SEALS AND CROFTS VERY RARE 1970 LP 'DOWN HOME' MINT
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  $   40

 


£ 30 Sold For
Sep 2, 2006 Sold Date
Aug 23, 2006 Start Date
£   23 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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           SEALS AND CROFTS..

               DOWN HOME..

           MINT DISC!!  ORIGINAL BELL FIRST PRESS 1970 RELEASE

             CATALOGUE SBLL 139 DITTO MATRIX

                         THIS VERY RARE LP FROM 1970 IS A GEM..THE RECORD IS UNTOUCHED AND UNPLAYED..SO YOU CAN EXPECT FACTORY CONDITION ABSOLUTELY MINT!!..INCLUDING INNER SLEEVE ALL ORIGINAL ALL PRISTINE!

            THE COVER IS EXCELLENT PLUSPLUS..ONLY  2 MINOR CREASES ON BACK DETRACT IT FROM MINT CONDITION..

   THE TRACKS ARE:

            RIDIN THUMB..HAND ME DOWN SHOE..PURPLE HAND..ROBIN..HOLLOW ROAD..

    GABRIEL GO HOME..TIN TOWN..TODAY..COTTON MOUTH..GRANNY WILL YOUR DOG BITE..LEAVE..

     PRODUCED BY JOHN SIMON..ARRANGEMENTS BY JIMMY SEALS AND DASH CROFTS..

   JIMMY SEALS VIOLIN AND GUITAR..DASH CROFTS MANDOLIN JOHN SIMON PIANO..JOHN HALL ELECTRIC GUITAR..GREG THOMAS DRUMS..PAUL HARRIS ORGAN..HARVEY BROOKS/JIM ROLLESON/BILL RICH BASS...

    JIMMY SEALS AND DASH CROFTS EXPERIMENTED WITH VARIOUS PSYCHEDELIC IDEA'S IN THE LATE SIXTIES ..AND FREE-FORMED THEIR MUSICAL TAPESTRIES FROM MYSTICAL INFLUENCES..AND PERSONAL MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES ...MUCH OF THAT INSPIRATION IS PART OF THEIR SPACEY COMPLEX ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEIR ACOUSTICALLY VERY SUBTLE AND INTRICATE SOUNDS INSTRUMENTS ...AND  DISTINCTIVE HARMONY STYLE THAT LIKE MANY SIXTIES EARLY SEVENTIES BANDS.. TAKES IN FOLK AND  RHYTHM AND BLUES AS WELL AS PSYCHE POP AND ROCK..

           SAID TO HAVE BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING... THAT ALL MUSIC WAS PART OF THE 'COSMIC CONCIOUSNESS'..THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE EXPLORED IDEA'S DIVERSE IN MYSTICISM..SUCH AS THOSE OF CAYCE ..GUIRJIEFF..SUFI MYSTICISM..AND MANY EASTERN PHILOSOPHIES..AS WELL AS HIA BABA....THEIR MUSIC PLACES THESE IDEA'S IN A STARK CONTRAST TO OTHERS..WHOM USED PSYCHEDELIC IDEA'S IN MUSIC..THERES NONE OF THE BEATLES SGT PEPPER CONCEPT..OR FRIPPS HARD ROCK SONIC ASSAULTS..NOR THE COSMIC SOUNDSCAPES OF YES..  THEIRS PLACES MYSTIC RHYTHMS AND TEMPO'S IN A SPACEY TEXTURAL EARTHY ACOUSTIC SOUND..CONCENTRATING ON LOVE AND AFFECTION AMONG PEOPLE..RATHER THAN THE LOVE OF MYSTICISM ITSELF...THEIR MUSIC IS DEEPLY INSPIRED AND WHOLESOME ..FOLKEY BLUESY ROCKY MYSTICAL SPIRITUAL FREE THINKING EXPERIMENTAL..MANY THINGS..ON THE WHOLE ITS VERY ACCESIBLE VERY INFLUENCED BY LATE SIXTIES POP TOO..A LOVE OF NATURE AND PEOPLE DRIVES THE SONGS..

    BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RARE RECORD FROM 1970 IN THIS PRISTINE CONDITION..

         DISC UNTOUCHED!!  COVER ALMOST 100%  ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE 100%

    LOW START NO RESERVE..GOOD LUCK..

            




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