Rare 1968 Tomorrow UK First Press Psych Freakbeat LP Keith West Steve Howe NMint

$

405

Up for auction is the rare Psych/Freakbeat Monster self titled LP by Tomorrow released on Parlophone Records #PCS 7042 in 1968. This is the FIRST UK press and not a later reissue.Visually graded using Goldmine standards, the vinyl rates a near mint with beautiful shine and just a hint of surface wear. The glossy jacket rates a VG++/Ex with no splits, a couple of hard to notice creases in the top right corner, light ring wear and a couple of marker lines which I think can be removed. The back cover has some light soiling and also comes with the original inner sleeve. A gorgeous copy of this rare sought after record. DO NOT MISS OUT! Low starting bid and no reserve! Will be shipped in a sturdy record mailer within a protective plastic sleeve with the record outside of the jacket to prevent splits. Please see my other auctions for more rare vinyl.
Tomorrow (previously known as The In Crowd and before that as Four Plus One) were a 1960s psychedelic rock, pop and freakbeat band. Despite critical acclaim and support from DJ John Peel who featured them on his "Perfumed Garden" radio show, the band was not a great success in commercial terms. They were among the first psychedelic bands in England along with Pink Floyd and Soft Machine. Tomorrow recorded the first ever John Peel show session on BBC Radio 1 on 21 September 1967.

Tomorrow is a 1968 album by the English psychedelic rock band Tomorrow. It was originally released by EMI Parlophone in the U.K. in a black and white sleeve. A slightly different version of the album was also released in the U.S. in 1968 as Sire Records SES 97012, one of the first releases on that label. Although it was not a success when first released it is now widely regarded as one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever made.

The lack of commercial success can be explained by the long delay between initial recording sessions in spring 1967 and final release in February 1968. By the time the album arrived in record stores the psychedelic trend had already started to die out. EMI provided a very small recording budget and would not allow prints of a colour album cover to be made, although some later re-issues were printed with a modified colour cover.

Track listing[edit]

Note: Keith West's songwriting credits are as Keith Hopkins (his real name).

Side one[edit]

1. "My White Bicycle"* (Keith Hopkins, Ken Burgess) – 3:17
2. "Colonel Brown"* (Hopkins, Burgess) – 2:51
3. "Real Life Permanent Dream" (Hopkins) – 3:15
4. "Shy Boy"* (Hopkins, Burgess) – 2:26
5. "Revolution"* (Hopkins, Steve Howe) – 3:48

Side two[edit]

1. "The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase" (Hopkins) – 3:17
2. "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop"* (Hopkins, Burgess) – 2:44
3. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:58
4. "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs"* (Hopkins, Burgess) – 2:26
5. "Now Your Time Has Come" (Hopkins) – 4:51
6. "Hallucinations"* (Hopkins, Burgess) – 2:37

Personnel[edit]

• Keith West - vocals
• Steve Howe - guitar
• John "Junior" Wood - bass
• John "Twink" Alder - percussion
• Mark P. Wirtz - keyboard
• Production: Mark P. Wirtz with engineers: Geoff Emerick, Peter Bown*