BEAUTY M- RARE 1968 Orig = TANGERINE ZOO = AWESOME Psych Organ + Fuzz Garage
$
190
$ 190
Sold For
Jun 25, 2023
Sold Date
Jun 18, 2023
Start Date
23
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USA
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- 1968 BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS
- Good Luck Finding a Better Copy ANYWHERE!
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- Hammond organ/fuzz drenched psychedelic garage
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- TANGERINE ZOO
- The TANGERINE ZOO
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- USA - "Mainstream Records" - S/6107
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- FINAL COLLECTION COPY !
in TOP CONDITION
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- Stoned lyrics about setting your mind free, fuzzy guitars, heavy organ...and the distinct feeling that you will soon be engulfed in moody, colored lights flashing in strobing syncopation Sought Original 1968 first pressing of the very first Tangerine Zoo album, one of thee major fuzz-garage collectibles from the USA sixties scene... Boston psychedelic band the Tangerine Zoo formed in 1967 in nearby Swansea, MA.
- Guitarist Robert "Benny" Benevides, bassist Tony Taveira, and drummer Donald Smith first collaborated in the Ebb Tides, which the previous year issued "My Baby's Gone" on the Arco label. With the additions of singer/guitarist Wayne Gagnon and keyboardist Ronald Medeiros, the group renamed itself the Flower Pot, abandoning the Ebb Tides' garage rock sound in favor of a more psychedelic approach. In addition to serving as the house band at the local Venus de Milo restaurant, the band also opened for the likes of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Van Morrison, and Deep Purple. Their growing popularity led by a large fan base in Boston 1967 were quickly signed with the highly collected "Mainstream" label.
- While recording their FIRST LP, label execs demanded another name change, fearing backlash from the obvious marijuana reference in the Flower Pot moniker; after setting on the Tangerine Zoo, the group released its self-titled debut in early 1968. Opening the album with an intense cover of THEM's Gloria, reworked into a 6-minute epic, with swirly Hammond and feedback-drenched psychedelic fuzz a-plenty and the band manage to stamp their own style on this classic, in a much more interesting way than renowned cover-butchers Vanilla Fudge, bringing it well and truly into the Summer of Love, albeit 6 months too late.
- Swathes of the Doors dynamic and aggressive style make this stand out from the standard "Love and Peace" fare, with tightly controlled breakdowns, solos from everyone creating a far-out, frenzied atmosphere.
- If you thought that was good, it's the next track that's the real beginning of the treats; "Trip to the Zoo" is so thinly disguised it's laughable, with stonking bass-lines creating a jazz-flavor to the heavy freakout music that is to follow, and lyrics like "They pick my brain, brain, brain, brain" leaving you in no doubt what sort of trip they were having - but leaving me a little mystified as to what actually happened at the zoo... This track is pure musical LSD - you don't need to take anything, except this album at ear-splitting volume, the way it was intended to be heard. But if you do, please make sure your head is screwed on tightly. The musical mind expansion continues with the next track - something that sounds like a glass harmonica provides an eerie opening to an angsty, bluesy tale of woe relating something akin to Stockhalm Syndrome, as the Hammond organ ripples and sweeps menacingly through something that sounds not unlike the roots of Progressive Rock, reminding particularly of the unsung Scottish band Clouds (formerly 1-2-3), who supported Jimi Hendrix Experience on some of their British gigs - clearly Hendrix's booking agents had a taste for this kind of unpredictable, wild and progressive music.
- "Nature's Child" is a title that summons up visions of trippy hippy music, but this is again closer to the sound of the Doors, with plenty of garage rock energy ... dynamic, with more of that angsty melancholy, concerning world of destruction. Here the organ/guitar leads are pushed to recording equipment breaking point, as ice-pick jams ringing out, threatening to shatter tweeters and ear drums simultaneously.
- "The Flight" is more of the same as the above, you'll be glad to hear - great, foot-tapping no-nonsense psychedelic rock with plenty of Hammond organ swirls, thumping bass lines and feedback-drenched fuzz guitar sizzling's.
- "Mommy and Daddy" is rather odd, though, having a kind of Scottish flavored jammer following the childish Syd Barrett-inspired vocal section - what's this all about?
- Just part of a very odd trip, as the music continues into "Symphonic Psyche", a rather manic piece designed for hungry heads - and very catchy. Shoulda been a hit! The last two tracks, the imaginatively titled "Crystalline Heaven" and the less imaginatively titled "One More Heartache" more mellow number and then the manic uptempo rocker respectively, make a fine ending to a very rounded and very capable first album which really should command a lot more recognition than it ever got, especially when you put this GEM up against some of the other stuff that caught on as 'classic' sixties underground-rock...
- * Gloria *
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*Trip To The Zoo *
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*Please Don't Set Me Free *
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*Nature's Child *
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*The Flight *
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*Mommy And Daddy *
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*Symphonic Psyche *
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*Crystalescent Heaven *
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*One More Heartache* .........................................................................
- CONDITION:
- The cover: M- Highly sought & beautiful 56 years ago
- FINAL COLLECTION COPY
- = extremely desirable and super-hard to find this SOLID CLEAN ...
- anyone remotely interested = grab this copy, you won't easily ever find a better '68 first press. Having NO split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks !
- BEST COPY AROUND!
- The vinyl: Rated: M- plays exceptionally well through both sides ...both "Mainstream" labels are CLEAN
- BEST COPY AROUND!
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
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EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
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