M- 1969 Orig THE SHOCKING BLUE ? VENUS Hard Fuzzz PSYCH
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1969 PSYCH-ROCK CLASSIC
MINT ORIGINAL IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER
With scarce VENUS sticker!
THE SHOCKING BLUE
USA - Colossus Records - CS 1000
Minty clean ...STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER contains the scarce VENUS sticker on outside of the cellophane ...most folks tore off the outer cellophane and there went the now scarce VENUS sticker...
TOP original 1969 first pressing of the powerful SHOCKING BLUE who delivered the timeless thriller "VENUS" -- and that's just the start with tunes up and down both sides featuring crafted infectious hard edged melodocs with fuzz guitar, sitar, and a sexy female voice ...
In 1969, Shocking Blue’s songwriter/guitarist Robby van Leeuwen was on a major creative roll, penning an extraordinary number of classics in rapid succession. The best-known of which was “Venus,” a single that rose to the upper reaches of many international singles charts. The Dutch group released four more singles the same year, but none of them had the impact in the same manner as “Venus.” To this day, it is the song most people outside of the group’s native turf of Holland associate with Shocking Blue and it’s not surprising as to why: it had the greatest amount of airplay in its day, it’s catchy, compact enough it doesn’t overstay its welcome and is sexy as hell.
"The Shocking Blue” is a US-reconfiguration of their Dutch “At Home” album, but unlike the majority of this sort of American label reassemblies of foreign-released LPs, it squarely hit the mark in every way. Not only by losing what was the weakest link on “At Home” (“I’ll Write Your Name Through The Fire”), this US version adds their great singles “Mighty Joe” and “Send Me A Postcard” re-programming the whole album into a far more satisfying listen in every way...."The Shocking Blue” is a perfect and immaculate baker’s dozen; ‘specially as it’s cut from the same strident and monolithic urgency as “Love Buzz” or “California Here I Come.” In attendance are the fuzz guitar licks snarling up a storm, the non-Raga pop sitar melody, stoic bass lines, the metronomic-with-pure-simplicity drumming and the lyrics are of the same burnt qualities that van Leeuwen purveyed so often at this time, verging on the simplistic. And once they are communicated through vocalist Mariska Veres’ strident, Grace Slick-staring-down-Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz ( of Amon Duul II) tones in her charming and engaging German/Hungarian/Dutch-filtered English, they become something else altogether.
Long And Lonesome Road
Love Machine
The Butterfly And I
Venus
California Here I Come
Poor Boy
II
Mighty Joe
Bool Weevil
Acka Ragh
Love Buzz
I'm A Woman
Send Me A Postcard
CONDITION: The cover: is strong, stiff and solid MINT Still In Factory Shrink Wrapper... very clean... no split seams, no bends, no writing ...highly collectible...
The vinyl: all glossy clean and clear M- ...looks and plays TOP of the line...
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A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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