Philips - 600 266 - U.S Issue

Condition - NEX/EX - with insert

Great 1968 album - a mix of psych, folk and avant garde which does what it says on the tin and attempts to provide musical pictures of the Paul Klee paintings shown on the insert. The musicians are anonymous but the picture of the band show a 4 piece including a foxy chick!

Causing a bit of a stir at the moment so now's the chance to pick up a nice copy.

Surrey - SS 1027 - U.S. Issue

Condition EX/EX

The cover shows the name Chris Ducey on this fabulous and rare album of introspective acid-folk issued in 1966 but the artist is better known as Chris Lucey (even though his real name is Robert James). This is the stereo issue which sounds completely different to the mono issue so, if you're a fan, you need both!

Mustang M 901 - U.S. Issue

Condition - NEX/EX

Rare 1966 album which includes the essential title track. Bobby Fuller was a sort of Buddy Holly for the "garage" era and the album is full of great transitional tracks. A short life and a dubious "suicide" put paid to a promising career.

London - HAZ 8359 - mono

Condition - VG/EX

Very scarce UK issue of this 1968 album by this band based in Washington D.C.

The music is excellent rock infused with psychedelia and it's all self composed. Nice paisley sleeve too. Their second album "It's a Long Way Down" didn't get a UK release but you should snap it up if you see a copy as it is very fine indeed.

Jubilee - JGS 8005 - U.S Issue

Condition VG/EX

The title track (from the Wizard Of Oz) was a big hit in the U.S in 1967 and it's a fun bubble-gum version. The album is a good mix of pop, Brtit Invasion and bubble-psych with covers of I'm a Believer and Midnight Hour.

Flick Disc - FLS 45000 - U.S Issue

Condition - NEX/EX

1968 album from this obscure Californian five-piece band. The material is self composed psychedelia, the guitarist - Mike Stevens - is great and the cover is a nice psychedelic splash.

What's not too like?

Tiffany - TFS 0015 - U.S.

Condition - NEX/EX

Second album from this New York group which featured future sessions musicians Mike Garson (who played with Bowie) and Rick Marotta. It's a real classy outing with great keyboards and a very funky feel.

Rare Earth - R 537L - U.S.

Condition - EX/EX

A Gary Wright production on Tamla Motown's progressive label. He contributes a couple of songs and the album is heavy with a touch of, inevitable, Spooky Toothness.

Good hard rock - not metal - hard rock!

Double Shot - DSM 1001 - U.S.

Condition - NEX/EX

Classic garage/psych album from 1967 full of snotty garage rock and including the classic title track and the almost as good Double Decker Bus.

P.I.P - PP 6807 - U.S.

Condition - NEX/EX

Great hard rock from the group formed by Zip Caplan after he left the awesome Litter. In fact, this is very similar to the third Litter album and features Caplan's great guitar playing.

Nice, primitive psychy cover too!

Oro - ORO 1 - U.S

Condition - NEX/EX

Oro was a subsidiary of the ESP label and this rare album has all the strangeness of the parent label. The material is self composed and he's supported by a couple of Pearls Before Swine along with harpsichords, flute, clarinet etc

It's got a great hippy feel with a healthy dose of other-worldliness

Burchette Brothers - 001 - U.S

Condition - EX/EX

Mr Burnette has produced a whole series of these private pressings. They are all odd mixes of guitaring and electronics and, to give you an idea of what he's aiming at, here's an extract from the sleeve notes-

"Transcendental vibrations on the impro guitar for meditations spells rites incantations rituals and ceremonial magic of the craft. Insptrational music for witches wizards mystics and covens"

Mmmmm...... 

Verve - V6 5054 - U.S. Issue

Condition - EX/EX

This 1968 release is quite possibly the best of the "Bosstown" issues. Not a bad track on it and superb guitar and organ throughout.

The material is suitably trippy and it's difficult to see why they didn't make it big.