RARE 1969 PROMO TOUCH USA PROG PSYCH + POSTER

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   1969 RARE USA PROGRESSIVE COLLECTIBLE

                       + RARE POSTER

             TOUCH

         USA - COLISEUM RECORDS - (PROMOTIONAL) - DS 51004  

RARE advance release 1969 PROMOTIONAL first pressing with gimmix cover that opens from the middle like the first Ash Ra Tempel Lp, and includes the rare to find large group POSTER ...and comes with the original 1969 printed inner sleeve... 

Touch have been considered to be the first USA progressive band, their themes and instrumentation are pure progressive rock....This album is the direct result of what happens when the band members take copious amounts of hallucinogenic drugs. Inspired and pretentious, brilliant and unfocused, pop and progressive, and above all self-indulgent. Imagine a blend of Vanilla Fudge, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and The Nice, but you still won't quite have a handle on it.

Touch’s sole album was released in early 1969. Prior to that, the band’s leader, Don Gallucci, had been in the Kingsmen and later on with Don and the Good Times. With the Kingsmen, he co-wrote and played electric piano on Louie Louie, the most legendary of garage rock classics.

The lineup that recorded Touch was Don Gallucci (vocals, keyboards), Jeff Hawks (vocals), Bruce Hauser (vocals, bass), Joey Newman (vocals, guitars) and John Bordonaro (vocals, percussion). The group rented a castle in the Hollywood Hills in which they would rehearse and invite interested record company executives who would see them play live. With numerous record companies competing for a contract, Coliseum/London Records finally won the bid with a record breaking $25,000 advance. The band began recording at Sunset Sounds but sessions were soon plagued with hype and out of control partying. Word quickly spread about the mind blowing music Touch had been recording at Sunset Sounds. Grace Slick, Mick Jagger, and the great Jimi Hendrix stopped by the studio to witness Touch in action. What they heard on those sessions was thankfully put down to wax and released at the tail end of the decade.

The Touch album is graced with the adventurous spirit of the 60s, a record overflowing with ideas, killer musicianship, and great performances. It’s one of America’s first progressive rock albums albeit one that still has a strong psychedelic hangover. The above mentioned track, the nearly 12 minute "Seventy Five" is one of the great early progressive rockers with a fabulous guitar solo and a wonderful, atmospheric vocal performance from Jeff Hawks. Seventy Five is often described as a theatre-of-the-mind epic but is by no means an overblown ELP keyboard extravaganza. Two straight ahead rockers, We Feel Fine and Miss Teach, are really good and distinctive too, with confident vocals, great guitar work, and well written lyrics. Other songs are more psychedelic like the piano dominated Friendly Birds, the classically influenced ballad Alesha and Others, and the experimental Down At Circe’s Place. 'Down At Circe’s Place' is an underrated psychedelic classic with flanged vocals, a great spaced out guitar solo, powerful drum work, trippy sound effects ,and noisy keyboard work – it’s got everything you’d want from an album like this.

Touch hangs together as an album quite well and never succumbs to endless jamming or unfinished ideas. This is a great album and one that deserves its classic status. Gallucci would go on to produce the Stooges’ Funhouse but Touch is probably his finest hour as a musician.

1. We Feel Fine (4:41)
2. Friendly Birds (4:53)
3. Miss Teach (3:29)
4. The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer (8:52)
5. Down At Circ's Place (4:00)
6. Alesha And Others (3:05)
7. Seventy Five (11:12)

CONDITION: The cover the custom designed gimmix cover that opens from the middle is in fine collectible VG++ to "EX" (excellent) with no problems other than a little light shelf wear just starting. The open up from the middle front panels are stiff and strong, no bends. No split seams, no writing...promotional copy sticker at top left only adds to the value as a limited pre-release promo...

The vinyl is all glossy both sides M- smooth and cloear across both sides and plays excellent  the Coliseum labels are both clean

the large group poster is clean....

                keeper copy!

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