BOB SMITH The Visit KENT RARE PSYCH 2X SEALED LP Zappa Mothers of Invention
  $   393

 


$ 393 Sold For
May 31, 2012 Sold Date
May 24, 2012 Start Date
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Hi, great classic psychedelic sounds here by Bob Smith. His double LP release The Visit on  KENT Records (KST-551). 
Rare Original from 1970. Produced by Mr. Smith, Mark Taylor and Morey Alexander. 
The cool montage on the back features the band and is done by John Kress. The sound creators feature members of Frank Zappa's group, the Mothers of Invention who put out a ton of great albums on Verve records. Other great records that came out on KENT were from Ike & Tina Turner, Richard Kent Style and Bobby Sanders.


Condition of record: Sealed. Never played. (see third picture, held up to check for warping, looks great and flat) This should also have a poster included inside. 


Condition of Cover:  Has one small 'delete' punch hole in lower left, as many of the previous original sealed ones have been known to have. This is not the reissue on Tapestry. All corners are solid, spine is nice and there are no bends on it. An excellent sealed original from Bob Smith. 


From ALLMUSIC.com: While eclectic and accomplished (with Don Preston of the Mothers of Invention and a young Daryl Dragon among the backup musicians), the music is fairly standard late-'60s/early-'70s heavy psychedelic rock, sometimes seeming as if it's trying to bisect the Doors with the eeriest moods of early Tim Buckley. There are plenty of tempo changes, and the grinding (sometimes wah-wahing) hard rock guitar and organ are embellished by flutes, Mellotron, vibes, and spooky sound effects. Occasionally the tracks lean harder in a certain direction; "Source You Blues" merges ponderous late-'60s British blues-rock with Jim Morrison-Tim Buckley vocalizing, while "India Slumber" riffs off tuneless psychedelic improvisation à la Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive," but to the point of annoying gimmickry. It all sounds sort of like a guy determined to land a contract with Elektra Records in the late 1960s, though one granted far more studio time to demo his songs than most such aspirants. The record does have a good reputation among some collectors of obscure psychedelia, and a couple of the better tracks, like "The Wishing Song" (which with its prominent Mellotron is like Tim Buckley being backed by the Moody Blues), wouldn't be bad choices for compilations. It's ironic, though, that for all of Smith's tendencies to sing like a psychedelic preacher, he was very much a follower of musical trends rather than a leader.

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