BLUE CHEER-VINCEBUS ERUPTUM 1968 MONO PHILIPS 1ST PRESS

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BEHOLD: Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum

PRESSING: Mono Pressing with black Philips labels

CATALOG NUMBER/ LABEL : Philips PHM 200-264

REVIEW: Had "Summertime Blues" not gone Top 15 in the spring of 1968, Blue Cheer might not have had the opportunity to unleash their expression over numerous albums through multiple personnel changes. Vincebus Eruptum sports a serious silver/off-purple cover wrapped around the punk-metal fury. Leigh Stephens is nowhere near Hendrix, Beck, Clapton, or Jimmy Page, the skill of a Yardbirds replaced by a thud of bass/drums/low-end guitar. Vocalist Dickie Peterson takes almost six minutes on Allison's "Parchment Farm" [sic] to talk about shooting his arm, shooting his wife, picking cotton, and having sex. Definitely more risqué than Grand Funk Railroad's "T.N.U.C.," Abe "Voco" Kesh's production is almost nonexistent. They certainly influenced the way Grand Funk would take the power trio; you can hear in Peterson's voice that tonal quality Mark Farner had to employ as well to get the lyrics over the morass of sound. It's interesting that the Velvet Underground's classic White Light/White Heat took this attitude up a notch at this exact point in time, going in to the studio and unleashing "Sister Ray," the almost 20-minute scream that was the result of Lou Reed's shock treatment therapy as a teen. Both bands were influenced heavily by drugs, heroin appearing to be the culprit, and while "Second Time Around," which closes this album, came in from the West Coast, the Velvet Underground blasted with even higher intensity from the East. Also interesting that "Doctor Please" on Vincebus Eruptum doesn't have the crunch West/Bruce and Laing would insert into their own "The Doctor" four years later on Why Dontcha. That power trio showed off their chops while Blue Cheer was looking for their chops on this record. Vincebus Eruptum is a dark power trio recording with punk attitude exploring blues through heavy metal. That a later version of the band would go on to produce "I'm the Light," a spacy cosmic anthem as delicate as Grand Funk's "Closer to Home," says a lot about the musical journey initiated by Vincebus Eruptum. The album is an underappreciated classic with "Rock Me Baby" leaning more toward Ten Years After than Steppenwolf, without Alvin Lee's technical expertise. Guitar that quivers and roars with a heavy dependence on rhythm à la the Who, Blue Cheer knows that attitude is as important as musicianship in rock, and they exploit that virtue for all it is worth here.-Allmusic.com

RARE U.S. MONO FIRST PRESSING WITH TEXTURED COVER, STAMPED '-M1' MATRIX NUMBERS AND BLACK LABELS. VINYL IN STRONG SHAPE.

MONO pressings of LPs are sometimes more than just STEREO LPs compressed into one channel. In many instances, different effects, different recording levels, alternate tracks, or different arrangements were used, as well as different mixes, to produce a wholly unique sound. As the MONO LP faded out of existence in the late 60s and early 70s, they became quite scarce quite quickly, and therefore are highly collectible today.

The FIRST PRESSING of an LP is usually made directly from the original master analog tapes, and therefore can boast the best sound quality of a commercially released LP. It will also usually contain any extra features (gatefold covers, custom sleeves, custom labels, posters,inserts, etc.) that are often cut from subsequent reissues.

CONDITION: (we visually grade albums according to Goldmine Standards) 

                        VINYL: Very Good Plus (very, very slight warp that DOES NOT AFFECT PLAY) 

                        JACKET: Very Good Plus (there is a lateral crease across center of back cover slick [see photo], appears to be a factory defect, since the rest of the cover is in superior shape) 

                        SLEEVE: plain poly-lined paper

                        INSERT / EXTRAS : Mono first pressing, textured cover

AS WITH ALL USED LPS, A THOROUGH CLEANING SHOULD BE PERFORMED BEFORE PLAYING, FOR OPTIMUM AUDIO PERFORMANCE.

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