BEST ORIG '68 COPY ANYWHERE 2xLP CANNED HEAT LIVING THE BLUES = HEAVY PSYCH

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                                  =ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS=

       DOUBLE ALBUM - MINT 1968 FIRST ISSUE
           STILL IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER
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                ...CANNED HEAT...

                LIVING THE BLUES

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                  USA -LIBERTY RECORDS - LST 27 200

• Matrix : (MACHINE STAMPED)
  
• SIDE ONE: LST 27200-1
• SIDE TWO: LST 27200-2
• SIDE THREE: LST 27200-3
• SIDE FOUR: LST 27200-4

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This album was released in December of 1968 simultaneously at the same time as the Beatles "White Album" for the Christmas season. "Living The Blues" was a "2 for the price of one" release... rare outer "2 for the price of one" sticker originally on cellophane is long gone on this pressing.

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=MINT= FINAL Collection Copy ... the records are minty clean. check full details, solid collection copy!!!!

IMPOSSIBLE To Find in this historical (mint/shrink) condition ....(full details below)

Original 1968 first pressing (much harder to find without wear than you might realize)... the gatefold cover is one of the most wear prone, here a 'decent' collection copy!!

Includes BOTH original Liberty Records inner sleeves... and:

Contains the custom song sticker "Going UpThe Country" on front cover!

LIVING THE BLUES was the third release by the group, and arguably *best* Canned Heat album, one that went way up the sales charts surprising many, including the band, and putting them in TOP LEVEL public attention...

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Living the Blues (1968) is centered around the thrillingly energized, nearly three-quarter-hour long "Refried Boogie" jam that inhabits the second half of the effort. However, that did not stop it from scoring in the Top 20, which was a great achievement for a double LP. One obvious reason for its accomplishments is that the remainder of the title continues in the same solid vein as their previous LP, Boogie With Canned Heat (1968), issued merely a few months earlier. The quintet of Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitar/vocals), Larry "The Mole" Taylor (bass), Henry "Sunflower" Vestine (guitar), Aldolfo "Fido" Dela Parra (drums), and Bob "The Bear" Hite (vocals) return with the same aggressive blend of amplified rock with rhythm and blues. They also churn out some impressive self-penned tunes, as well as unique derivations of tunes, such as the rocked-up "Pony Blues." Immediately the inspired interplay between Wilson and Vestine proves as successful a combination here as it had on the band's prior outings. The organic and lighter "Goin' Up the Country" became the Heat's second major single, and is arguably best-remembered for its prominence in the film Woodstock (1970) and its subsequent triple-LP soundtrack. Expanding beyond their own formidable instrumental prowess, British blues guitarist John Mayall sits in for a short yet effective rendition of "Walking by Myself." Augmenting the combo on the original "Boogie Music" a Blind Owl delivered gem in the vein of Going Up The Country which is another rising groove. However, one that gets your ijmediate attention is the scorching heavy heavy ripper "One Kind Favor" [aka "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"] given a harsh workout. The sidelong, nine-movement epic "Parthenogenesis" is an experimental suite that allows each band member copious room to move, inchding the shocase of wicked feedback fuzz guitar. Among the more interesting sections include the respective sonic of guitarist John Fahey, who backs up Wilson's Jew's harp twangfest on "Nebulosity," as well as the return of Mayall on "Bear Wires," the latter being a sly play on the title of Mayall's concurrent platter, Bare Wires (1968).

A:

Pony Blues 3:47
My Mistake 3:21
Sandy's Blues 6:45
Going Up the Country 2:51
Walking by Myself 2:38
Boogie Music 3:13
B: One Kind Favor 4:44
Parthenogenesis 19:54
i. Nebulosity
ii. Rollin' and Tumblin'
iii. Five Owls
iv. Bear Wires
v. Snooky Flowers
vi. Sunflower Power (RMS IS truth)
vii. Raga Kafi
viii. Icebag
ix. Childhood's End
C: Refried Boogie - Part I 20:10
D: Refried Boogie - Part II 20:50

CONDITION: The cover: rated: MINT in factory cellophane. You seldom EVER locate this album still in factory wrapper! The cover is a THICK colorful gatefold So hard to find without any shelf wear the LP is known to be extremely prone to wear ...Overall a decent 50 year old TOP SHELF survivor - pull out your wallets, this is a fantastic classic that came out at the same time as the BEATLES "WHITE" ALBUM ! Has no split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks...

The vinyl: Rated: M- both records (all 4 sides) are clean, TOP COPY so hard to find the records to this album so clean like this...original shiny smooth luster on all 4 sides! All 4 Liberty labels are clean