ALEXANDER SPENCE ?- OAR - RARE ORIGINAL PSYCH VINYL LP - MOBY GRAPE - NO RSV
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VINYL looks MINT to me but to play it safe I'm going to give it a NMINT but looks UN PLAYED yes, IT"S THAT CLEAN! FRONT COVER IS CLEAN but has NAME STICKER (SEE PICS) I was going to attempt to remove it but I chickened out. BUYER can remove at your own risk. I would leave it as is and enjoy the recording but that's just me. NO RESERVE. MAKES GREAT UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE A PERFECT COVER. THE VINYL IS GORGEOUS!
No one except psychedelic Renaissance man Alexander "Skip" Spence could have created an album such as Oar. Alternately heralded as a "soundtrack to schizophrenia" and a "visionary solo effort," Oarbecame delegated to cut-out and bargain bins shortly after its release in the spring of 1969. However, those who did hear it were instantly drawn into Spence's inimitable sonic surrealism. As his illustrious past in the Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Moby Grape would suggest, this album is a warped blend of acid folk and far-out psychedelic rock. While these original compositions do draw heavily from those genres, each song has the individuality of a fingerprint, and Spence performed and produced every sound on the album himself at Columbia studios in Nashville in the space of less than two weeks. This burst of creativity was directly preceded by a six-month incarceration in New York City's Bellevue Hospital after chopping down a door at the Albert Hotel en route to do the same to fellow Moby Grape members Jerry Miller's and Don Stevenson's doors. A common motif to this album is the presence of saints and demons. Even the straightforward narratives such as the love ballads "Broken Heart" and "Cripple Creek" -- which feature vocal treatments reminiscent of folkie Fred Neil -- are bathed in unusual chord sequences and lyrical double-entendre. The majority of the sounds on this long player remain teetering near the precipice of sanity. Primary examples include "War in Peace," the epic "Grey/Afro," and the sound effect-laden "Books of Moses." Comparisons have been made to Syd Barrett, John Lennon, and Frank Zappa -- the latter especially for the intense sonic collage techniques displayed on albums such as Lumpy Gravy and Civilization Phase III.
Alexander Spence ?– Oar
Label: Columbia ?– CS 9831 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: US Released: 19 May 1969 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Tracklist
A1 Little Hands 3:45 A2 Cripple Creek 2:13 A3 Diana 3:28 A4 Margaret - Tiger Rug 2:16 A5 Weighted Down (The Prison Song) 6:25 A6 War In Peace 4:04 B1 Broken Heart 3:27 B2 All Come To Meet Her 2:00 B3 Books Of Moses 2:38 B4 Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin For Yang) 2:50 B5 Lawrence Of Euphoria 1:26 B6 Grey / Afro 12:10Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Recorded At – Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
- Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
- Published By – Blackwood Music Inc.
- Mastered At – Customatrix
Credits
- Design [Cover] – Lloyd Ziff
- Engineer – Charlie Bradley, Don Meehan, Mike Figlio
- Mixed By – Don Meehan
- Mixed By, Liner Notes – David Rubinson
- Photography By – Columbia Records Photo Studio
- Producer – Alexander Spence
- Written-By – A. Spence*
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