MINT ARCHIVE 1968 Orig VANILLA FUDGE THE BEAT GOES ON PSYCH CONCEPTUAL EPIC

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                             TOP COPY!

  1968 PSYCHEDELIC CONCEPTUAL ~ BEAUTIFUL FIRST PRINT

                      VANILLA FUDGE

       THE BEAT GOES ON                 

                      USA - 3 color Atco Records - SD 33 237   

TOP MINT ... hard to find this one, this clean ...Original 1968 first pressing in thick gatefold cover ...The Vanilla Fudge deliver a strange conceptual psychedelic epic in 4 parts.

Includes the original (mint) Atco '68 inner sleeve to the pressing

What we have here is an amalgamation of music, historical references, and other miscellaneous poprock culture data. When you listen to it, hopefully with a wide open mind, you need to remember several things. The album is based on 4 cardinal principles of the 60's: experimentation, political involvement, adoration of The Beatles and "letting it all hang out", or, if you prefer, openness and honesty.

The music in Phases One & Two (also the Intro that precedes them) are impressive. It is music for music's own sake, not for forging a hit single or developing an image to sell. Just talented musicians appreciating music in the abstract, playing with it, seeing what they can create. A multitude of musical genres are called up at will and used, however briefly. There is classical, old American standards, swing, Elvis, and a Beatles medley. (There is one point in the Beethoven variations where a truly inspired, dramatic moment is reached.) And throughout the Lp we hear Sonny & Cher's recurring hit "The Beat Goes On" performed in many different ways. Wish some of the pieces could go on longer, but then, before you know it, a new one appears and attention is carried away with the stream.

When we reach Phase Three, we are into territory that is similar to "Revolution No. 9" from The Beatles' White Album, although this is a lot less subtle, to say the least. Woven within are snippets of speeches made by world leaders and others (actually, they are pretty interesting)...  After this "talky" phase, Phase Four consists of more interesting, sometimes exotic, music, intertwined with recitations by the band members and then an interview in which they give their opinions on a variety of subjects, including the Black Panthers, sex, The Beatles (of course!) and ice cream.  At the very end, they sign off just as they did on "Vanilla Fudge", with The Beatles' lyrics "Nothing is real...nothing to get hung about..."

Carmine Appice - drums, vocals
Tim Bogert - bass, vocals
Vince Martell - guitar, vocals
Mark Stein - lead vocals, keyboards

01. Sketch (Vanilla Fudge) - 2:57
PHASE ONE
02. Intro: The Beat Goes On (Sonny Bono) - 1:57
03. Medley - 6:55 - including:
a). Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart: Divertimento No. 13 In F Major - 0:45
b). Nineteenth Century: Old Black Joe (traditional) - 0:46
c). Twentieth Century - including:
c1). Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter) - 0:52
c2). 12th Street Rag (Euday L. Bowman & Andy Razaf) - 0:49
c3). In The Mood (Joseph C.Garland & Andy Razaf) - 0:45
c4). Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) - 0:43
d). The Beatles - 1:45 - including:
d1). I Want To Hold Your Hand (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
d2). I Feel Fine (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
d3). Day Tripper (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
d4). She Loves You (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
PHASE TWO
04. The Beat Goes On - 1:34
05. Beethoven: Für Elise & Moonlight Sonata - 6:33
06. The Beat Goes On - 1:05
07. The Beat Goes On - 1:00
PHASE THREE
08. Voices In Time (Neville Chamberlain/Winston Churchill/Franklin Delano Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman/John F. Kennedy and Other Voices - 8:13
PHASE FOUR
09. The Beat Goes On - 1:50
10. Merchant (Vanilla Fudge)/The Game Is Over (Jean-Pierre Bourtayre/Jean Bouchety) - 9:01
11a. The Beat Goes On - 2:20

CONDITION: The cover: Thick gatefold cover is clean and crisp all over, M- a TOPcopy and has no problems...a final collection copy ... 

The vinyl: beautiful ... completely clean, M- TOP smooth and clear ... with clean labels 

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