TRIPSICHORD MUSIC BOX - "San Francisco Sound - MKP" - 1ST PRESS LP 1971 NM- /EX
$
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Description
TRIPSICHORD MUSIC BOX
“SAN FRANCISCO SOUND - MKP”
Janus JLS-3016
1971
FIRST PRESSING
NM- / EX
ONLY COPY ON EBAY AS OF 01-19-2017.
Only copy I ever saw of this album was in a record shop in San Francisco and I bought it, in 1972. Amazing psychedelic LP from one of San Francisco’s earlier bands of that heady genre. BEAUTIFUL SHAPE.
This LP is likely the rarest San Francisco psychedelic band album on a major label. Note: The label calls the band Tripsichord as does thr front and back covers but the spine uses Tripsichord Music Box.
Stored vertically in a smoke free environment for 46 years.
More about the band from Wikipedia: The Tripsichord Music Box was an American psychedelic rock group of the 1960s. They were managed by Matthew Katz, who also worked with Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and It's a Beautiful Day. Their loyalty to Katz, at a time when many San Francisco bands were signing recording deals with Los Angeles-based labels, may have contributed to their relatively unknown status today. Led by guitarist and singer/songwriter David Zandonatti, Tripsichord recorded a full-length LP and several singles for Katz's San Francisco Sound label. They were the first San Francisco group to record on 8-track equipment.
Frank Straight (guitar), Tony McGuire (guitar), Oliver McKinney (keyboards) and Randy Guzman (drums), performing as The Ban and based in Lompoc, California, released one 45 RPM single ("Bye-Bye" / "That I'm Hoping") in 1965 on a small label called Brent records. McGuire was drafted into the military, and circa 1966 Zandonatti joined The Ban, originally as a bassist. They then moved to Los Angeles, signed to Jack Berle's Embassy record label, changed their name to The Now, played some Sunset Strip clubs, and released a single on Embassy, "I Want" / "Fly Like a Bird". Soon they moved to San Francisco and signed up to be managed by Matthew Katz, who came up with the name Tripsichord Music Box.
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