MAD RIVER s/t 1st LP 1968 WEST COAST PSYCHEDELIA ORIGINAL US heavy acid psych
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1968 ORIGINAL San Francisco ACID~ROCK CLASSIC: MAD RIVER - s.t (debut album) ORIGINAL USA PRESSING ON RAINBOW CAPITOL RECORDS - ST 2985 SLEEVE: VG (ringwear) RECORD: EX <
On many want lists, this 1968 original ...one of the greatest (and rarest on major label) San Francisco hippie-era psychedelic classics...on the rainbow Capitol label! By the end of 1967 MAD RIVER had played a number of Fillmore and Avalon gigs and were signed to Capitol along with The Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Steve Miller Band. Their debut album was issued in 1968. Extremely uncommercial, and very psychedelic, it was particularly noteworthy for Lawrence Hammond's distinctive quavering vocals and some superb interweaving acid guitar work (particularly on The War Goes On and Eastern Light. It has later transpired that during its making the recording and playback speeds were not the same - so everything came out higher and faster than they had played it! Overall Mad River's first album features the dark side of the psychedelic experience, sounding like a soundtrack to a bad trip with its bleak, enigmatic lyrics, swirling, somewhat dissonant arrangements, and relentlessly minor melodies. The longer tracks feature rise and fall build ups with crashing acid guitar exchanges -- plus the hell-bent jerking tempos of "Merciful Monks" and "Amphetamine Gazelle," as well as the chilling closing lullaby "Hush Julian, " all still pack a punch !
MAD RIVER WERE: DAVID ROBINSON (Guitar), THOMAS MANNING (Vocals, 12 string, bass), RICK BOCHNER (Vocals, guitar, 12 string), GREGORY LEROY DEWEY (Vocals, drums, fence and worms recorder), LAWRENCE HAMMOND (Lead vocals, bass, guitar, recorder, 12 string, piano).
Merciful Monks (Lawrence Hammond) (3:39) High All the Time (Lawrence Hammond) (4:07) Amphetamine Gazelle (Lawrence Hammond) (2:56) Eastern Light (Lawrence Hammond, Greg Dewey) (7:58) Wind Chimes (Mad River) (7:15) The War Goes On (Lawrence Hammond) (12:25) Hush, Julian (Lawrence Hammond) (1:11)
NOTE! Postage indicated in the auction is not the actual postage as ebay doesn't allow a higher postage then 4 GBP in this category. Postage for this item is 8 GBP to most countries within Europe and 16 GBP for the rest of the world. This is up to 2kg, so you can add up to 6 more LP's for the same postage. Postage for 7 LP´s is the same as for 1 LP, so buy more to save on postage!
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Postage for 1 LP is the same as for 7 LP's (<2kg), so please order more LP's to save on shipping!
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