TOPS SCARCE 1968 ORIG = STONED COUNTRY = RURAL POP PSYCH STEVE YOUNG FLASHES

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                                                      ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST PRESS             

 RURAL CALIFORNIA POP/PSYCH STEVE YOUNG FLASHES!

                           STONE COUNTRY

 POP PSY  CH             

                         USA -  RCA VICTOR - LSP 3958

MINTY CLEAN ....

SCARCE...but 100% Original 1968 first pressing by an influential LOS ANGELES group, the forerunners of the SIN CITY Burrito Brothers...

Basically if you dig The International Submarine Band and late period Byrds and in particular their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo and Notorious Byrd Brothers phaze, you'll probably dig this album... Excellent 1968 group of rural rockers from California. Not sure what part of California exactly but their recordings were made in Hollywood.
Stone Country consisted of Dann Barry (bass), Steve Young (lead guitar), Don Beck (12 string guitar and banjo), Dennis Conway (drums), Richard Lockmiller(rhythm guitar) and Doug Brooks (also rhythm guitar). Steve Young would go on to become a country rock star when Stone Country disbanded and Don Beck would later work with Dillard and Clark.
Stone Country’s only album contains some of Steve Young’s earliest known recordings. RCA released this strange melange of psychedelia, rural soft-pop and jangly folk-rock back in 1968. This record is by no means a cohesive effort as it sounds like the work of 5 different groups. BUT multiple listens reveal a good solid record with very solid performances. So while the album itself might not gel together as a finished product - at first, about 90% of the songs are strong and hold up well individually. Stone Country were a Los Angeles CA sextet that only existed for a little less than 2 years. Steve Young had headed out to LA from Alabama in 1963, looking to secure a recording contract. The group was founded in 1967 when the management company of Denny Bond and Ken Mansfield were in the beginning stages of putting together a new group that would combine elements of both rural rock and rock n roll. Steve Young was chosen as lead guitarist and vocalist while the rest of the group’s lineup looked something like this: banjo player Don Beck, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Doug Brooks, drummer Dennis Conway, vocalist and bassist Dann Barry, and guitarist Richard Lockmiller. The album, while not a lost classic is very solid and thoroughly enjoyable. It was clear from the beginning that Young was the group’s most distinctive songwriter and vocalist. Magnolias, a Young original, was one of the lp’s highlights and a unique mixture of Southern soul and swamp rock that only he could deliver – a very gritty vocal performance too. Woman Don’t You Weep was more of the same, another good Young roots rocker with a driving beat and an attractive string arrangement. Two raga rock gems, Love Psalm and Mantra have nice fuzz guitar work and could easily fit in on the Byrds classic Notorious Byrd Brothers lp. Other tracks hit more of an groovy infectious soft-pop sound (‘Lizabeth Peach and Everywhere I Turn – both very good) while Why Baby Why and Life Stands Daring Me show off the group’s rural roots. The latter is a particularly imaginative slice of psychedelic country-rock with its soaring vocals, glittering guitars and wild banjo picking.

A 

 Love Psalm 


 'Lizbeth Peach 


Magnolias 


Mantras 


Everywhere I turn


Novels DO You Weep

B 
Time Isn't There Anymore 


Life stalls Daring May

Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde 


The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) 


Why Baby Why 


Angelica

CONDITION: The cover: Solid and sharp, rated:  M- extra CLEAN with strong, fresh look (usually with wear, so a great cover here) has not the shelf wear per the usual ... has no bends, no writing and no split seams, no delete marks ...collection worthy rarity ...

The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated M- TOP COPY has NO distracting surface problems, plays clean ... both RCA VICTOR labels are clean

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record