY,   A  COMBINATION  OF
BLUESIER  ROCKERS  AND  WISPY,  FOLK-INFLUENCED  TUNES  WITH  MALE  AND  FEMALE
HARMONIES,   AND  MEDITATIONS   ABOUT   DRUGS  ALL  DATE   THE   ALBUM   SOMEWHAT,
BUT  THE  SONGS  THEMSELVES  ARE  QUITE  GOOD,  WITH  EXCELLENT  BAND  INTERPLAY
AND  NICE  ELECTRIC  GUITAR  WORK.   THE HEAVIER SONGS PACK A GOOD PUNCH, WHILE
THE LIGHTER SONGS SET A VERY AIRY,   FLOWING  MOOD,   THE  EPITOME  OF  WHAT  WAS
THEN BECOMING KNOWN AS “FLOWER POWER” ...









 


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