MU Self-Titled RTV 300 Cotton Fankhauser Lyric Sheet & notations NM-
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Description
The Holy Grail of MU The first MU LP on the RTV 300 White Label Promo, With copied lyric sleeve with handwritten corrections. The Cover has top seam wear and is splitting.
MU was a band formed by Jeff Cotton (aka Antennae Jimmy Semens) after he left the Magic Band in 1969. Cotton hooked up with friends Merrell Fankhauser, Larry Willey and Randy Wimer from his old band The Exiles. The band developed a subtle and mellow sound which was lifted above the average by Cotton’s fine slide work and some interesting rhythms.
Their first single and debut album were released on very small labels and were not given the distribution and advertising they deserved. The band's first album released on the small ERA/RTV label. Recorded at Wally Heider's studio in Los Angeles, it was produced by the band and engineered by John Golden. As can be seen above the cover is a formal photograph of the band looking fairly uncomfortable ... although Jeff looks ill, thin, pale and haggard more than anything else. The back cover had MU in large letters interweaved with the 'four forces of MU' symbol on a shiny foil background. A lyric sheet was also included.
The band moved to Hawaii in 1973, Willey replaced by Jeff Parker on bass but the band fell apart the following year when Cotton and Wimer decided to follow their Christian beliefs full-time.
Side One
1 Ain't No Blues
2 Ballad Of Brother Lew
3 Blue Form
4 Interlude
5 Nobody Wants To Shine
Side Two
6 Eternal Thirst
7 Too Naked For Demetrius
8 Mumbella Baye Tu La
9 The Clouds Went That Way
Shortly after the release of the album the group went to live on Maui, one of the unspoilt Hawaiian islands and they have made their home there. They have spent a great deal of time studying the history of the Lost Continent of MU of which the Hawaiian islands was once a part. Since this recording Jeff Parker has replaced Larry Willey and the group has released two singles on their own MU label. MU Records is supported by the group's own Banana, Papaya Plantation on the island and at the time of writing are shortly leaving for the mainland (L.A.) to commence recording a new album.
Condition: Overall NM- Record Looks VG+ and plays NM- or better! Labels M, Cover VG, Lyric Sleeve with notations Intact
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