John K. O'Brien - Disarming Charms 1984 lp UNKNOWN Private SSW Folk Portland NM

$

677

Welcome to our Spring 2026 Rock / Psych / Country / SSW / Electronic & Ambient sale, a curated selection featuring Psych Rock, Garage Rock, Metal, the funkier side of Rock with open drum breaks, Country Rock / Outlaw country, classic rock all originals, no reissues! WE COMBINE SHIPPING! :)
Approximately 115 lp's, all originals (no reissues!), many have soundclips, which are from the actual record!  **Note, all soundclips are checked and working, last auction's issue resolved :)

This week features a really nice curated slab of rare, original Rock / Country / AOR SSW oriented lps from rare private presses like the 1982 Damascus Road "I Am A Light" lp, the extremely rare top shelf tax scam grail Jason - S/T 1977 on Manilla, original classics like the first US 1971 Black Sabbath - "Paranoid", the incredible 1972 Kama Sutra Dust - "Hard Attack", a rare promo 1971 copy on Kapp of "Budgie" (the debut album!), a completely unknown rare SSW / Folk lp by John K. O'Brien "Disarming Charms" 1984 (from Portland, OR, only 50 were made!), Frank Zappa "Hot Rats" & "Waka/Jawaka", Neu! the 1978 Brain release x2 lp of their first two albums(!), Leonard Cohen, Warren Zevon, The Eagles 1st press "Hotel California", Michael Sterns, Nik Pascal, Ananda Shankar, Michaels & Hack - "Back To Back" -(extremely rare 1977 private press Psych utilizing drum machines!), the rare as hen's teeth 1st press "Bandolero" 1970 psych grail, Captain Beyond, Terry Reid, Michael Garrison, Jordan De La Sierra, Edgar Froese, Craig Leon's rare 1982 private press lp "Visiting" follow up to "Nommos" Sandy Bull, Redbone "Wovoka" 1973 original 1st press lp and so much more :) 

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* After this week's auction, (In no particular order) we have in the auction pipeline:
A major Modern soul/Gospel Boogie/AOR lp's
A "golden era" late 70's - early 70's funk/soul lp's
A Random Rap GFunk Indie R&B, Rare Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, New Jack Swing CD's & Tapes
A Part 4 "Giant Jazz" sale lp's
A funk/soul/boogie 7" 45rpm's
*^(Each are loaded with some of the rarest, high end stuff, plenty that haven't shown up in years, unknown mind-blowers, Grail Pieces, like always, all original editions!)
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All soundclips used are unedited directly from the item up for sale :). See below for detailed grading!
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Soundclip info: B1 "Walk In The Light Of Love", A6 "For Eire I'd Not Tell Her Name" -(instrumental), B2 "Bird On The Wing", B5 "Pinball Blues" -(uses actual field recordings of Arcade sounds!), a6 begins at 1:24, b2 begins at 2:11, b5 begins at 3:29
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Media Grade:  EX (very light paper scuffs, super high-gloss, fantastic player, light dust, peep the soundclips!)  
Sleeve Grade:  VG+ (generic sleeve John K. O'Brien used, handwritten with sharpie, pen! See photos)
Year / Label / Catalogue #:   1984  /  Private Press (Demo, only 50 pressed)  / None (stereo, handwritten titles) 
Brief Comments: Rare as hen's teeth, unknown Portland SSW Folk, cool political tunes on some tracks "Bird On The Wings" for example that are anti-war, anti-imperialism (criticizing Reagan's arming radical right groups in Latin America, who murdered innocent Nuns / Priests among others), and then there's the Robbie Basho style instrumentals & overall guitar deftness, "Pinball Blues" makes use of actual Arcade field recordings John K. O'Brien made, overdubbing his guitar over it. 50 copies is the absolute maximum amount that were pressed, it might be as low as 25 or 30, one surfaced a long time ago in a private trade sidebar at a PW Northwest record show, but otherwise it's unknown, undocumented. O'Brien himself has passed away, I don't know what became of his personal copy. He sent some to: a Portland radio station (who misfiled and tossed it out in the 90's), a few labels like Windham Hill, Rounder Records, etc., it was meant purely as a demo, this one was an old Girlfriend of his at the time, her copy, she was donating the last of her records, a lot of CD's, I saw this, and asked if I could buy it, she gave it to me for free which was very kind, along with another area private press folk lp that is more well known (Modality Stew, I still have that!), this must have been 10 years ago..... 
Anyhow, for fans of Robbie Basho, political leanings of Rage Against The Machine, Leonard Cohen at times... It's really amazing, I never met Mr. O'Brien, but he had been somewhat of a virtuoso, originally from either Ireland or Boston via Ireland, as a kid (so his political conscious, given Ireland's oppressed state of affairs then, definitely informed him), he has a gift for voice, lyricism, very poetic, and his guitar playing is absolutely phenomenal. 
One that isn't likely to show up (no Discogs, no clips anywhere), I would be surprised if another appeared in the next couple years, even veteran PDX crate diggers, into this kind of music, have never heard of it, or in one case, knew the rumor of its existence, but had never seen one, didn't know if actually existed..... 
Beautiful copy, I should mention the labels, track titles are all done in pen by John himself, it's that kind of demo! Very nice fidelity for a demo, likely a late "Rexius Studios" recorded one, but no info given. 
Peep the soundclips :)


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