RARE '69 Orig FIELDS CREAM GUITAR HARD GARAGE BLUES POPSIKE PSYCH UNDERGROUND
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RARE AND SOUGHT 1969 HARD GARAGE PSYCH ala CREAM
FIELDS
\ USA - UNI RECORDS - 73050
MINTY CLEAN VINYL ...one of the *best* we've been able to find ...Original 1969 first pressing in the old UNI Records label, known for great psych albums, and in the usual old styled unipak gatefold cover...
The obscure and highly sought after FIELDS, an underground hardrock psych trio with loads of cool fuzz guitar injected into the original tunes...
Ok first off, this band bears no relation to the English/Icelandic group of the same name.
Fields were a US psych-bluesrock trio consisting of Richard Fortunato (lead vocals and guitar), Patrick Burke (bass) and Steve Lagan (percussion). They existed for only about a year or so, released one single (Bide My Time), this eponymously titled album, and they collapsed after touring together, yeah, vanished witout a trace....
The LP itself comes in a somewhat op-art psych-pop designed gatefold sleeve, with the cover mixings of purple, green and mustard-yellow, with a sepia band photograph forming the centrepiece.
Musically, this is a blending of styles, but it works quite nicely. An obvious influence is the hard blues-rock of the likes of Cream, but there’s also acid-rock and psychedelia --and the album as a whole is very raw.
Side One consists of songs between 3 and 5 minutes and for me the standout track is Take You Home – which was the B-side to the Bide My Time single. It’s a heavy blues rocker, with great riffs, which is basically about just wanting to get it on with a girl. Jump On You is also pretty cool as well – and one can only presume it’s what happens once Fields have taken you home.
But the real treasure of this album is Love is the Word, the 18-minute epic crazy-fest that takes up the entirety of Side Two. You kind of have to just hear, as it defies explanation --it is the sound of Sgt. Pepper’s, The Doors, and Cream's Clapton having been put in a blender, mixed up and then unleashed in an actual (long) song with a structure. A lunatic structure, but a structure nonetheless.
All in all, its an interesting album, highly worthy by the sought psych & sixties fans out there -- plus, they get points for (allegedly) being named after the great W.C. Fields.
Side One
1. Elysian Fields (3:40)
2. Bide My Time (4:31)
3. Take You Home (3:00)
4. Jump On you (3:18)
5. Sun Would Set (5:19)
Side Two
1. Love Is The Word (18:22)
CONDITION: The Cover: The old style unipak gatefold cover is VG++ with small shelf wear starting on front, some on back, bright original colors, no delete marks which is rare for this album, just a little and not bad at all...solid seams, still collectible.
The Vinyl: both sides all glossy clean M- one of the best copies we've had ~ play graded ver4y clean excellent ....enjoyable ... and both UNI labels are clean....
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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