COLLECTORS Looking At A Baby 1967 TRIPPY BAROQUE POP PSYCH mystical 45 LISTEN

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THE COLLECTORS "Looking At A Baby" b/w "Old Man"

Original 1967 45 on the French RIVIERA label

Vinyl plays VG+ to VG++

Brilliant baroque popsike and Canadian band The Collectors’ first single from 1967, “Looking At A Baby.”  It’s a little hard to believe this was a hit – it’s got a spooky melody and a weird early electronic synth fade, not normally ingredients for pop chartdom.  But hey, this is Canada, the land that gave us Rush and round bacon, so I guess anything’s possible.  Flipside “Old Man” is nearly as good, and more like their album – a little more trippy mysticism with Moody Blues woodwinds, droney magic carpet ride acoustic guitars and a subtly psychedelic vibe, sorta like their “Lydia Purple” track off the LP.  Classy stuff, clearly these guys were Canada’s purveyors of refined baroque popsike back in the day.  And this is a brilliant debut single, which also got released in the US on Valiant and, as here, in France on Riviera.  

HEAR IT!

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

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First class shipping is $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Delivery confirmation included in the shipping costs.  US International postal rates just shot up nearly double this past week, so please take note of the new rates.  I don't make a profit on shipping costs - these are what the post office charges me.  Air mail shipping to Canada starts at $10 US, each additional record $3 shipping.  Air mail shipping everywhere else in the world starts at $13 US, with each additional record only $4 shipping.  

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