COVEN - WITCHCRAFT - DESTROYS MINDS & REAPS SOULS PSYCH

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COVER, WITCHCRAFT, DESTROYS MINDS & REAPS SOULS, ON MERCURY RECORDS (SR 61239) 1969. This was the discovery of a lifetime, I thought it was an early offshoot of Black Sabbath, and it even had Oz Osborne on it, that is until I looked a little closer, it was very Sabbath like, even better, in my opinion, but it was not Ozzy, it was COVEN, a Chicago Psychedelic Rock band certainly ahead of their time, they a delivered strongly occult themed proto-Metal on this 1969 album 'Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls', produced by Jim Donlinger and Bill Traut. Due to the presence of the opening song 'Black Sabbath' and the presence of former MAGIC LANTERNS bassist Mike 'Oz' Osborne some journalists confused the act with BLACK SABBATH. They sound much like Atomic Rooster, Macabre/Pentagram, Salem, White Widow, Leaf Hound, Zior, Ghost, Necromandus, Laudunum, Iron Maiden, but I still think even better, with an actual black mass performed on side two. After just a few months of sales, Mercury Records pulled the album from stores. The band was gaining notoriety as a favoured musical group of Church of Satan mentor Anton La Vey but their career would be curtailed abruptly when an Esquire magazine article, entitled 'Evil Lurks in California', included a photograph of Charles Manson holding a copy of the COVEN album.

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Jinx Dawson (vocals), Oz Osborne (bass), Steve Ross (drums)
Track Listing
      1. Black Sabbath
      2. White Witch Of Rose Hall
      3. Coven In Charing Cross
      4. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
      5. Pact With Lucifer
      6. Choke, Thirst, Die
      7. Wicked Woman
      8. Dignitaries Of Hell
      9. Portrait
      10. Satanic Mass

 
COVER: Very good+++ it's in just perfect shape, has tri fold cover with nude alter scarafice and lyric page.

VINYL: Very good++ there are a couple of very minor lines on side two, they do not effect the sound quality.

SOUND: Very good+++ Mercury makes good vinyl!!!!!

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