Dino Valente 1968 Epic LP - RARE folk /psych
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Description
ARTIST: Dino Valente
TITLE: Dino Valente folk /psych
LABEL: Epic BN 26335
YEAR: 1968
CONDITION:
Record: VG+
Cover: VG 3” split on spine
MISCELLANEOUS: Chester (Chet) William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and a member of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. He was also known by the stage name "Dino Valenti" and, as a songwriter, as Jesse Oris Farrow. He wrote the famous 60s song "Get Together".
Dino Valente's sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late '60s, Skip Spence: quirky, lyrically vague, folky yet psychedelic, and nearly devoid of commercial potential in spite of its largely pleasant (if moody) melodies and textures. Valente, however, was not as intriguing a lyricist as Spence, nor as intensely soulful a vocalist, and overall much sunnier in tone. Valente had a rather whiny voice, so it was wise to put so much echo on both his 12-string guitar (which accounts for most of the instrumentation on the record) and vocals, which both covered up some of his vocal deficiencies and added a sheath of mystery. Listening to his songs is like listening to some hippie trying to talk a vulnerable, confused, attractive girl, on the rebound from a failed romance, into taking up with him as a panacea to her problems: phrases are uttered and rejoinders offered, but one can't be sure exactly what the situation is or where it's leading. It's not the insufferable experience this description might lead you to expect, mostly because of the enticing (if similar-sounding) melancholy of the tunes.
GRADING:
(NM) NEAR MINT: almost like new, only the slightest wear
(VG+) VERY GOOD PLUS: very little wear, still in excellent & collectible shape. SHOULD PLAY AND LOOK VERY NICE WITH MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE. My VG+ is NM to many.
(VG) VERY GOOD.....still acceptable but showing quite a bit of wear.....some surface noise
(G) GOOD - PLAYS ROUGH, HAS MULTIPLE SCRATCHES
+ or - used to represent a slightly higher or slightly lower grade.
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