MONO 1967 Orig KALEIDOSCOPE SIDE TRIPS CALIF EXOTIC EASTERN GARAGE PSYCH
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Mar 26, 2023
Sold Date
Mar 21, 2023
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USA
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- ORIGINAL 1967 MONO MIXES FIRST PRESS
- TOP COPY
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- KALEIDOSCOPE
... SIDE TRIPS ...
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- USA - EPIC RECORDS - LN 24304 (MONOPHONIC)
The Kaleidoscope (from the USA, not to be confused with the band of the same name from the UK) is an oddity in the history of psychedelic rock: pulling in ideas from everywhere imaginable, they fused trippy psychedelia, sunny pop, snaky Middle Eastern melodies, heavy rock, and more into a concoction they played with humor, conviction and an unerring technical aplomb that belied a seriousness and dedication behind the cartwheeling exterior.
- Led by vocalist Sol Feldthouse, whose piercing but versatile voice always seemed to have a wry smile to it, the original Kaleidoscope's debut album, Side Trips, contained not only some of the best, most unique psychedelia of that year but did nearly everyone else one better, by playing very non-rock styles of music and making the whole thing not just palatable, but entertaining and even instructional.
- The exotic band Kaleidoscope's instrumentalists were eager to get their hands on anything that had an interesting sound, and for every every guitar lick and drum beat on Side Trips you'll find a warbling oud or a gypsy fiddle. The band was certainly a product of its time, evidenced by the stunning and convincing psychedelic sounds of songs such as "If The Night" and "Keep Your Mind Open", but also had no interest in being constrained by the trappings of the then-new music.
Most of the songs on this album are unique — meaning, they don't even sound like each other. They do, however, all sound like they come from the same band, and the zigzagging around musical styles is never showy or distracting. There is a uniformity to the album, and even when the band began (as many bands of the era) to slowly evolve from spacy psychedelia into something else, the Kaleidoscope kept most of the sensibilities displayed on their debut. Later albums such as A Beacon From Mars and Incredible! kept the bar high, and the band's obvious enjoyment of their own music kept them from burning out or getting bored.
Major chart success, however, was never in the cards for the band, for even when the group's music happened to overlap with the sensibilities of the record-buying public, they didn't seem to really care and certainly never capitalized on it. Which helps make Side Trips a true lost classic; most people who would love it have never heard (or heard of) it, but it is luckily still available as a collectible.
The album is a manic pace of changes and features a huge range of musical styles rank it as one of the top ten classics of the early psychedelic era. (The band would keep things very efficient and quick on this first album; next one up, they would stretch out into lengthy psychedelic explorations on 1968's A Beacon From Mars.)
Nobody else sounded like this band, and most bands never had any songs quite so adventurous and well-played. Get ready — if you hear this once, you're likely to want to hear it another 100 times over...
- "Egyptian Gardens"
"If the Night"
"Hesitation Blues"
"Please"
"Pulsating Dream"
"Keep Your Mind Open"
"Oh Death"
"Come on In"
"Why Try"
"Minnie the Moocher" CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: CLEAN near M-
- This IS the 56 years ago FIRST PRINT ... the rare MONO mixes ... investment rarity !!!
- The front & back cover very clean as one can ever find
- No split seams, no tears or rips, no writing, has the smallest delete mark
- any one could hope for in the case of ...
- rated: Beautiful 1967 ORIGINAL rare MONO mixes
- Final Collection Copy
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- The vinyl: Rated: CLEAN near M- looks & plays totally minty from start to finish and both (yellow) MONO EPIC Records labels are totally clean
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VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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