1969 ORIG BEACON STREET UNION CLOWN Garage PSYCH
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"CLOWN" CONCEPT COLLECTIBLE
RARE 2nd LP ~ GARAGE PSYCH
Beacon Street Union
The Clown Died In Marvins Gardens
USA -MGM RECORDS - SE 4568 - stereo
Includes the original MGM Records printed inner sleeve
1968 scarce original...for whatever reason far away harder to find than their first album...here, the original first pressing of the second Beacon Street Union, a formidable Boston garage psych group who made but the two collectible albums filled with self composed material ...the organ/guitar structured band had considerable talents, landing them among the two best groups out of the lauded BOSSTOWN SOUND scene....
The album, it seems, was to have centered around the life, death, and afterlife, of a clown. The front cover photo shows the group paying homage to the deceased at the grave, while the back cover shows the band following the clown across the sky after his rebirth on the astral plane.
The record begins earnestly enough. The title track describes the funeral scene, while the following instrumental seems to suggest the spirit crossing over. The haunting lamentation "Angus of Aberdeen", a tale of longing for childhood days before the coming of grief, sets the stage for a wider exposition of the theme.
The lyrics inhabit a truly mesmerising and poignant piece of music that uses the basic 'rock structure of guitar and organ, bass & drums, but also enhances with vibes, flute, strings, etc that never fails to send shivers up the spine: haunting and beautiful really! Their first self titled LP is definitely a nice slice of fuzz guitar hard rock, but the Clown album has more personality . The track ‘May I light your Cigarette’ is pure psychedelic demented strangeness, and the whole thing comes across as a labour of love as these guys experiment with new forms of rock that have their own special sad/sweet/innocent quality...
The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens 3:55 The Clown's Overture 2:52 Angus of Aberdeen 4:37 Blue Suede Shoes 2:09 A Not Very August Afternoon 3:44 Now I Taste the Tears 3:09 B: King of the Jungle 2:40 May I Light Your Cigarette 5:38 Baby Please Don't Go 16:49
CONDITION: The cover being dark and 40 years old shows the usual shelf wear, but not so bad, just a light partial ring starting on this one, usually IF found, it's much worse. Otherwise no seam splits, no bends and no writing = strong. VG+(+) ...the back cover with "clown" and group photo is clean...small delete circle at bottom right
The vinyl is clean on both sides ..."EX" (excellent) to M- plays TOPS...one side of label has a word in big letters
keeper copy!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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