ARCESIA Reachin' LP/'72 US/Rare Crooner Lounge Psych Monster/Doors/Acid Archives
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ARCESIA 'Reachin'' LP (Spain, Guerssen Records, Catalogue #GUESS141) Brand new/unplayed copy of Guerssen Records edition of MEGA-RARE 1972 US Doorsy sounding Crooner Lounge Psych Monster LP by Arcesia (nee, John Arcesia and originally issued in 1972 on the Alpha Records label in an edition of 300 copies.) One for both the outsider psych heads and the Incredibly Strange Music crowd.
(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)
A classic since year zero of rare record collecting, Reachin' Arcesia has always been the focus of many rumors and bizarre stories. Guerssen sets the record straight with this, the first ever legitimate reissue of this legendary album. John Arcesi was a veteran singer of the big band era who, in the early '70s, recorded a pop album with help from an anonymous hip studio musicians. The album was released in a private edition of 300 copies and most of them were given away to family and friends. In the late '80s, one of those copies was unearthed by record dealer Paul Major, who was one of the first people to appreciate the singularity of Reachin' Arcesia. Since then, the album, which mixes over-the-top crooner vocals with late '60s acid-rock and pop arrangements, has developed a reputation as a lounge-psych/real people masterpiece. Remastered and presented in a gatefold sleeve with the original artwork on the back and a new cover design on the front. Includes insert with lyrics. Features detailed liner notes and rare photos in the inner gatefold, telling the real story of John Arcesi.
"An insane lounge-rock blowout by a middle-aged eastcoast crooner who moved to California and decided to make a psychedelic (well, sort of) LP with mind-boggling results. For a professional vocalist Johnny Arcesia sings remarkably bad, though this doesn't stop him from filling every line with overwrought passion. The music varies between orchestrated extra-vaganzas and Doors-rockin' sounds including some fuzz. The songs aren't half-bad actually and the lyrics appropriately over the top, though it takes several plays to get past his voice. Imagine Del Shannon's Charles Westover LP with Father Yod on vocals and you're halfway there. I find this album challenging to the point where it's near unlistenable, but it has built a small cult following over the years." - Patrick Lundborg/Acid Archives
- Guerssen presents the first legitimate reissue of Reachin' Arcesia, a singular lounge psych record long sought-after by record collectors.
- Reachin' Arcesia was recorded by veteran big band singer John Arcesi in the early 1970s, with the help of anonymous studio musicians.
- The music is a blend of over-the-top crooner vocals and late '60s acid-rock and pop arrangements.
- Originally released in a private edition of 300 copies.
- Presented in a gatefold sleeve with the original artwork on the back and a new cover design on the front, the reissue features detailed liner notes and rare photos in the inner gatefold and includes an insert with lyrics.
- Remastered sound.
- "Imagine Del Shannon's Charles Westover LP with Father Yod on vocals and you're halfway there." --Patrick Lundborg, Acid Archives
- "Reachin' Arcesia combined a skewed psychedelic backing with a keening Scott Walker croon and stream-of-consciousness lyrics about a life of disappointments. By now a widower in his 50s, Arcesi put his whole life on one piece of passionate vinyl. The recording's amateurism may take some getting used to, but the result is gripping and close to awesome." --Bob Stanley, The Guardian
Tracks on this LP are as follows:
- Reaching
- Summer Of Love
- Mechanical Doll
- Butterfly Mind
- Desiree
- Rainy Sunday
- Pictures In My Window
- Soul Wings
- White Panther
- A Leaf
- Voice Of Love
Shipping in US is $4.00./CANADA AIRMAIL is $17.00./MEXICO AIRMAIL is $22.50./OVERSEAS AIRMAIL is $24.00. (Shipping totals will be consolidated for multiple winning bids.)
Record shipped in professional, superior rectangular shaped, corner-protecting corrugated cardboard record mailer with filler pads. Satisfaction guaranteed!
