TOPS 68 CHAMAELEON CHURCH Baroque POP PSYCH Left Banke
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BOSStown BAROQUE POP-PSYCH GEM
MINT VINYL
= 1968 ORIGINAL=
THE CHAMAELEON CHURCH
\ USA - MGM RECORDS - SE 4574
TOP COPY!
Original 1968 first pressing vinyl
Can't say we know all that much about this outfit's history. Multi-instrumentalist Kyle Garrahan and guitarist Ted Myers had been in "The Lost", before hooking up with drummer Chevy Chase and multi-instrumentalist Tony Scheuren to form the CHAMAELEON CHURCH. In the process of developing the Bosstown sound, the quartet attracted the attention of manager/producer Alan Lorber, who promptly signed them to MGM.
For some reason, this one-LP outfit seems to get little respect from the collecting community and that's a shame as it is vastly underestimated. Whatever the case, it's a fact that future SNL star Chevy Chase was the band's drummer -- and 1968's "Chamaeleon Church" offers up a wonderful set of harmony rich, "flower poprock" and lite psych (do you like Left Banke and the sort?) ... Largely written by guitarist Ted Meyers, tracks such as "Come Into Your Life", "Blueberry Park" and "" bare more than a passing resemblance to the likes of Millennium and The Left Banke, though without the latter's Baroque touches ... to our ears the standout track is the infectiously strong "Camilla Is Changing".
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"Chamaeleon Church" :
Come Into Your Life
Camillia Is Changing
Spring This Year - Blueberry Pie
Remembering's All I Can Do
Flowers In the Field
Here's a Song
In a Kindly Way
Tompkins Square Park - Picking Up the Pieces
Off with the Old
CONDITION: The Cover: Very nice, usually the dark cover is showing shelf wear...this copy is "EX" (excellent) with no more than a delete circle at bottom left, otherwise stiff and solid. Having NO split seams, no writing...collectible 43 year old artifact from the BOSSton Sound.
The Vinyl: Very clean all over both sides, M- ... looks instantly like something anyone interested would keep. Plays TOP level (no audio problems) ... the MGM labels = CLEAN
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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