RARE ORIG '68 THE INSECT TRUST '68 MYSTICAL HIPPIE HEAD PSYCH Jefferson Airplane
  $   92

 


$ 92 Sold For
May 31, 2020 Sold Date
May 28, 2020 Start Date
$   10 Start price
7   Number Of Bids
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~ RARE 1968 ORIGINAL VINYL ~ PRESSING ~


RAINBOW CAPITOL FIRST PRESSING IN UNIPAK COVER


ACID UNDERGROUND FROM SAN FRANCISCO 1968

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  • The INSECT TRUST

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    • USA - (rainbow) Capitol - SKAO 109 - Stereophonic

      STRONG collection copy (its a RARE album!)
      Highly sought collectible 1968 ORIGINAL first pressing on the also sought/collected RAINBOW Capitol label of the sixties ...in old-style unipak gatefold cover

    1. Really nice electrified acid folk with a very strong Americana feel to it in the vein of Jefferson Airplane ...or there abouts....if they had been more experimentally varied...or there abouts ...
      If nothing else, their instrumental line-up should warn you that The Insect Trust was not your run--of-the-mill late 1960s rock and roll outfit. The group's talent pool consisted of guitarists Bill Barth and Luke Faust, reed players Trevor Koelhler and Robert Palmer and vocalist/keyboard player Nancy Jeffries . Even though they were one of the era's more eclectic outfits and attracted little attention (and even fewer sales), their out-and-out experimentation had a substantial impact on music and if you're willing to make the investment of time and energy (and a bit of money), getting into their short catalog can be a rewarding experience.
      Having previously played in The Solip Singers (along with Holy Modal Rounder Pete Stampfel), by 1968 Barth and Jeffries had moved on to form The Insect Trust (the name reportedly inspired by Bill Lebvy's poetry journal The Insect Trust Gazette). In the process they somehow scored a contract with Capitol Records (legend has it that while at a party, hearing a particularly crappy piece of music on the stereo Barth told a fellow guest he hated the song - the fellow guest happened to be Steve Duboff who had produced it).
      Produced by Duboff, the band's self-titled 1968 debut offered up an impossible to describe aural grab bag of influences. With all five members contributing material "The Insect Trust" somehow managed to incorporate influences ranging from 1920s-era anti-war tracts ('World War I Song'), bluegrass ('Foggy River Bridge Fly'), rural, psych, jazz, discordant avant garde (the second half of 'The Skin Game'), blues (the blazing 'Special Rider Blues') and what would even pass as a precursor to today's world music genre ('Going Home'). Propelled by Nancy Jeffries' crystalline voice and the band's penchant for unusual instrumentation and bizarre arrangements (often within the same song), to these ears the results were simply fascinating. Personal favorites; the mesmerizing 'Miss Fun City' and the sweet ballad 'Been Here and Gone So Soon'. Clearly too unusual for radio (to say nothing of the rank and file listening public), the album instantly vanished from 'in print' stock.
      (side 1)  The Skin Game - 4:07 Miss Fun City - 5:04 World War I Song - 3:18 Special Rider Blues - 7:45 Foggy River Bridge Fly (instrumental) - 1:07  Been Here and Gone So Soon 3:29
      (side 2)  Declaration of Independence - 2:30  Walking On Nails  Brighter Than Day - 2:31  Mountain Song - 2:49  Going Home - 5:10
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  3. The cover: rated: VG+(+) considered a keeper copy with what surviving copies look like 50 years onward (typically with far more wear IF found at all !) ...hard to find one any better!! The old styled unipak gatefold cover is one of thee most prone-to-wear covers ever! HERE a collection keeper with consideration to the facts...with strong seams, no bends, no writing and no other problem, including NO delete marks... overall very decent as a collection copy -

  1. The vinyl: Rated: top copy = M- all glossy & clean both sides; very shiny everywhere and plays with enjoyable mint audio and has clean rainbow Capitol labels


A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))

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  GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M    Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
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