TOGETHER SOUND OF LEHIGH VALLEY rare PRIVATE GARAGE PUNK PSYCH COMP LP LISTEN

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VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE TOGETHER SOUND OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY" LP

ORIGINAL 1971 LP ON THE RED BARN FARM LABEL, MONO

COVER IN VG++ SHAPE, NICE, ALL SEAMS INTACT

VINYL LOOKS NICE, WELL KEPT, PLAYS VG+ TO VG++

As someone who used to live in work in the Lehigh Valley PA area, lemme tell you these albums are RARE even up there!  When I carted this thing around to area radio DJs and production studio folk, it was always met with a "Wow, I haven't seen one of THESE in years!"  Released in 1971 to benefit the local hemophilia society, THE TOGETHER SOUND OF LEHIGH VALLEY features 10 local garage and rock bands on one record, probably one of the very first garage comps!  Some bands turn out limp covers of hits of the day - Justice's take on Chicago's "Does Anybody Know What Time It Is" is, to put it kindly, a nice try at one one thousandth the budget (and horn section), while the guitarist on the Sound Reaction's cover of Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy" just gives up and simply plays every third note of the melody.  But the Reflection of Tyme's cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" is good 'n' fuzzy, and besides, it's the ORIGINALS on here you've come for anyway.  And there are some KILLERS here!  Like the Shadows' "Aimless Lady," a gruff guitar rocker with cool staccato raunch funk guitar riff from center city Allentown.  Or the total lo-fi garage punk THRASH of the Bitter End's blazin' "If You Want Somebody."  And the murky downer rainy day teen garage anthem "Where Is My Life" by proto-Pixies bringdowns Morpheus.  And it's all in glorious Seventies mono!  Don't look for this one to be reissued anytime soon, or for any of these classic garage rock cuts to be compiled anywhere else.  You can only get 'em here.  And with ringing endorsements from Mario Andretti and Dopey Duncan (yep, that's his real name) on the back cover, how can ya go wrong?

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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. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

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