reduced WILD MAN FISCHER AN EVENING WITH.." 1st UK PRESS 1969 RSLP 6332 STUNNING
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reduced WILD MAN FISCHER "AN EVENING WITH.."
rare 1st press of UK DLP G/F 1969 ORIG. 3-colour Reprise steamboat label - RSLP 6332 - in great condition
See more: https://www.discogs.com/Wild-Man-Fischer-An-Evening-With-Wild-Man-Fischer/release/4293339
Larry "Wild Man" Fischer was a wildly eccentric singer who in 1968 was discovered on the streets of Hollywood by Frank Zappa, who was intrigued by Fischer's offer to write and perform original songs for passers-by for a mere ten cents each. After hearing a few dollars' worth, Zappa offered Fischer -- who had been wandering the edges of the music business for several years, with no success -- a recording contract, and in 1968 the album AN EVENING WITH WILD MAN FISCHER was released. Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing, and always boasting Fischer's wobbly matter-of-taste voice and adult-child songwriting, the two-LP set of oddball tunes (including "Merry-Go-Round," "Monkeys vs. Donkeys," "Are You From Clovis," and "The Rocket Rock") sold only modestly, and after an altercation at Zappa's home, Fischer soon found himself without a record deal. While he remained a favorite among a tiny cult of admirers, Fischer was difficult for most folks in the music industry to deal with -- he'd been diagnosed as both a manic-depressive and a paranoid-schizophrenic, and his extreme mood swings, obsessive need for attention, and inability to conform to societal standards of public behavior have kept him at the sidelines of show business as a freak talent, when his abilities are acknowledged at all. But there are a number of people who know music and believe Fischer is a genuine talent, including legendary big band singer Rosemary Clooney, soul icon Solomon Burke, Devo leader Mark Mothersbaugh, and music historian and disc jockey Dr. Demento.
discs: vg+ no serious marks except one superficial light mark on 1 side which doesn't affect play [Record Collector gradings used throughout]
g/f sl.: vg++ no seam splits, writing or tears or other damage - spine fully readable
labels: ex great condition
see more WILD MAN in my listing, + Zappa / Beefheart
p+p - UK: £4.20 - SENT RECORDED DELIVERY 2ND CLASS WITHIN 24 HRS OF PAYMENT
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