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COVEN / WITCHCRAFT DESTROYS MINDS & REAPS SOULS

1969  MERCURY  1st USA PRESS

•••••  DEVASTATING OCCULT PSYCH. Legendary album ushers in the era of Satanic psychedelia prior to Black Sabbath and Black Widow as Jinx Dawson & group spin a web of mind-alterning blues psych on "Black Sabbath" "Choke, Thirst, Die" "Wicked Woman" and a staggering 13 minute long incantation of "Satanic Mass"!!!  HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ESSENTIAL PSYCH.

• 1969 true 1st USA pressing
• thick semi rigid heavy 152g vinyl weight
• wide press band
• the dead wax is machine stamped "SR-61239-A/B M2"
• Unipak tri-fold cover with 
• ***UNCENSORED NUDE PHOTO 
• cover is color printed heavy card stock
• inner sleeve is generic

CONDITION:
VINYL =    G     *** GRADED LOW DUE TO CHIP AT OUTER RIM = THE PIECE IS INCLUDED, HOWEVER AS IS FIRST FEW SECONDS OF FIRST SONG ON EACH SIDE IS UNPLAYABLE.  Otherwise some sleeve scuff, rubbing etc visible under bright light. The labels are EX- with light spndle marks.

PLAY GRADE =    *** FIRST FEW SECONDS OF FIRST SONG ON EACH SIDE UNPLAYABLE TO DUE TO CHIP.   Otherwise light hiss/crackle between tracks and occasionally subdominant in a few backgrounds, random pop or tick,  POWERFUL LOUD MUSIC WITH HUGE BOLD DEEP BOOMING FIDELITY.

COVER =   VERY STRONG VG+   Some storage or handling indications, some light streaks/impressions/creasing near edges or rubbing, exceptionally light ring wear, inside gatefold is beautiful,  COLORFUL BOLD BRIGHT.  The edge seams have some light rub or dents but SOLID NO SPLITS THROUGH, SPINE LEGIBLE.  Corners are very nice with mild rub.  

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Coven (3) ?– Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls

Label: Mercury ?– SR 61239 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Triple Gatefold 
Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist 

A1 Black Sabbath 3:27 A2 The White Witch Of Rose Hall 3:04 A3 Coven In Charing Cross 4:01 A4 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 4:37 A5 Pact With Lucifer 3:28 A6 Choke, Thirst, Die 3:23 B1 Wicked Woman 2:58 B2 Dignitaries Of Hell 4:05 B3 Portrait 2:32 B4 Satanic Mass 13:17

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Mercury Record Corporation
• Pressed By – Mercury Record Manufacturing Company

Credits

• Arranged By – Coven (3), Jim Donlinger
• Design – Jerry Griffith
• Engineer – Mal Davis
• Other [Dominus Limini] – Chis Neilsen, Chuck Lishon, Dave Wilkerson, Jim Donlinger, Jim Nyeholt 
• Other [Ipsissmus] – Bill Traut 
• Other [Magister Templii] – Jinx, Oz Osborne, Steve Ross 
• Other [Magus] – Jim Donlinger 
• Other [Philosophi] – Ginna Donlinger, Joel Sebastian 
• Other [Practici] – Al Dawson, Charlotte Ceasar, Don Drumm, Lance Massey, Mike Bean, Robin McBride, Tom Donlinger 
• Other [Zelators] – Bill Blair, Bud Carr, Buddy Meyers, Dan Baughman, Eddie Higgins, Fred Bohlander, Jack Mondrus, Jack Woodman, Jim Golden, Jim Pilster, Judy Haywood, Larry Gordon, Lynn Janutka, Pat Griffith, Sheila Edwards, Vivian Bouchard 
• Photography By – Sig Binder
• Written-By – B. Traut*, D. Wilkerson* (tracks: A4, A5, B1), G. Donlinger* (tracks: A5, B2), J. Donlinger* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B2), J. Dawson* (tracks: A4, B1, B3), O. Osborne* (tracks: A4, B1, B3), S. Ross* (tracks: A4, B1, B3) 

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Pressing Plant ID (Etched in runout): MR
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): SR 61239-A-M1 MR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): SR 61239-B-M2 II MR
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): SR 61239 - A - M211-11 MR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): SR 61239 - B - M2 -11 1 MR

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