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Very Rare
Privately Pressed
Obscure Student Project
Folk Jazz Rock
Lp

~ Follies Bazaar "84" ~
Rhode Island Is The Universe

self-released c. 1978 by Follies Bazaar # 45284 

privately pressed College Project album recorded 
at Normandy Sound Studios in Warren, Rhode Island by
a large entourage of guys & chicks and LPs in this series
are listed by Hans Pokora & listed in the Acid Archives
with some songs here sounding somewhat like the
Grateful Dead with a UK Prog Hippie Folk Rock
feel with some occasional Jazz touches too

this copy is in Near Mint Condition

< Listen To The Clip Above >

very obscure acoustic/electric Rural folk
Psychedelic collaborative collective group out of
URI [University of Rhode Island] in Kingston, RI that
began as a collective in 1970 as Perspective renamed
Follies Bazaar after releasing a few really amazing
LPs & this college URI was known for having "High Noon"
where students'd gather 'round & they'd Smoke Weed
at noon & this group sounds like high noon to us!

see our other eBay listings for more Private Press LPs
including another by Follies Bazaar and others


~ songs ~


Gone By Dawn
20th Century
Springfield Missouri
Make Me An Offer
The Night Is Here
Can't You Understand
2 A.M. On Basin Street
Inflections Of The Mind


~ credits ~


Bruce Abbott (Vocals, Flute, Tenor & Baritone Sax)
Chris Aliberto (Producer, Mixing)
Bob "The Rocket" Allen (Alto Sax, Flute)
Steve Batista (Drums)
Art Blackwood (Piano)
Larry Brusic (Bass)
Tom Carmody (Tabla, Drums, Producer)
Brian Cote (Piano, Synthesizer)
Bob Desilits (Piano)
Bob Detourneau (Bass)
Dan Detourneau (Drums)
Phil Durquette (Bass)
Emily Estes (Vocals)
"Friedpiper" (Flute)
Brenda Goldaper (Assistance)
Phil Greene (Engineer, Mixing)
Wally A. Gyra (Back Cover Calligraphy)
Rudy Hays (Assistance)
Craig Johnson (Piano, Guitar, Vocals)
Gregg Macedo (11 String Acoustic, Guitar,
Bass, Vocals, Producer)
Maureen Mecketsy / Mechetsy (Vocals)
T. McCaferty (Cover Design)
Mc Kays (Crowd Noise)
Paul Murphy (Electric Guitar)
John Navazio (Guitar, Vocals, Producer)
K.C. Osbourne IV (Electric Clone Guitar)
Chris Perry (Electric Guitar)
Harry Potter (Drums)
Dave Sardinha (Engineer)
Steve Shapiro (Saxophone)
Robert Shuman (Engineer)
Bruce Smith (Bass)
Donna Soares (Engineer)
Karl Thornton (Electric Guitar)
Nancy Vanncore / Vanacore (Cover Photo)
Bob Winsor (Engineer)

not sure if any went on to greater things? 


~ condition ~


record is in Near Mint - Condition and has been
fully Play Tested & it Sounds Fantastic & plays with
no skips or repeats & has just ever-so-slight occasional
mellow crackle & a few stray soft pops in a few spots
the vinyl is incredibly shiny & clean with almost no
visual wear & also has nice bright clean labels

the cover is in Excellent + Condition & has bold
bright colors & has no seam splits, writing or markings
but does have some very light wear around the
edges and it has just a hint of ringwear

displays & plays nicely


~ additional info ~


features all sorts of different instrumentations
with songs running the gamut of naive folk rock songs
to jammin' electric jazz rock & '70s rock boogies

other related communal
Rhode Island psych folk groups:

CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS
and RIGHT OF LITTLE REST

these sorts of private press records are really
obscure and were made in extremely small quantity
thought to be limited to be just 200 copies

great creative songs, sounds and recordings
done by college kids, hanging out having fun coming
up with music influenced by the times with sub-culture
underground feel with elements of jazz rock & prog

this particular Lp is fairly late in this yearly series
and while the sounds are a little more modern than
earlier ones, this collective always was a little behind
the times, musically - which is a good thing in their
case because it put forth styles and sounds that
were influenced by great earlier music


~ privately pressed ~


there was a time
when vinyl was the preferred format
for releasing records & many musicians would release and
distribute their own recordings when they couldn't find a
label to release their recordings & these types of DIY records
are referred to as "privately pressed" by today's collectors
and are now hard-to-find & sought after because they were
almost always made in extremely small quantities as artistic
or craft-based endeavors rather than purely commercial
ventures with no attempt at cashing it in commercially often
making for interesting & innovative DIY recordings that are
more honest, experimental and unusual than commercial
releases & many "private press" records have never been
'discovered' by today's listeners making them important
to collectors of many different recorded genres


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Mint

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Excellent

the slightest visual wear that in no way interferes with the sound

 Very Good +

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 Very Good -

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