W L PROMO 1972 Orig CHIRCO VISITATION Hard Psych Prog

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\      USA - CRESTED BUTTE - CB - 701 (WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL) 

CLEAN VINYL (see condition details below)

RARE and sought after Original...1972 first pressing:

Advance release white label promotional on private press label released only in Colorado ('72)

Contains the scarce large foldout lyrics inner & custom designed inner sleeve ... complete just as issued close to 40 years ago...only gettiong more rare by the day.... 

Previously known as Sassafrass, this progressive, hardrock & psych rock outfit came from Westchester County, NY, although they also spent some time recording in New England. There's a lot of fuzz and vibes on their fine album, which Barry Tashian of The Remains helped the band record. Every track's a winner in what is for the most part a stunning blend of guitar and keyboards. The finest moment is probably the final track Child of Peace and there's also a cover of Barry Tashian's Mister Sunshine.

The album was originally issued on a local Colorado label, although the band were apparently never based there - a very curious marketing strategy! On the whole it's an excellent album filled with progressive rock and touches of psych that mostly focuses on the guitar playing and keyboard/organ instrumentation. The jamming opening track displays some weird sound effects and pounding fuzzed up guitar sounds, which leads through a collection worthy album. "33 Years" is a rather catchy tune with a great beat and some good keyboard or xylophone sounds or something that one doesn't hear often in these types of records. "Cause I Love You" has some very good vocal harmonies while "Golden Image" is a solid rocker with a good slow organ break at the end. "Mister Sunshine" has some crazy lyrics and some pretty high energy guitar, which carries to the final song on the album. The musicianship in evidence on Visitation is uniformly ambitious and complex, with bassist Bruce Taylor and drummer S.H. Foote particularly impressive. They construct a swinging rhythmic underpinning that propels the music upward and forward, a match for the subtle spirituality of the lyrics. The album contains the hallmarks of progressive rock, especially the highly structured, conceptual songs with the usual rock instrumentation (drums, bass, guitar, keyboards). The band's playing often approaches the texture and complexities that fans of early 70's progressive rock love -- with passages ranging from breezy to boldly powerful to grooving. The album is equally demanding in that it does not contain proper songs; instead it consists of two side-long suites with each part rolling directly into the next without lulls or gaps. Visitation might well have had the right to claim itself a lost treasure from the progressive-psyche era.

1 Sound of the Cross 2:15
2 33 Years 3:51
3 Cause I Love You 3:43
4 Golden Image 7:00
5 Dear Friends 7:46
6 Mr. Sunshine 5:08
7 Minutes 2:51
8 Child of Peace 4:49

CONDITION: The Cover: Not mint but still servicable VG(+) ...has light shelf wear on front and back, split seam repair which isn't noticable unless viewed very closely on top seam (rub) and  worn spine. Otherwise the colors are still bright, the seams are all solid, no writing...very light record company promotional stamp on back. 

The Vinyl: very clean VG++ with nothing more than a few really hard to see (even under bright light) soft whispy scuffs that obviously do not affect audio (play grade is excellent) ...the white promo labels are both clean save for small record company stamp: Oct 24, 1972 ...unique text not on stock labels reads: "D.J. Promo, Thou Shall Not Sell" ...   

      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