Company Caine - Product of a Broken Reality RARE 1971 Aussie prog psych

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Company Caine - A Product of a Broken Reality (LP)

(Australia Generation 'GELP 004' / November 1971)

Gatefold cover

A diverse blend of psychedelic, blues & jazz rock with cool guitar jams, creative keyboard work and occasional saxophone.  Company Caine was led by enigmatic vocalist GULLIVER SMITH and initially formed from members of Cam-pact & Dr. Kandy's Third Eye.

Best cuts: "Symptoms", "Simple Song of Spring", "The Day Superman Got Busted"

"Symptoms"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtWVAUwvQgU

Track Listing:

Symptoms / Trixie Stonewall's Wayward Home for Young Women / The Cell / Theme for Vishdungarius / Woman With Reason // Simple Song of Spring / The Day Superman Got Busted / It's Up to You / Go See the Gypsy / The Last Scene

Line-up:

Gulliver Smith (lead vocals) / Russell Smith (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals) / Arthur Eizenberg (bass guitar) / Jeremy Noone (saxophones, piano, Hammond organ, celeste) / Ian Mawson (Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ) / John McInerney (drums, congas)

Additional musicians:

Danny Robinson (backing vocals on "Symptoms", "Trixie Stonewall's Wayward Home for Young Women", "The Cell" & "Woman With Reason") / Steve Dunstan (computer music & laughter) / John Lee (bass clarinet on "The Cell")

Recorded at TCS Studios (Melbourne) in July 1971

Produced by Gus McNeil / Engineered and mixed by John French

GRADING

Cover: EX+ (front), EX (inside gatefold), VG++ to EX (back) / minor ring-wear on back [top], seam split along bottom [centre]

Disc (Visual): VG minus to VG / beautiful glossy sheen - numerous hairlines & some light surface scratches, two scratches at beginning of side 1 that run parallel to one another [affects play for the first minute]

Disc (Audible):

If you can overlook the noticeable clicks on the first minute of the opening track, then this may present an affordable way of obtaining this Aussie rock rarity.  Elsewhere, there may be moments of underlying surface noise (or crackle), or an occasional passage of light background clicks where the stylus passes over a light surface scratch, or an occasional pop.  But most of these flaws are NOT overwhelming, and I can still play this particular copy with some level of enjoyment.  There are definitely NO skips or jumps, and I have played the album from beginning to end.

GRADING DESCRIPTION

COVER

M: Absolutely NEW, perhaps still in shrink-wrap

NEAR MINT: Slightly less than MINT

EX: Very light wear and/or creasing, defects will be noted

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT

VG+: Slightly better than VERY GOOD

VG: Some ring-wear and other signs of aging are apparent, defects will be noted

VG minus: Slightly less than VERY GOOD

GOOD: More obvious ring-wear, seam-splits, stains etc, defects will be noted

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD

RECORD

M: Absolutely NEW, perhaps still in shrink-wrap

NEAR MINT: Slightly less than MINT

EX: Very light scuffs.  Record played infrequently, with little or no reduction in sound quality

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT

VG+: Slightly better than VERY GOOD

VG: Lightly scuffed/marked record, with acceptable sound quality, defects will be noted

VG minus: Slightly less than VERY GOOD

GOOD: More obvious scratches, with some deterioration in sound quality, defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD

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