THE BYRDS w/DINO VALENTE+CANNED HEAT EARLY L.A. RARE SEALED ORIG '68 TOGETHER LP

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·      THE BYRDS with DAVID CROSBY , CANNED HEAT, THE DILLARDS AND DINO VALENTI (PLUS PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE PHIL SPECTOR'S 'WRECKING CREW' STUDIO BAND: LEON RUSSELL, LARRY KNECHTEL, RAY PULHMAN, TOMMY TEDESCO, HAL BLAINE AND JOE LARSON)– EARLY L.A. – ORIGINAL 1969 TOGETHER RECORDS (GARY USHER'S RECORDING LABEL) STEREO LP ST-T-1014

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

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·      THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·      ONE “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLE NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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Almost all songs on this gorgeous compilation of early west-coast psych artists and singers-songwriters (which includes Byrds, Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service, David Crosby singing Fred Neil, Canned Heat and many other) have one thing in common: Jim Dickson.  The Byrds’ first producer had a prominent studio in LA which was used by practically ALL relevant west coast bands of the period; the recordings  –intended merely as rehearsal material and demo sessions – are beautifully produced, arranged and  recorded, but were not available in any other form or on any other album in  nearly 50 years; some tracks  recently made their way to the new reissues and compilations, such as Sundazed’s “Byrds: Preflyte sessions”, however many tracks from this album still remain unavailable. This may be your best chance to grab a prime slab of nascent psychedelia, circa late 1965.

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Even by the lower standards of historical rock documentation that were the norm in 1969, the lack of detailed annotation on this obscure album of early recordings by the Byrds, David Crosby, Dino Valente, the Dillards, and Canned Heat is pretty disgraceful. At least it was issued, however, and made some pretty interesting formative early folk-rock experiments available to the public. Side one is what's of particular value, assembling seven tracks produced by Jim Dickson, presumably around the 1964-1966 era (no dates are given, and neither is it made clear who the artists are on the track listings, though subsequent research and informed guesses by astute listeners did). Most interesting of all are four 1964 tracks by musicians in the first lineup of the Byrds, prior to that group's signing to Columbia. "Willie Gene" and "Come Back Baby" are fair, bluesy Crosby solo outings with, interestingly, electric rock arrangements; "The Only Girl" is an acoustic Beatles imitation sung by Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and Gene Clark, naïve but bearing the seed that would become the Byrds; and "You Movin'" sounds like an early Byrd demo with a full electric band (and is different, incidentally, to the demo of the same song released on the Byrds' 1969 demo collection Preflyte). (…). A bunch of songs by different artists are of more than passing interest, and make this LP worth scouring for if you're a folk-rock enthusiast. Two 1964 Valente recordings are overlooked early, pre-"Mr. Tambourine Man" folk-rock excursions, with "Black Betty" sounding much like early electric Bob Dylan in some respects. The Dillards' "Each Season Changes You" and "Don't You Cry" sound like they date from a little later than 1964, perhaps 1966 or so, and are nice mid-'60s Byrds-like folk-rock numbers with a tinge of country and bluegrass. (A different version of "Don't You Cry" showed up on the Dillards' pioneering 1968 album Wheatstraw Suite.) In comparison to side one, side two is far less interesting, consisting solely of two overlong Canned Heat blues tracks, with no hints given as to when they were recorded.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY RICHIE UNTERBERGER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

NOTE: The artists given on the back of this record jacket are not correct. Apparently, the songwriters were named in lieu of the artists on the jacket. To add to the confusion, no artists at all are named on the label itself. Most of these songs (minus the Byrds and Canned Heat tracks) were reissued on CD, included on Sixties Transition, Sierra Records SXCD 6027. THE FOLLOWING IS THE CORRECT TRACK LISTING: Black Betty - Dino Valenti /Life Is Like That - Dino Valenti /Willie Gene - David Crosby /Come Back Baby - David Crosby /The Only Girl - Byrds /You Movin' - Byrds /Each Season Changes You - Dillards /Don't You Cry - Dillards //You Know I Love You - Canned Heat /First Time Around - Canned Heat

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·                          CONDITION:

·                          THE RECORD

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(a)         THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)         The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                          THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP   (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-       Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine and the bottom seam (BARELY VISIBLE)

-       Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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