CONCRETE RUBBER BAND - RISEN SAVIOR rare xian psych HOLY GRAIL priavate press lp

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"CONCRETE RUBBER BAND - RISEN SAVIOR - 1974 - PRIVATE PRESS - ONE OF THE HOLY GRAILS OF XIAN PSYCH *STILL IN THE SHRINK*":   THIS ALBUM RARELY IF EVER SHOWS UP ONLINE AND IT'S EVEN MORE RARE TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION. STILL IN THE SHRINK AND IN PHENOMENAL SHAPE. VINYL HAS ONLY A FEW LIGHT PAPER MARKS THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY. SEE PICTURES FOR DETAILS. ALSO, AS MENTIONED ABOVE, A FORMER OWNER OF THIS ALBUM WAS A SMOKER AND THERE IS A SLIGHT REMNANT SCENT BUT NOTHING MAJOR. TRULY A HOLY GRAIL OF XIAN PSYCH AND PSYCH MUSIC IN GENERAL. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE DETAILS (WHICH I'M ASSUMING YOU DO IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS NOW) YOU CAN READ WHAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT BELOW.

"AMAZING MURKY BASEMENT LO-FI HEADTRIP FROM THE FURTHEST DEPTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN UNDERGROUND... THE MUSIC IS AS UNHOLY AS ANYTHING I'VE HEARD; DRONING PSYCHEDELIC DIY EXCURSIONS WITH A STRONG RITUAL UNDERCURRENT AS THOUGH RECORDED BY SOME PRIMITIVE SOCIETY... UNTRAINED MALE-FEMALE VOCALS HALF-SING LITURGICAL JESUS MOVEMENT PRAISE AND OCCASIONAL DAMNATION, WHILE ARRHYTHMIC DRUMS, HALTING HARPSICHORD AND SPOOKY ORGAN PROVIDE THE BACKDROP.  THE REAL STAR OF THE SHOW IS DUNCAN LONG'S SYNTHESIZER WHICH RANGES FROM PIERCING AND ODDLY MELANCHOLIC 3-D SOUNDSCAPES TO MIND-BENDING MOOG GLISSANDOS. THE ROOTS OF THE MUSIC IS FOLK AND BLUES, SOMEWHERE, BUT IT REALLY TRANSCENDS GENRES. THIS IS WHAT STONE HARBOUR MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE IF THE'D DROPPED ENOUGH ACID TO ACTUALLY MEET JESUS IN PERSON, AND RETURNED TO THEIR CAVERN STUDIOSTUDIO ON AN EVEN SMALLER BUDGET. "WICKED" WHICH OPENS SIDE 2 IS THE PEAK FOR ME, WITH AN (ACCIDENTAL?) OSCILLATOR EFFECT LIKE A BAT FLAPPING ITS WINGS AROUND YOUR HEAD, COUPLED WITH EERIE, OMINOUS VOCALS AND MUSIC THAT SOUNDS LIKE 50 FOOT HOSE PLEADING FOR THORAZINE. THE LAST COUPLE OF TRACKS ARE SOMEWHAT MORE STRAIGHT-FORWARD AND ALMOST GARAGEY IN STYLE. ONLY ALBUM OF IT'S KIND IN THE WORLD." - ACID ARCHIVES 

"A VERY RARE AND STRANGE ROCK ALBUM WITH RELIGIOUS THEMES - MALE AND FEMALE VOCALS, ELECTRONIC EMBELLISHMENTS, VERY STRANGELY RECORDED. THE RECORD ACTUALLY HAS SEVERAL DROPOUTS IN THE PRESSING, APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF TAPE FLAWS. ONLY TWO OR THREE COPIES ARE KNOWN IN COLLECTIONS." - FUZZ ACID AND FLOWERS

"SOME OF THE HEAVIEST AND MOST "OUT-THERE" PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS CAN BE FOUND ON THIS KANSAS TRIO'S MEGA-RARE CUSTOM LP. THEY ARE ON OF THE FEW EARLY CHRISTIAN GROUPS TO TINKER WITH SYNTHESIZERS AND BE EXPERIMENTAL AT THE SAME TIME. 'WICKED' FOR EXAMPLE ,  IS BIZARRE DOWNER AMALGAM OF WHAT SOUNDS  LIKE SYNTHESIZED BUBBLING LAVA PITS, FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS, DISTORTED SCI-FI VOCALS AND SHORT-WAVE  STATIC PATTERNS; THIS IS cHRISTIAN PSYCHEDELIA AT IT'S MOST UNDERGROUND AND EXTREME, WITH ALL THE EARMARKS OF A BAD DRUG-TRIP... 'WHAT SHALL WE DO' IS EVEN HEAVIER, OPENING WITH A LENGHTHY OUTPOURING OF SOME OF THE MOST VICIOUS DISTORTED FUZZ GUITAR EVER, RELAXING INTO A SPOOKY DREAM-LIKE BALLAD, THEN CLIMAXING WITH A FLYING SAUCER EFFECT THAT SOUNDS STRAIGHT OUTTA DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. 'CHRISTIAN' BEGINS WITH A BACH FUGUE BEFORE LAYING IN ITS STEADY ROCK BEAT  PUNCTUATED WITH SUBTERRANEAN WAH-WAH GUITAR AND A WILDLY HEAVILY-MODULATED SYNTHESIZER LEAD. SIMILAR DEAL FOR 'HOSANNA' WITH ITS PRIMITIVE BEAT AND PIERCING OUT-OF-CONTROL SYNTH NOODLING. (THIS REVIEW GOES ON AND ON LAVISHING PRAISE... I'M JUST TIRED OF TYPING!)" - THE ARCHIVIST

TRACK LIST -

01. Risen Savior 02. What shall We Do? 03. Holy, Holy, Holy 04. Passover 05. Wicked 06. Christian 07. Dreamers 08. Hosanna 09. Jesus 

US Shipping $4.00, Canada $12.00, all other International Shipping $20.00 across the board. I WILL NOT SHIP TO ITALY OR GREECE. All albums will be shipped in high quality cardboard mailers with additional filler for premium support. Due to my living in a remote rural location I only make one trip to the post office per week. Thus, all albums will be shipped within 5 business days after recieving payment.

I WILL BE UNLOADING MY ENTIRE 2,000+ ALBUM COLLECTION OF XIAN PSYCH, FOLK, ROCK, REAL PEOPLE AND ODDBALL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS SO ADD ME TO YOUR FAVORITE SELLERS. THIS INCLUDES SOME OTHER SERIOUSLY HEAVY HITTERS. MAYBE EVEN MY ORIGINAL COPY OF FRACTION'S MOON BLOOD...