CTV AFTER FOUR 1967 garage psych LP PINK FLOYD cvr HEAR

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

"CTV AFTER FOUR"

Original 1967 LP on the Canadian Yorkville label, YVM33003

Cover:  EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT

Vinyl:  Light scuffs, nothing deep, plays VG+ with scattered pops

The big selling point of Toronto’s Yorkville label sampler CTV After Four is, of course, the very FIRST Pink Floyd cover ever – a KILLER crude garage psych take on “See Emily Play” by Three To One, whoever they were.  Amazing, too, considering it was a cover recorded the SAME YEAR as the original, which means that Three To One were stealing from the Floyd THIRTY FIVE YEARS before Mars Volta got around to it.  That’s some foresight.  And while I can’t take anything away from the original (it’s a classic), I kinda prefer this even trippier version – the addition of an avalanche of Star Trek special effects and a little girl who asks “Everyone know how to play?” are two nice touches.  And for a band to improve on the psychedelic quotient of 1967 Floyd – well, that’s quite an accomplishment, isn’t it?

But there’s more to CTV After Four than that.  Scarlet Ribbon’s “Four in the Morning” is a growling garage punker that rides a cool spy theme riff (think a crude teen band take on “Lucifer Sam” – again with the Pink Floyd referencing).  And the legendary Ugly Ducklings surprise us with a very unique, orchestrated baroque psych track, “Epilogue,” very different from their album and very British, like…er, that band with Syd Barrett.  Am I sensing a THEME here?

There’s also a trippy hippie version of “Downtown” with echoed-out vocals and strumming mandolin performed by one Patricia-Anne, and redubbed “Changin’ Time.”  And the oddly-named Willapuss Wallapuss turn in a superb Beatles-meets-Brian Wilson slice of harmony pop called “To Jone,” stoned soft pop vocals riding on a bouncy bed of banging barrelhouse Paul McCartney piano.  So you can see, not EVERYTHING here brings to mind Pink Floyd.  But if you’re one of the handful of people who believe Syd Barrett’s not REALLY dead, you might wanna start by checking the phone directories in Toronto.  Something’s going on up there.

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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

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