? '68 "THE INNER MYSTIQUE" CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND LEGENDARY GARAGE PSYCH + STONES
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792
$ 792
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Sep 12, 2021
Sold Date
Sep 7, 2021
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34
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USA
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- Highly Sought ~ 1968 FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND
- THE INNER MYSTIQUE
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- USA - TOWER Records - ST- 5106
- The real deal ~ always been hard to find...one of the benefits of excavating musical vinyl treasures in California - most copies seem to be issued and buried within the West Coast
- The infamous Chocolate Watch Band from San Jose California are the quintessential garage psychedelic band; their story is angst ridden and strange.
- Consisting of Dave Aguilar, lead vocals and harmonica, Mark Loomis, lead guiar and keys, Bill Flores, bass, Sean Tolby, rhythm guitar and Gary Andrijasevich on drums. It was this incarnation that earned Chocolate Watch Band its reputation as a knock-out live act by becoming known for their wildness and raw energy on stage. They were regularly gigging around the Sanfrancisco area with groups such as the Doors and the Mothers of Invention playing mostly monster versions by obscure groups from England. Around this time in ’67 the band was introduced to the up-and-coming studio producer Ed Cobb. The band got their kicks by upstaging headliners with their forceful stage performance. They considered their recordings in the studio an afterthought best left in the hands of Cobb.
Ed Cobb was to have a profound impact on the legacy of Chocolate Watch Band.
- The raw garage power of the Chocolate Watch Band is legendary.
Released in early 1968, The Inner Mystique featured a tripped-out cosmic blend of psychedelia AND fuzzed-out searing garage-punk strong enough to out-class the Rollin' Stones at their own game!
The Inner Mystique kicks off with the psychedelic raga “Voyage of the Trieste”. Drenched in sitars, chimes, fluttering flute, the cut is propelled by a repetitive fuzzy power-chord pulsing ‘m-e-l-l-o-w’. This cut is followed a soft sitar-psych rendition of “In the Past." Our nod it being one of the best-ever psychedelic high-rise creations - the sound, the mood, forever infectiousness. This shimmering and echo-y number is more than impressive.
- The first side closes with the title track "The Inner Mystique" , another sitar groover being essentially a reprise of “Voyage of the Trieste”, just slower and darker in tone. Altogether this side of the album is a pleasant slice of heavenly psychedelia, very enjoyable, but without the power of the second side to rescue it from the otherwise obscurity - its eventual fate in the '60s.
- The Chocolate Watch Band on the second side. Five decidedly garage-punk historical recordings per the genre. The kicker is - these are cover versions done better than the originals - rumored to be out-takes from their first album "No Way Out" and a remixed and re-dubbed version of Dylan’s “It's All Over Now, Baby Blue” from the Watchbands first single released in ’66.
- The first cut is a burning (scorcher?!) take on “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” by the Kinks fame. Singer Dave Aguilar’s vocals simmer, coming to a rolling boil as he barks out the chorus in a super-catchy punk brogue Ray Davies couldn’t have achieved. Bashing caveman drums and Fender twin guitars in friggin' overdrive, this is garage primitive at its forever best. At this point, the next two tracks, “Medication” and “Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go” cook quite impressively. There's a Dylan cover with is simply excellent.
- The album closes with the wailing fiery “I Ain’t No Miracle Worker”; Singer Aguilar positively howls. Jangly guitars and eastern-edged bouzouki round out this killer cut.
Confrontational garage-punk mixed with acid-head psychedelia, this album was too 'out-there' for the fickle 'HITS' demanding masses, so the Chocolate Watch Band moved on - and out, with producer Ed Cobb getting into other bands like Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd.
- Luckily we have these psychedelic-garage forever-anthems to ignite us with each spin of the record when The Inner Mystique applies the balm before and after the burn of a comet overhead.
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- A
- Voyage of the Trieste
- In the Past
- Inner Mystique
- B
- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
- Medication
- Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
- It's All Over Now Baby Blue
- I Ain't No Miracle Worker
- The cover: rated: near M- (really)-nice for this often found worn or wasted fragile cover...thick colorful cardboard remains with the WHITE still ver snow-white after some 53 years ... There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: VG(+) - note: grade is visual, there is nothing to be felt (as in deep) and otherwise plays excellent (audio) despite very-soft scuffs/hairlines...so to be careful, graded a strong "very good" which is a reminder the vinyl plays quite acceptable - opinion upon play-grade here. Yet - both TOWER labels are clean
- CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND
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- THE INNER MYSTIQUE
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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