BEACON STREET UNION The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union LP MGM 1968 US orig+foc
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BEACON STREET UNION
The Beacon Street Union was a '60s rock band from Boston comprised of John Wright (vocals),
Paul Tartachny (guitar, vocals), Robert Rhodes (keyboards), Wayne Ulaky (bass, vocals),
and Richard Weisburg (drums) who moved to New York in 1967 and got caught up
in MGM Records' "Bosstown Sound" promotion -- the company tried, unsuccessfully,
to promote an invented Boston music scene to rival the real one in San Francisco at the time.
Like other bands used in the promotion, The Beacon Street Union suffered from the hype,
and though they made two charting albums, they never had much of a chance to succeed
"THE EYES OF THE BEACON STREET UNION"
1968 LP MGM RECORDS SE-4517 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GATEFOLD COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
This version: Released on Black MGM label with 'lion-logo' on top. Later press on 'blue/gold' MGM label.
Inside gatefold lists the play time for B2 as 1:55, label lists 1:42
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: MGM - BLACK LABEL - GOLD TEXT
Catalog on cover: E-4517
Catalog on labels: SE 4517
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SE-4517 SIDE-1 MGS-1272
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SE-4517 SIDE-2 MGS-1273
On labels: rim text reads "MGM Records - A Division Of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. - Made in U.S.A."
Produced by Wes Farrell
A Coral Rock Production
On front cover: ®© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc./Printed in U.S.A.
On inside right panel: Notes by Robert Pomerene
Recitation by Tom Wilson Written by Robert Pomerene
tracklisting
Side A: RECITATION MY LOVE IS - BEAUTIFUL DELILAH
SPORTIN' LIFE - FOUR HUNDRED AND FIVE - MYSTIC MOURNING
Side B: SADIE SAID NO - SPEED KILLS - BLUE AVENUE
SOUTH END INCIDENT - GREEN DESTROYS THE GOLD - THE PROPHET
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union is a highly experimental album released around
the time of the Bosstown sound. Much better than first albums from Eden's Children and Ultimate Spinach.
The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union is garage rock and psychedelia, and it is a trip.
The album cover looks like some history textbook that mistakenly got pressed by Mad Magazine.
A mushroom next to an atomic bomb's mushroom cloud ought to tell you enough about MGM's packaging.
A hit single and less cluttered album cover is what these musicians deserved,
but what they have is, next to the album Listening by the band of the same name
and the hit single from Orpheus, the best work from the Bosstown sound...(AllMusic)price rating
