SNOW s/t RARE orig LP 1968 Epic trippy sunshine psych

$ 222

$ 222 Sold For

Aug 24, 2004 Sold Date

Aug 17, 2004 Start Date

$ 5 Start price

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VERY hard to find original vinyl pressing of the self-titled 1968 Epic album by the band SNOW. AMAZING trippy headphone psych similar to Head Shop or Gandalf, but even better and even FURTHER out there! With one of the wildest psychedelic tracks you'll ever hear, the awesome "Caterpillar", which is totally over-the-top mind-melting psychedelia, complete with tons of vocal effects, sped-up and slowed-down, off-kilter melodies, odd key changes and a melody like a mad calliope ride! Other highlights include "Old Uncle Timothy's Flying Balloon", which, as you might guess from the title, has a distinctively British toytown popsike feel a la 1967-8 Blossom Toes or Tomorrow, with a playful carousel rhythm, subtle soaring strings and great backing vocals with panning from left to right back when producers were doing that sort of stuff. "You Let Me Know" is a wonderful exercise in harmonies, all vocal arrangements and backing harmony vocal parts - it's like a psychedelic Gentle Giant. "Sirens" is pure mindblowing heavy power psych, with a dirty funky biker movie guitar riff, double-tracked acid guitar, rolling and pounding drums and trippy vocals - sort of a cross between Fever Tree and Steppenwolf. It made the "Psychosis From the 13th Dimension" comp a few years ago - a fitting description of the entire album! A GREAT LP all the way, but that "Caterpillar" track in particular is a class by itself! Fuzz Acid and Flowers called it "an incredibly strange slab of psych-pop which is somewhere between the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" and Sweetwater's "My Crystal Spider". Truly a relic of the era." They went on to describe this album as such..."The first three tracks are pretty bland multi-voiced folk rock, although the short guitar incisions are promising. What follows on side 1 is strangely melodic acid-rock with oblique harmonies on the brilliant "Englebert", and a kind of twisted Peanut Butter Conspiracy influence, with a sharp tempo change and toytown psych on "You Let Me Know." Side 2 is even better, starting with the piercing guitar on "Song of the Sirens", another track reminiscent of PBC. A coiled waltz similar to Aorta, "The Flying Miraldos", follows suit, whilst "Sweet Dreams" and "Bab's Song" are pompous but cultivated baroque harmony pop with lush arrangements. The venom is in the tail where the tour de force "Caterpillar" pulls out all the stops and ushers the listener through more effects and key changes in three minutes and sounds as boldly experimental today as anything from this period." VERY RARE as an original pressing - these things are right up there with Common People and Kak as far as elusiveness goes. And this one's in great shape too, still in shrinkwrap with a SEARS price sticker! (Wonder how much price code "F" was back in 1968...wish I bought a dozen!). Cover obviously like new, vinyl plays EXCELLENT. Winning bidder pays $3.00 media shipping in the US, $6 to Canada, $11 everywhere else. Paypal, Bidpay, cash, checks and money orders accepted.

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