The BRAIN POLICE htf UNPLAYED Rockadelic LP - psych

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ITEM 
Artist: The Brain Police

Title: The Brain Police
Stereo DIE-CUT Textured Cover LP with Insert

CONDITION

Cover: m-

Vinyl: m-, UNPLAYED, UNCIRCULATED

Grading scale: m-, vg++, vg+, vg, vg-, etc. 

(similar to goldmine's, except I do not use m or nm)
INFO
Label: Rockadelic Records 

Label/Matrix Number: RRLP 26

Country of Origin: USA

Year made: 2000 (music from 1968)

Personnel

David Randle - guitar; Rick Randle - vocals, organ, guitar; Sid Smith - drums; Norman Lombardo - vocals, bass; Benny Bennett - percussion

Tracks

Side 1: Election For Mayor/Ride My Train Of Love, I'll Be On The Inside If I Can, I'd Rather See You Dead, Find Me A Moment, Getting Too Much Higher

Side 2: Adler, Gypsy Fast Woman, I'll Find Love, There's A Light Over The City, My World Of Wax

The Brain Police were one of San Diego's most popular sixties groups. Rick Randle had been in The Other Four/The Mandells and Tony Johnson and Frank Mannix came from Sandi and The Accents, two bands that had been local phenomenons. In 1967, Norman Lombardo (The Other Four) and Sid Smith, a local drummer who had led a group called The Roosters who issued a 45 on A&M Records of Shake A Tail Feather / Rooster Walk (A&M 746) 1964, (Sid plays drums and sings lead vocals on this!) replaced Johnson and Mannix. This was the magical line-up that recorded the demo album in 1968. Recorded on a primitive 4-track machine, the record displays a degree of talent seldom seen in a teenage band. Through a unique combination of pop songs and heavy rock (all original material, written by Rick and Norman) The Brain Police created a remarkable document of American rock's transitionary period between flower-power and the guitar-led heavy rock that dominated the scene in 1969. The original demo album was pressed for promo use and the copies were sent to club owners and record labels - it is impossibly rare - the Rockadelic reissue is highly recommended, providing, of course, that you can find it! The reissue included a reprint of the letter included in the original, and a fistful of psychedelic posters from the groups 1967 - 1968 tenure as San Diego's top draw. Norman and Sid left San Diego in 1969, relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area and along with Norman's old friend Larry Grant (The Other Four/The Mandells) recorded the 45, using session musicians from the 'Frisco area who remain unknown. World Of Wax is radically different from the version on the 1968 demo album, and, as well, the 'B' side reveals that this band had little in common with the San Diego Brain Police. Within the next few months, Sid accepted an offer to record and tour with Roly "Treat Her Right" Head. Rick Randle hooked up with the legendary Framework just as they were disintegrating, and then he and their drummer Carl Spiron played together in a two-man band (ala Lee Michaels / Frosty) that never recorded but played a few well - received live shows as The Rick Randle Band. Sometime in 1969, Rick journeyed up to the Bay Area to join Norman and the two formed a short-lived group called The Dry Creek Road Band who are known to have recorded a demo in San Francisco and played live in the area, including a gig at the Fillmore West. At about this time, the pair were asked to play in The Dudes, a top-notch band being assembled to back the up and coming singer Rita Coolidge. This band also included Spooner Oldham, Chris Etheridge and Randy Bishop - three musicians whose list of credits would fill this entire page. Rick then joined two hard-rock outfits, Bighorn and Child, recording and touring with each, and then formed the Seattle-based Randle-Rosburg Band, which became Striker, who released a highly-rated heavy rock album (Arista 4165) in 1978. The Brain Police had a most remarkable lineage for an "unknown" group - talent most exemplified by Rick Randle who is well remembered by all who came in contact with him as one of the true "naturals", a born singer / musician / performer who is ranked by many as one of the greatest the West Coast has ever produced.
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