EAST OF UNDERGROUND Hell Below 3xLP Box/1971 Funk/Soul/Rock/SEALED/OUT OF PRINT
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EAST OF UNDERGROUND 'Hell Below' 3xLP Box (US, Now-Again Records, Catalogue #NA 5083) Brand new/unplayed copy of SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT 3xLP boxset containing the three mega-rare LPs of funk/soul/rock music recorded and released in 1971 and 1972 by US army servicemen stationed in Germany during the Vietnam war. Heavy package boxset (almost FOUR POUNDS!)
'3LP box version. The complete albums from the winners of the US Army's First and Second Annual Original Magnificent Special Services Entertainment Showband Contests. 1971-1972. Exact album repackaging in thick cardboard, gatefold "tip-on" sleeves. Full-color 20-page booklet features extensive essays, photos and rare Army ephemera. Contains a full-color, exact reproduction of East Of Underground's 1971 tour poster.'
'A few months back we announced that that we’d be releasing an anthology that centered around a mythical album by the US Army band East of Underground. Well, we’re now proud to announce Hell Below: faithful reissues of the three albums released by the winners of the US Army’s First and Second Annual Original Magnificent Special Services Entertainment Showband Contests. Packaged as LP and CD box sets, Hell Below presents nearly two hours of heavy funk and soul music played by United States Army soldiers enlisted during the politically turbulent early 1970s.
East of Underground, SOAP The Black Seeds and The Sound Trek were bands comprised of soldiers stationed in bases across Western Germany during the height of the Vietnam War. While little is known about the bands, the players, and the milieu they came from – other than what can be pieced together from a handful of photos and documents found in a box in the New York Public Library, and the vague recollections of some of those involved – we at Now-Again Records have worked diligently with the United States Army and researchers the country over to present this important document, and some damn good music to boot.
Each of the two double-billed albums contained in this box set is presented as an exact reproduction of the original United States Army issue. The extensive, full-color booklet features essays, annotation and a collection of Army ephemera from the creation of these albums. Also included is a full-color, exact reproduction of East Of Underground’s 1971 tour poster.'
LP box set contains exact album reissues, housed in thick cardboard, gatefold “tip-on” sleeves; 32-page booklet and an reproduction of East of Underground’s 1971 tour poster.
LP 1 & LP 2: Winners of the first annual original magnificent special services entertainment showband contest (1971)
Originally issued on The United States Special Services Agency, Europe as a split double LP (CEC-LP-11). Recorded in the studios of American Forces Network, in Frankfurt, Germany.
LP 3 : Winners of the second annual original magnificent special services entertainment showband contest (1972). Originally issued on The United States Special Services Agency, Europe as a LP (CEC-LP-15). Recorded in the studios of American Forces Network, in Frankfurt, Germany.
(NOTE: SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT/LIMITED BOXSET VINYL EDITION!)
Tracks on this Triple LP Boxset are as follows:
East Of Underground A1 –East Of Underground Higher 4:18 A2 –East Of Underground Smiling Faces 6:26 A3 –East Of Underground Hell Below 5:56 A4 –East Of Underground People Get Ready 4:13 A5 –East Of Underground Getting Over 2:14 B1 –East Of Underground Bet 'Ya Never Lose My Love / California Dreamer 3:44 B2 –East Of Underground Popcorn / Santana 5:43 B3 –East Of Underground I Love You 3:02 B4 –East Of Underground Java Girl 2:02 B5 –East Of Underground Walk On By 2:39 Soap A1 –SOAP I Just Want To Celebrate 3:00 A2 –SOAP You've Got A Friend 3:43 A3 –SOAP Southern Man 4:56 A4 –SOAP Will The Circle Be Unbroken / I Don't Know How To Love Him 7:32 A5 –SOAP Ticket To Ride 3:45 B1 –SOAP I Feel The Earth Move 3:05 B2 –SOAP Uncle Albert 5:52 B3 –SOAP Gypsies, Tramps, &Thieves 2:53 B4 –SOAP Never My Love 3:59 B5 –SOAP Walk Away 3:37 B6 –SOAP Get Together 3:29 The Black Seeds / The Sound Trek A1 –The Black Seeds Go Outside In The Rain 4:59 A2 –The Black Seeds Ain’t No Sunshine 5:37 A3 –The Black Seeds Black Magic Woman 4:22 A4 –The Black Seeds Do Your Thing 4:36 A5 –The Black Seeds Backstabbers 3:37 B1 –The Sound Trek Intro / Kool And The Gang 4:55 B2 –The Sound Trek Walking In The Rain 6:38 B3 –The Sound Trek Backstabbers 3:50 B4 –The Sound Trek Coldest Day Of My Life 4:29 B5 –The Sound Trek If Loving You Is Wrong 4:34 B6 –The Sound Trek I Love Everything About You 3:43Shipping in US is $8.53./CANADA, MEXICO, OVERSEAS AIRMAIL inquire first for rates. (Shipping totals will be consolidated for multiple winning bids.)
3xLP record box set shipped in professional, superior record box protecting corrugated cardboard record box set-style mailer box with filler pads and Styrofoam peanuts. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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