SCARCE - MINT THE E-TYPES VS THE MYSTIC TIDE REVERBERTATION GARAGE PSYCH LP

$

22

        ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..

THE E-TYPES  VS. THE MYSTIC TIDE

       ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..

                    USA - FR. - EV - 12037

MINT CLEAN ~~ Final Collection Copy!

Here is a a great, long long gone limited European pressing that was issued literally 32 years back. Haven't seen a copy for ages ... Both sides are filled with essential garage nuggets from the '60s, The infectiously-catchy grooves of the E-Types (featured on side A) who released the amazingly timeless psychedelic gem "Put The Clock back On The Wall" pitted against the mighty Mystic Tide, who issued the multi-$$$hundred valued 45's on tap here. The album presents the groups as a "Battle Of The Bands" - in that case, as good as the E-Types are (and they are...) they decidedly get blown outta the room by the Mystic Tide and their acid-surf/garage guitar led crude jams...

Mystic Tide were from Long Island New York (of all things!) and as we've learned from their well documented history, they released four singles from 1965 to 1967 and then they absorbed by the black hole that eats great music and spits collector's items out of the back door annals of history. Their side in this LP, is so varied that if we listen to their tracks without looking at the credits we could never tell it's the same band: from the British beat sound of "I Search For A New Love" to the 9 1/2 minutes of eastern scale improvisation on "Psychedelic Journey" and their take on early psychedelia in "Frustration" there a huge distance, especially for the short period of their activity. Listening to Mystic Tide, we can easily understand why the original 45's go for frenzied multi-hundreds of auction dollars.

The E-Types were formed in Salinas, California and were very popular in the area for a couple of years in the mid-60s. The core of the band were Bob Wence and Don Shepard, while their friend Larry Hosford, wrote several of their "hits". The E-Types would certainly took the Beatles side in a hypothetical Beatles vs. Stones war, but as you can listen for yourself there were not at all immitators: their vocals, their guitar riffs and their original tracks are some of the best of the "softer" side of 60s garage (like a mix between the Zombies and the Fredric).

A:

E-Types* I Can't Do It

E-Types* Long Before

E-Types* Put The Clock Back On The Wall

E-Types* 4th Street

E-Types* She Moves Me

E-Types* The Love Of The Loved

E-Types* Big City

E-Types* Back To Me

B:

Mystic ...Tide Frustration

Mystic Tide ...Psychedelic Journey

Mystic Tide ...Running Through The Night

Mystic Tide ...I Search For A New Love

Mystic Tide ...You Won't Look Back

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record