H.P. LOVECRAFT 1st V rare Orig US 1967 Philips Acid Psych Fuzz Garage Pop LP
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H.P. Lovecraft
1st
Very Rare original US LP released on Philips Records in 1967. 1st US pressing with Black labels.
Featuring two strong singers (who often sang dual leads), hauntingly hazy arrangements, and imaginative songwriting that drew from pop and folk influences, H.P. Lovecraft was one of the better psychedelic groups of the late '60s. The band was formed by ex-folky George Edwards in Chicago in 1967. Edwards and keyboardist Dave Michaels, a classically trained singer with a four-octave range, handled the vocals, which echoed Jefferson Airplane's in their depth and blend of high and low parts. Their self-titled 1967 LP was an impressive debut, featuring strong originals and covers of early compositions by Randy Newman and Fred Neil, as well as one of the first underground FM radio favorites, "White Ship." The band moved to California the following year; their second and last album, H.P. Lovecraft II, was a much more sprawling and unfocused work, despite some strong moments. A spin-off group, Lovecraft, released a couple LPs in the '70s that bore little relation to the first incarnation of the band.
With the exception of a couple of badly dated tracks, this is one of the best second-division psychedelic albums, with strong material that shows the immediately identifiable Edwards-Michaels vocal tandem at its best. According to the LP notes, the songs were largely inspired by novelist H.P. Lovecraft's "macabre tales and poems of Earth populated by another race." It's more haunting than gloomy, though, with deft touches of folk, jazz, and horns.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
1 Wayfaring Stranger 2:35
2 Let's Get Together 4:35
3 I've Been Wrong Before 2:46
4 The Drifter 4:11
5 That's The Bag I'm In 1:46
Side Two
1 The White Ship 6:37
2 Country Boy & Bleeker Street 2:35
3 The Time Machine 2:05
4 That's How Much I Love You, Baby (More Or Less) 3:55
5 Gloria Patria 0:26
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Released on Philips Records in 1967
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Catalogue Number PHS 600-252
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Record is in Ex condition (few light surface marks)
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Sleeve is in Ex + condition
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