Curfew-Let There Be Dark '69 MD HEAVY ORGAN FUZZ ACID PSYCH PHOTOGRAPHIC JENNY

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Curfew-Let There Be Dark; And There Was Dark (United Artists UAS 6746) Strong VG vinyl with lots of VERY small light marks (minor scuffs?) that don’t really affect the sound and both sides play M-. Comes with a respectable VG++ tight cover, no seam splits with minor ring wear and a white circular “Promotional Copy Not For Sale” sticker on the F/C (see scan). Also comes with the original United Artists two-sided printed inner sleeve.
FIRST PRESSING (not the recent reissue) of trippy fuzzed out 1970 Baltimore MD under-rated major label heavy psych gem with the classic “Photogenic Jenny” plus other most-worthy originals and hip covers.
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“I gotta be honest here - like all these obscure-o second echelon unreissued major label psych albums, Curfew’s 1970 release Let There Be Dark, and There Was Dark is not without its weak tracks …
But unlike, say, Maximillian’s LP on ABC, which collectors pay hundreds for and has NO good tracks, or Far Cry’s LP on Vanguard, which is fine if you only look at the album sleeve, Curfew’s LP has at least three very strong keepers, and one all-out monster heavy fuzz psych ripper that you shouldn’t be living without, if you have been. Hopefully, that’s about to change…
“Wait for the Moment” is a solid enough slice of acid psych, with a cool stop/start rhythm and some big sweeping organ washes. And the groovy little “Everyday Kind of Love” flutters and floats like a lost Sagittarius or Strawberry Alarm Clock track, riding on a gentle jazzy shuffle rhythm and filled with those wonderful happy-together flower children “ba ba ba” backing vocals. If we stopped right there, the album’s already batting higher than Lacewing, Freeport and December’s Children combined. But we’re just getting started… 
Taking on Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” could spell disaster – but against all odds, Curfew actually manage to make me like this song again. Thanks to some ultra-heavy guitar work, big monster fuzz riffs, a funky rumbling foundation-shaking bassline and constantly changing, always-unpredictable tempos. It sounds more like Jo Jo Gunne’s “Run Run Run” than a Top 10 AM pop hit about unassisted bridge-jumping suicide, and maybe that’s why I prefer Curfew’s version. Just as heavy as a Vanilla Fudge cover, but not nearly as ponderous.
But the real monster on this album, and the one track you simply can’t continue living without, is the heavy fuzzed-up acid barnstormer called “Photogenic Jenny.” It starts with a blast of organ feedback, and then gets heavier from there. Great ripping zipper fuzz licks, and a genuine classic riff that’s only an attorney’s fee away from a lawsuit from the Electric Prunes, whose “You Never Had It Better” is startlingly similar and came first. There’s even some cowbell, so ya know it’s heavy rock. If you can imagine a souped-up, amped-up, fuzzed-out version of the Prunes (who were already amped and fuzzed up), that’s pretty much what the Curfew hit on with “Photogenic Jenny.” Garage punk gone biker rock. 
It’s a monster track, and makes their album a worthy purchase just by its inclusion alone. But those other three tracks help out considerably, as will a few others if they hit you right. And when you consider you can still buy five or ten of these for the price of a Maximillian album, you really gotta wonder if people actually listen to these things anymore before assigning a value. At least this one’s worth every penny." (Review from Collectors Frenzy)
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