ELLIE POP LP/1968 US Mainstream/Beatlesque Psych Pop/Acid Archives

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ELLIE POP 's/t' LP (US, Mainstream, Catalogue #S/6115) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited LP re-edition (180-gram pressing) of rare Mainstream label album from 1968 of psychy-pop from Ellie Pop.

'Eponymous 1968 Mainstream label album is definately a pop/psychedelic classic-in-waiting, whose time has perhaps finally come; great songs right from the start, all oozing Beatles harmonics, with tracks such as 'Some Time Ago' and 'Caught In The Rain', especially thick with Beatles influences (thus explaining their appearance on the Pepperisms compilation); as with most Mainstream releases, there is precious little information on the band in the original LP notes, besides the fact that they were a quartet, with brothers S. and R. Dunn responsible for writing all tracks; this is really a wonderful set of catchy and commercial songs, not exactly psychedelic, with innovative edge-distorted guitars and odd time signatures that make every song worth hearing. Naturally the album vanished without a trace upon original release, followed soon by the band.'

'Simply said, Ellie Pop's self-titled 1968 album stands as a lost mid-'60s pop classic. Whoever these guys were, they definately had a thing for Anglo-pop, tracks such as "Some Time Ago" and "Caught In The Rain" litteraly dripping Beatles influences. To many folks that's probably the kiss of death, but not in this case. Exemplified by material such as "Seven North Frederick", "Seems I've Changed" and "Watcha Gonna Do" (love the yeah, yeah, yeahs'), they avoided the usual cliches,  turning in a wonderful set that was catchy and commercial, but retained an innovative edge that made every selection worth hearing. One word of warning; while the set's occasionally been billed as psychedelic, in spite of isolated distorted guitars and a few oddball time signatures, to our ears it's simply too mainstream to be considered anything other than pop.' - Acid Archives

High-quality 180-gram vinyl pressing.

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

• Seven North Frederick
• Winner Loser
• Can't Be Love
• Remembering (Sunnybrook)
• Seems I've Changed
• Caught In The Rain
• Oh! My Friend
• Some Time Ago
• No Thanks Mr. Mann
• Watcha Gonna Do

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