SIGN OF AQUARIUS soundtrack LP 1971 TRIPPY ACID FUNK PSYCH like HAIR nude LISTEN

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Original Soundtrack "SIGN OF AQUARIUS" LP

ORIGINAL 1971 LP the US ADELL label, STEREO ASLP 216

COVER in VG+ shape, some edgewear, writing (small) on back

VINYL looks good, shiny, one or two light handling scuffs that do nothing - I'll playgrade it later tonight and update.

Kind of a low-rent HAIR, with more sex, drugs, sex, violence and sex than its mentor.  SIGN OF AQUARIUS was also known as LOVE COMMUNE and, get this, GHETTO FREAKS, which is the title Something Weird decided to go with when they released it on DVD.  For the album, which is FAR harder to find (and hasn’t been reissued), SIGN OF AQUARIUS is an apt title, because these guys are clearly going for the HAIR market.  So if the oft repeated theme song “We Are the Aquarians,” offered here in both vocal and far-out groovy synthesizer versions (“in a programmatical area” they call it) are hoping to confuse people thinking they’ve got “Age of Aquarius,” then no doubt the amazingly racist vamp “Two Dollar Down” is their answer to “Colored Spade.”  Sung by an obvious white dude doing the worst black man impersonation since the Howard Stern Show was on TV, it’s actually got a pretty good psych-o-funkadelic rhythm section, if you can get past the lyrics about picking cotton.  Concentrate instead on the great wailing guitar solos and the thrash-‘n’-burn drums and it’s a pretty killer track.  Likewise “Soorangi,” a cool funky Hammond groove that would be electric on the dancefloor if it weren’t for those hip-displacing tempo stutters.  All in all, then, a very cool HAIR knockoff with funkier songs and a much better cover.  Though I still wish it said GHETTO FREAKS.

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I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

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