Constant Sound vinyl LP album record The Constant Sound USA CR-9108/CR-9109

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SHIPPING COSTS  |   CONTACT  |  SELLER INFO  |   ORDER IN CONFIDENCE     ARTIST: THE CONSTANT SOUND TITLE: The Constant Sound DESCRIPTION: THE CONSTANT SOUND The Constant Sound (Genuinely rare & undiscovered 1967 US demo-only 12-track mono LP of lost West Coast Sunshine Pop Psych reportedly one of just three known copies to exist outside of private collections. This album is sohard to find it has yet to hit the online market. A glowing review in Patrick LundborgÂ’s “The Acid Archives"" appears to be its only point of reference thus far for Psych collectors worldwide. The labels state Plays Both Mono-Stereo & For Demonstration Only complete with a unique
pasted sleeve with gold embossed lettering. See more info for
condition & full background details of this extreme oddity & genuine
one-off discovery...)

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TRACKLISTING: A1 Time
A2 Come Out In The Sun
A3 Dancing Patterns
A4 Avalon
A5 Playtime
A6 Calico Bus
B1 The Constant Sound
B2 Ride A Pink Horse
B3 Peaceful Meadow
B4 Take A Look At Yourself
B5 Candy Egg
B6 Catch The Sun

Obtained from the vast personal archive of a former band leader & manager to the stars Vic Lewis the history of this record is mysterious to say the least but its providence is sound. With songs apparently penned by George Wyle & production courtesy of the Elliott-Ferguson Inc. aka Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson this was obviously a record at the time with ambitions for release.

Musically The Constant Sound is tightly arranged & consistently excellent with perfectly tuned male/female vocal harmonies. It is classic sounding Californian Sunshine Pop a la The Mamas & Papas Lovin Spoonful The Seekers 5th Dimension with top flight orchestrations. Allyn Ferguson went on to pen the Charlies Angels & Starsky & Hutch themes no less. Whats more Psych collectors should note the reverb & delay drenched Dancing Patterns & references to San Francisco hot spots in Avalon & chemicals on The Calico Bus...

Patrick Lundborg states in his acclaimed Acid Archives tome:

&quotA circa 1967 demo LP from a mystery band who deliver a dozen well-written well-arranged & well-performed tunes in the California sunshine style recalling Birmingham Sunday in particular. Unknown albums in this style arent many & this is likely to blow the mind of any genre fan as it delivers on all the key areas & has no obvious weaknesses. The bands opening theme song is great but perhaps the most remarkable thing is Avalon an obvious tribute to Chet Helms acid-rock palace where these easy-breezy LA sounds were hardly the favored music. Housed in a gold-embossed title sleeve with no other clues except a Elliott-Ferguson Inc producer credit this may have been some famous guys sending out a test balloon under an alias; in any event it has to rank as one of the Holy Grails for collectors of 60s sunshine pop & lyte-psych. Only two copies are known to exist" [PL]

How many copies of this record were produced we cannot say but how it ended up with Vic Lewis a jetsetting big band leader from Britain with a love of the West Coast is clear. Vic was also an in-demand manager agent & talent scout. Rubbing shoulders with major Hollywood stars of the day he also befriended & collaborated with many up & coming vocalists & arrangers of the era including Allyn Ferguson. Suffice to say the record has remained stored in pretty much near mint condition in Vics archives all its life... until now.

We hope the next owner will be as excited as we were to find this curio. It is very rare to find an undiscovered late sixties US album in this day & age that would easily appeal to Beat & Psych collectors. Suffice to say we have just the one copy to offer.
FORMAT: Vinyl LP RECORD LABEL: Elliott-Ferguson Inc. CATALOGUE No: CR-9108/CR-9109 COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 1967 ADDITIONAL INFO: Deleted BARCODE: N/A ALTERNATIVE ARTIST NAMES: N/A CONTACT DETAILS: EMAIL:
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