SCARCE Orig 1969 MERRYWEATHER RICHARDSON BOERS (UGLY DUCKLINGS) HARD BLUES Psych
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RARE 1969 ORIGINAL!
HARD UNDERGROUND BLUES ROCK JAMMER!
NEIL MERRYWEATHER
JOHN RICHARDSON
and
BOERS
USA - KENT RECORDS - 546
RARE ... Minty clean vinyl in THICK gatefold = near impossible to find this gatefold cover without shelf wear
On the same label as BOB SMITH's "The Visit" as probably as scarce...
Original 1969 first pressing in thick gatefold cover. Always been hard to find as there were not many copies released. The underground hard-rock band mixes strong hard blues into their sound with ripping guitar leads all over the place. Should well appeal to fans of the hardrock/blues style as well as followers of both Mama Lion and Heavy Cruiser, both with a connection to this "Merryweather" group...
After his exit from the band “Merryweather”, Neil Merryweather and his manager flew to Toronto Canada where Neil found his new band members. He recruited Robin Boers as drummer. Robin was in the legendary Toronto garage band “Ugly Ducklings”, that released one album - a monster rated collectible. For guitarist, he chose John Richardson who had played with the “Lords of London” and “Nucleus”, two popular bands on the Toronto scene. Neil and Morey Alexander flew them back to LA.
The “Merryweather, Richardson & Boers” album was recorded for Kent Records as a one-off deal to raise money to support the band, with the advance being used to rent a house to live and rehearse in. The LP was recorded in one night at Paramount Studios. Neil wrote the songs on the fly, they did a couple of cover songs, and it was done in about four hours. It was quickly mixed at Village Recorders.
Neil brought Jack Velker into the crew to play organ. He was a member of a Canadian band called the “49th Parallel” that disbanded in LA.
“Merryweather, Richardson & Boers” added Neil’s girlfriend, Lynn Carey, to the band for some more recordings at Kent Studios. They did covers of “Shop Around” and “Lucille” with Neil and Lynn singing a two-part harmony.
Though Merryweather had started to attract something of a following in late 1969, ironically, the group played probably its best-received show on the day it broke up, October 12. On the day in question, Merryweather had travelled down the coast to perform at the Balboa Stadium in San Diego on a bill that also featured Country Joe & The Fish, Poco and Chicago. According to fans in attendance, Merryweather pretty much stole the show. "It was probably our biggest success and we were at least second on the bill," he recalls. "The crowd was already pumped up for us.
Credited to Merryweather, Richardson and Boers, their only album includes excellent material, most notably, the Merryweather, Richardson and Boers collaboration, "Flat Black", Merryweather and girlfriend Lynn (Mama Lion) Carey's "You Must Live It" and Merryweather's "Aren't You Glad That You Know". There's plenty of strong guitar work and the album should well appeal to fans of underground hardrock and...the Mama Lion band from the early '70s
Very few copies of the album appeared to have been pressed and soon afterwards, Merryweather abandoned the project to look for new musical partners.
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side one: -
Aren`t You Glad That You Know -
- City Boy
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- Dust My Blues
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Flat Black -
side two: -
You Must Live It -
- Your Real Good Thing (Is About To End)
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- Local 149
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- Are You Ready (Everyone) 11:05
Personnel:
Neil Merryweather - Bass, Harmonica and Vocals
John Richardson - Guitar
Robin Boers - Drums
Jumpin` Jack Velker - Organ and keys
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CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG+; THICK gate-fold cover is normally highly wear-prone, almost all surviving copies show much wear; survivor here from 47 years ago with only light wear starting on front. back has a light ring, inner gatefold is M- clean (see photo) ...all solid, has no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated: M- TOP COPY expect very enjoyable & clean audio play grade ... both KENT labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
CONDITION: The cover: fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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