* 2 Rare LPs * JOSEPH BYRD * Prog * Psych * Electronica
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RARE!!
Two Original Legendary Albums from 60's
Prog Rock / Psychedelic / Electronic Music Pioneer Legend
JOSEPH (JOE) BYRD
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(1)
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
JOSEPH BYRD ** DOROTHY MOSKOWITZ ** GORDON MARRON ** RAND FORBES ** CRAIG WOODSON
The United States of America was an experimental rock and psychedelic band whose works are an example of early electronic music in rock and roll.
Bizarre and eclectic arrangements also feature prominently on United States Of America (1968), the one and only album released by Joseph Byrd's United States Of America , a hodgepodge of sonic experiments that can be hardly called "songs". One of the most significant albums of that era, it is also one of the first albums on which a whole range of keyboards (not just piano or organ) paint most of the soundscape.
THIS IS THE RARE SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL RED LABEL 360 SOUND IN WHITE LETTERING ALBUM
WITH PAPER BAG TYPE COVER SLEEVE FOR REGULAR JACKET
RARE FIRST PRESS STAMPING OF 1A / 1C
RECORD HAS BEEN PLAY GRADED AT VG+ ( SOME MARKS BUT LITTLE EFFECT ON PLAYBACK )
JACKET IS VG+ ( SLIGHT EDGE CORNER WEAR - 2 INCH TAPE ON SPINE)
OUTER PAPER SLEEVE VG+/VG
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JOE BYRD and the FIELD HIPPIES
THE AMERICAN METAPHYSICAL CIRCUS
JOE BYRD - Organ Electronic Synthesizer
TED GREENE - Guitar
JOHN CLAUDER & GREGG KOVNER - Drums & Percussion
TOM SCOTT - Saxes, Clarinet & Flute
MEYER HIRSCH - Saxes & Flute
DON KERIAN - Trumpet & Cornet
ED SHEFTEL - Trumpet & Flugelhorn
CHUCK BENNETT - Bass Trombone
RAY CAPPOCCHI - Tenor Trombone & Tuba
THIS RARE ORIGINAL SOUGHT AFTER RECORD IS NEAR MINT/-NEAR MINT CONDITION
NOTICE THE LABEL IN PICTURES - THIS IS THE ORIGINAL GRAY WITH 360 SOUND STEREO IN WHITE LETTERING
WITH FIRST PRESS STAMPING OF 1E / 1B
SOME SELLERS ARE MISTAKENLY CALLING LATER RE-ISSUE AS ORIGINAL
THE JACKET IS VG++/VG+
The American Metaphysical Circus is a landmark psychedelic recording of the late 1960's, largely unparalleled in having remained in print for nearly 20 years. It was recorded by Joseph "Joe" Byrd after his departure from the band The United States Of America, and featured some of the earliest recorded work in rock music utilizing extensive use of synthesizers and vocoder, along with an extended group of West Coast studio musicians he named as Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies
The album is most noted for "The Sub-Sylvian Litanies" which opened Side A. This three part-suite has been described as "an entire acid trip in 11 minutes". Other album highlights include the similarly-oriented "The Elephant At The Door", and the politically-charged "Invisible Man", written for and aimed squarely at President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two of the more unusual tracks on the record are "Mister Fourth Of July" - a ragtime tune complete with scratchy 78RPM-style effects, and "Leisure World", featuring narration from long-time ABC voice-over and "Ghoulardi" originator Ernie Anderson in an ode to California's first retirement mega-community.
Among the musicians featured on the record are prominent West Coast studio musicians Tom Scott and the late Ted Greene, who is credited with the album's stellar guitar work in one of his few recorded appearances.
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