CHERRO KING Writing On The Wall 1967 UNKNOWN TRIPPY CALI GARAGE PSYCH 45 LISTEN

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CHERRO KING "(Can't You See) The Writing On The Wall" b/w "I'm So Afraid I've Lost You"

Original 1967 (?) 45 on the US COMMERCE label

Vinyl plays EXCELLENT

Completely unknown, completely uncomped, and completely KILLER garage pop psych BEAST out of Hollywood California by some dude named Cherro King (or is that a BAND?).  There's NOTHING about 'em on the Interwebs, nor anything about songwriters Ron Perrault or Al Bukzin.  Although there IS a Ron Perrault who designs interfaces out of Toronto, and an Al Bukzin who worked on a film called "The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza," and I can't even guarantee that film played anywhere outside of 42nd Street.  But back to the business at hand. "(Can't You See) The Writing On The Wall" is a stone-cold psych-o-delic mind-blaster, especially when you consider NO ONE has comped this thing yet!  With its trippy vocal and guitar effects, wailing banshee backing vocals and acid-drenched coda, it's one that instantly rewards, and makes you wanna track these guys down.  Flipside "I'm So Afraid I've Lost You" has a Love FOREVER CHANGES pseudo Spanish vibe, and the vocals this time suggest a singer who might've still been torn with being a headliner at the Fillmore West or a monthly act at a late night lounge bar up the street.  Lack of any kind of follow-up single means the jury's still out on which direction he (or they) pursued.  

HEAR IT!

UPDATE: SORRY, I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).

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SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

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