Promo 1968 RAINBOW Steve MILLER BAND SAILOR SF Psych
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RARE 1968 PROMO ~ RAINBOW CAPITOL COLLECTIBLE S.F. PSYCH CLASSIC!
The STEVE MILLER BAND
" SAILOR "
\ USA - RAINBOW CAPITOL RECORDS - ST 2984 - PROMOTIONAL
RARE as an advanced released 1968 first pressing promotional copy on the famously collected RAINBOW Capitol label of the sixties...the great 2nd Steve Miller Band album, issued in the heart of the San Francisco hippie psych scene...
SAILOR is a 60's West Coast psychedelic blues masterpiece. Honestly the first thing thats comes to mind is to pitty the ignorant masses that think Steve Miller's limited to corny pop-rock creations like "Abracadabra" or those who have only heard "Serenade" from their "Greatest rock hits of all time" compilations.
"SAILOR" features atmospheric and exquisitely textured instrumentals, melodic and vibrating guitar lines that successfully blend psychedelic and rock. It was also the last Steve Miller Band album to feature contributions by Boz Scaggs.
Sandwiched in between the band's love for the blues and R&B with "Gangster Of Love" and "You're So Fine" are great rock tracks such as "Living In The USA" and "Dime-A-Dance Romance." The desert-island choice, however, is the imaginative instrumental "Song For Our Ancestors." Close your eyes while listening to it and, without needing artificial stimulants, you can actually hear ferry boats entering the harbor, as captured in audio verite for the track. Steve Miller reiterated that he was always aware of forward thinking: "It's amazing what the breakthroughs are, and the quality is absolutely better and you don't have the digital/analog argument anymore about what sounds the best. It's all new. And now anybody in the world can do what I wanted to do so badly when I got my deal with Capitol Records and got to finally go into a recording studio." What was begun on Children of the Future is more fully realized on Sailor, most notably on the opening "Song for Our Ancestors," which begins with a foghorn and only gets stranger from there. Indeed, the song precognizes Pink Floyd's 1971 opus "Echoes" to such an extent that one wonders how much the latter enjoyed Miller's own wild ride. Elsewhere, the beautiful, slow "Dear Mary" positively shimmers in a haze of declared love, while the heavy drumbeats and rock riffing guitar of "Living in the U.S.A." are a powerful reminder that the Steve Miller Band, no matter what other paths they meandered down, could rock out with the best of them.
And, of course, this is the LP that introduced many to the classic "Gangster of Love," a song that would become almost wholly Miller's own, giving the fans an alter ego to caress long before "The Joker" arose to show his hand. Rounding out Miller's love of the blues is an excellent rendering of "You're So Fine." At their blues-loving best, Sailor is a classic Miller recording and a must-have — especially for the more contemporary fan, where it becomes an initiation into a past of mythic proportion.
- "Song for Our Ancestors"
- "Dear Mary"
- "My Friend"
- "Living in the U.S.A."
- "Quicksilver Girl"
- "Lucky Man"
- "Gangster of Love"
- "You're So Fine"
- "Overdrive"
- "Dime-a-Dance Romance"
CONDITION: The cover is great...M- strong and solid with no shelf wear...the standard circle drill at top right in the way Capitol Records issued all their promos including The Beatles... no seam splits, no bends and no writing...
The vinyl is all glossy, having some small light inner paper sleeve scuffs, VG+ visual and plays excellent as the few soft hairlines were not audible on playgrade.
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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