HEAVY Scarce 2xLP (1970) MAJIC SHIP = HARD PSYCH + UNRELEASED LP Neil Young TOP

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 LEGENDARY HARD HEAVY 1970 HARD-PSYCH ROCKER

             + NEVER RELEASED 2nd ALBUM!          

                                      MAJIC SHIP

                          USA -  Europe - AK - 084

MINT TOP COPY!

 = LOOKS UNPLAYED =

STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER ...

RARE ... long gone/sold out (double Lp) 2nd-press (one of the albums is totally unreleased and available only with this now scarce issue) ... Produced as a triple thick/weight heavy pressing for the legendary USA hardrock/psych beast known as MAJIC SHIP

By the time MAJIC SHIP cut their first LP in 1970 they'd shifted gears and become a hard rock act with an undertow of pastoral psychedelia, and their self-titled album (the only full-length release from the original band) is an interesting artifact of its era. Lead guitarist Phil Polimeni embraced a warm but fuzzy sound that suggests the influence of Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townsend without the aggressive histrionics of either artist, and vocalist Mike Garrigan was a more than capable singer with an admirable sense of restraint on moodier numbers such as "We Gotta Live On" and "Wednesday Morning Dew." When the band turns up the volume on stuff like "Where Are We Going" and "Sioux City Blues," the results are immediately impressive, since a number of bands were following a similar path at the time, and Majic Ship still has plenty to offer when they rock it out. The performances here sound warm and organic, and sway with an easy but impassioned groove, while Garrigan, bassist Gus Riozzi, and rhythm guitarist Tommy Nikosey deliver impressive harmonies. While the 11-minute medley of "Down by the River" and "For What It's Worth" goes on long and doesn't bear comparison to the originals, Polimeni's guitar work holds it own and the band is able to bring its own personality to the tunes, no small thing. It's probably not a mistake to regard Majic Ship as a lost classic from the era when psychedelia was giving way to hard rock, but it's a solid and enjoyable record from a band who had genuine talent and some fine songs; it's not hard to imagine these guys could have become major stars if their luck had been a bit better back in the day.

'50s singer Johnny Mann discovered Majic Ship, and the Tokens produced their first single, so it would be logical to assume that the band gravitated toward straight pop, and, in fact, many of their earliest recordings did veer toward a sort of garage-pop hybrid that was, at best, pleasant. One Tokens-produced side, "Green Plant," on the other hand, hinted that the hearts of the members of the band lay in heavy rock grounded in the garage-psych aesthetic. When it came time to record their self-titled debut album in 1969, the music was much more in that vein.

This Geargreat double (2xLP) set collects all of Majic Ship's official recordings, including early singles and demos, and, as such, stands as the band's definitive document. Majic Ship prominently featured Gus Riozzi's organ and Mike Garrigan's distinctive hard rock holler, and was only a few steps removed from fellow New Yorkers Vanilla Fudge, with a harder raw sound. Like that band, Majic Ship also made use of popular songs by other artists, and although much of the material came from in-house, two of the most interesting songs on the collection are covers of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody" and a medley of Neil Young's "Down by the River" and Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth." Another highlight on the Lp is "It's Over." It is here that the band began to display the heavy, nearly over-the-top rock sound that would characterize their only album.

The music verges on bombast (and occasionally falls into it) but on the whole is held in check by the band's pumped-up energy. "Sioux City Blues" is a pure punker in the "Green Plant" mold, with buzzsaw fuzz guitars and shouted vocals, while "Life's Lonely Road" and "Free" are superb hard rockers. The band also show a prevalent soul influence on songs such as "On the Edge" and "And When It's Over," spicing up the usual heaviness with some brass touches and a Rascals-like straightforwardness. The band even uncovers the soul inflections in "To Love Somebody." The brightest spot on the album, though, is the epic take on "Down by the River." They invest the song with a power that sustains greatly when it morphs into "For What It's Worth."

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  *Gus (Cosmo) Riozzi - Bass, Organ, Vocals
  *Rob Buckman - Drums
  *Philip Polimeni - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
  *Mike Garrigan - Vocals
  *Tommy Nikosey - Rhythm, Acoustic Guitar
  
  
  Night Time Music
  Mustang Sally
• On the Edge (Majic Ship)
  Hummin'
• It's Over
  Green Plant
  To Love Somebody
  On the Edge
• And When It's Over
  Sioux City Blues
  Wednesday Morning Dew
  Life's Lonely Road
  We Gotta Live On
• Where Are We Going
  Free
  Down by the River/For What It's Worth (Young / Stills) - 11:26
  Nightmare
  Too Much
• Cosmo's Theme
  Blow Me Away

CONDITION: The cover:Beautiful, MINT as new, a triple thick (weight heavy) gatefold cover = no problems... 

The vinyl: looks perfect ...MINT maybe never played....expect top performance with no problems

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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