COME AND HAVE SOME TEA WITH THE TEA COMPANY LP 1968 ORIGINAL - VG+
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"COME HAVE SOME TEA WITH THE TEA COMPANY'" VINYL LP ALBUM
RELEASED IN 1968 ON SMASH RECORDS CAT #SRS-67105
Original 1968 Stereo Pressing on the Red Smash Records Label.
Rare and Hard To Find Early Psych/Pop/Space/Prog Rock from the only Release by "The Tea Company".
THIS RECORD IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION!!
VINYL: VG+ Vinyl is very black, shiny and glossy with very light scuffs, scratches or paper rubs. Plays with very light background noise, mostly very light crackle noticeable between tracks or quiet parts. Nice record!
LABELS: VG+ Very Light spindle wear.
COVER: VG + Cover is shiny with very light rubbing or ring wear. Small hole top left.
TRACKLIST:
Come And Have Some Tea With Me Flowers Love Could Make The World Go Round You Keep Me Hangin' On Don't Make Waves As I Have Seen You Upon The Wall Make Love, Not WarThe Tea Company from New York City was one of the early birds from the US psychedelic underground scene with an LP on the market by 1968 originally released on Smash Records. This album marks the evolution of the 45 rpm teen-psych-garage band market to the upcoming LP-generation with extended improvisational parts. “The Naturals” formed in 1963 with Joe Meek influence and evolved into the Tea Company which showcased a more psychedelic sound. Opening up big ballrooms for such acts as; The Mamas and the Papas, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bob Dylan, Ritchie Havens, and many others, the Tea Company became popular in the US underground, also in San Francisco for spectacular live shows and lyrical hippie statements.
Influenced by and using the same equipment as the Beatles, the controversial and intense “East-Indo Sound” reflects “an assemblage of possessed rock performers; retinue preparing the unusual; alternating with the roots of soul…whose purpose is to cause sensation, due to stimulation of the auditory centers of the brain!” Played with lots of freaked-out-echo-organ/-guitar noises on a 12-string Rickenbacker and various-stereo madness, reminds strongly of Syd Barrett´s spirit but more driven by hard hittin´ drums. You will find an outrageous 9 min. cover version of Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, which is celebrated among 60s collectors as a true milestone. The album is a mindblowing and freaky production . A must for those who wanna feed their minds with unusual heavy-psychedelic Rock-ROOTS!
One of those albums I had in my list-of-works-to-check for quite some time but only recently decided to give it a try. I found it a time well spent. On their first and only album the group offers a mix of long and short tracks, both originals and covers, and they prove to be adept at all of them. Even though 1967 is generally considered the peak for psychedelic pop/rock, the following years appear to have offered the world plenty of noteworthy albums in that style as well, and this 1968 album is a fine example. Consistently good from beginning to end, perhaps a bit ‘wild’ in places but never inaccessible, this can be recommended to everyone who likes psychedelic rock and wishes to explore beyond the most obvious or celebrated names.
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