CLEAN 1968 ORIG THE SILVER APPLES ACID PROG PSYCH = OUTER SPACE TEEN SCENE

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        TRIPPY 1968 SCI-FI UNDERGROUND =ORIGINAL=                  ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..                          
  
      The SILVER APPLES             ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..                   

                         USA - KAPP RECORDS - KS 3562

Original "KAPP" records inner sleeve is included! 

SCARCE = plays VERY clean = original 1968 first pressing of one of the early USA prog/psych/sci-fi bands...pure underground strangeness for the times...the otherworldly sound of SILVER APPLES went right over the heads of most listeners in '68.... 

Even among the cutting edge early electronic rock acts of the late 60's, the Silver Apples were an anomaly. Bands like The United States Of America, The White Noise, and Fifty Foot Hose (all of whose Lp's have or will eventually appear with us) tended to perform more traditional songs, albeit with electronic instrumentation, juxtaposed with wild electronic weirdness. Silver Apples had a more consistent, unified, and droning sound. They're always at their strangest.

The band is only a duo, with hugely underrated drummer Danny Taylor provided complicated, organic beats while his partner Simeon supplies the vocals, electronic bass lines, and wailing oscillations from his namesake instrument. Yes, Simeon plays the "Simeon," a series of custom made oscillators which provide for most of the overt freakiness here.

"Oscillations" is a fine introduction to the band with it's pulsing beat and echoing, alien tones. This band's ace in the hole was the ability to actually write catchy songs, even if they were dresses in interstellar clothing, and "Oscillations" will stick in your head like glue.

Truth be told, there isn't a ton of variation in the Silver Apples sound (it is a duo after all), but no one else has ever sounded like this, so they certainly could deliver for two albums in the 60's. There are some minor touches to distinguish the song, such as flute in "Seagreen Serenades," and found sound in "Program."

As odd as it is, most of the songs here really are poprock songs mutated into something sounding like it was beamed from Neptune. The band only attempts epic, chanting mode on "Dancing Gods."

Silver Apples don't quite have the punch of a Velvet Underground, but they inarguably have earned "groundbreaking" status.

 Oscillations (2:49)
Seagreen Serenades (2:55)
 Lovefingers (4:11)
Program (4:07)
 Velvet Cave (3:30)
 Whirly-Bird (2:41)
 Dust (3:41)
 Dancing Gods (5:57)
Misty Mountain (2:46)

CONDITION: The cover is VG++ pretty decent for this ultra-fragile silver foil cover. There is light wear but no where close to what you are apt to see IF (if) even finding a '68 first issue like this! These silver foul covers from the sixties tend to wear with abrasion and scuffs - just standing still...here, a collectible top copy you won't easily find. The cover  having no marks, no bends, no split seams, no writing --  very collectible.

The vinyl is all shiny over both sides, rated: M- a TOP COPY and plays clean...with KAPP labels that have no marks