M- 1969 COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH Together ACID Psych a+

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Nov 22, 2009 Sold Date

Nov 17, 2009 Start Date

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M- CLEAN ~ 1969 ORIGINAL ACID ROCKER CLASSIC !!!

Country Joe & The Fish

Together

\ USA - silvver Vanguard -

Minty clean first press...one of the *best* copies found in years...

Underrrated 1969 3rd album features simnilar acid injections as their first two albums... it's hard to fingure but 1969's "Together" was County Joe & The Fish's best selling album ... without a 'hit song', it must have been their exposure in Woodstock & the movie of, from the same year as the album ('69)

Known for their overt "acid rock" sound, the album has strong varied styles that will keep most any half way 'hip' music fan interested. Noted for the highlights, as in their amazing psychedelic track "Cetacean" with lysergic guitar nirvana layed over a killer melody, the shimmering reverberations of "Susan" (pure LSD vibes) and the haunting "Untitled protest"

The one thing that Country Joe & the Fish can never be faulted on through their first three releases (this one included) is the quality of the musicianship and the overall production. On 'Together', they continue their exploration of multiple styles (which was amply noticeable on 'I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die'), making serious (and humorous) inroads into several areas new to them.

"Rock and Soul Music" A riviting blending of hard garage-rock with R & B and totally pointless lyrics with an excitable imitated hillbilly voice (heard with much greater effect on "The Harlem Song") intones: "rock and soul music is doggone good!" You get the idea.

"Susan" a holdout from the dominant style of the first album ['Electric Music for the Mind and Body']. Definitely a diamond in the rough.

"Mojo Navigator" Drug rock similar to the style of the song "Love" from the first album.

"Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine" Hippie vaudeville style music, a satire on the middle class lifestyle. Vocals have that 'megaphone' sound.

"Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer/The Streets of Your Town" Song about Joe's bad impression of a visit to NYC. Biting satire, powerful rocker, and extremely effective. Still affects the way one feel's about that city:
"Number people race through the dawn
With their number people faces on
Well square is not the word for the sucking, squeezing herd . . .
The subway is not the underground!"

"The Fish Moan" the Fish on a downer...lots of 'moaning'....bad acid.

"The Harlem Song" More hippie vaudeville, and even better. In the middle is a very long spoken/shouted dialogue between a somewhat egregious country fellow from the South and a Harlem resident, brutally satirizing racial stereotypes, but doing it in the most hilarious and skillful way imaginable.

"Waltzing in the Moonlight" Fish flamenco = well executed and memorable, once it sinks its claws into your skull. Not the first American flamenco rock of the psychedelic era--that distinction probably belongs to the Doors, who used a traditional guitar introduction to their "Spanish Caravan" from the 'Waiting for the Sun' album.

"Away Bounce My Bubbles" Watery, happy meditation, mostly instrumental.

"Cetacean" Here the Fish meet the Cetaceans (biological classification for the family of sea mammals which includes, whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.). Change the settings on the lead guitar and...Betcha never heard acid surf before!

"An Untitled Protest" A very powerful, poetically graphic Vietnam war protest song, sang/wailed by Joe [accompanied only by an organ droning in a minor key]; this one has to be heard to be believed. Haunting.

Side 1:

Rock and Soul Music (6:51)
Susan (3:28)
Mojo Navigator (2:23)
Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine (2:19)
Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer (0:43)
The Streets of Your Town (3:00)

Side 2:

The Fish Moan (0:27)
The Harlem Song (4:19)
Waltzing in the Moonlight (2:13)
Away Bounce My Bubbles (2:25)
Cetacean (3:38)
An Untitled Protest (2:45)

CONDITION: the cover in the old unipak gatefold style and very very clean, M-

The vinyl all gloosy clean, M-

One of the *best* copies found in a long time....

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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