1970 Krautrock SWEET SMOKE 1st HARD HIPPIE PROG PSYCH
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RARE BLUE COLUMBIA 100% FIRST PRINTING
LAMINATED COVER
GERMAN UNDERGROUND HIPPIE PSYCH-ROCK JAMS
SWEET SMOKE
Just A Poke
GERMANY - Blue COLUMBIA - 1C 062 28 886
TOP COPY = 100% GUARANTEED 1970 FIRST PRINTING
RARE ORIGINAL 1970 first pressing on the old aqua/blue & white label COLUMBIA RECORDS...==> most copies found are on the silver & black label...here, a RARE 100% true first pressing with laminated cover....
Sweet Smoke were a fairly short lived band from the USA who moved to Germany and easily got swept up in the KRAUTROCK scene, where they found a more receptive audience in Germany and Holland. Sweet Smoke released three albums, "Just a poke" (no explanation is offered for the rather strange title) was their first album, released in 1970.
The albums consists of just two long tracks, each occupying a side of an LP. The first piece, "Baby Night" is the most underground rock orientated number of their entire output, and undoubtedly their best. It is reminiscent at various times of IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY's "White bird", with a relaxed West Coast feel, getting into a cool stoned groove. The track features pleasant stereo flute that pans nicely from speaker to speaker and various guitar runs. As the pace develops the track becomes more improvised, and the sound gets rockier, until it is pulled back to the soft West Coast feel. After apparently ending, the main vocal theme returns for a final refrain.
The other track, "Silly sally", leans much more towards complex and jammy. The track starts off almost medieval sounding, with recorder and webs of guitar. Once the vocals kick in, you can tell they sound quite American. Eventually the song turns to electric guitar (without fuzz) and the get to some extended jams. As the jam ends, they go in to an uncredited version of the DOORS' "Soft Parade"...There are echoes of jazz prog- rock while the music is improvised, combining bursts of scat, and dominant winds and heady guitar flashes. Some fine stereo wah wah guitar leads wind into a percussion section. The phasing effects during the drumming enhance the listening pleasure. The track reverts to a more orthodox prog fusion, along the lines of Colloseum or King Crimson.
SIDE ONE:
1. Baby Night
SIDE TWO:
2. Silly Sally
CONDITION: The cover is beautifully laminated and very psychedelic...this copy, some 40+ years old has retained rich original colors and is VERY clean M- top copy with NO bends, no writing and no split seams...
The vinyl is all clean M- both sides play perfect with NO audio problems...the scarce blue Columbia labels are CLEAN....
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTIBLES!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for more & more of similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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