DAVE BERRY '68 ORIG UK TOYTOWN POP PSYCH LP w/ half of

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DAVE BERRY "'68'"

Original 1968 (obviously) LP on the UK DECCA label, MONO LK 4932

COVER:  VG+, some creasing

VINYL:  clean, plays EXCELLENT

On which former British teen idol Dave Berry pays a visit to Granny Takes A Trip, buys some fancy frilly sleeved shirts, and struggles to remain relevant in the late 60’s.  If you don’t think that’s possible, you haven’t heard Del Shannon’s Adventures of Charles Westover album, or Chad & Jeremy’s The Ark, or even Peter & Gordon’s Hot Cold And Custard for that matter.  It helps that Dave covers Cream’s cosmic mantra-like “Coffee Song” and keeps the vibe, and apparently liked it so much he replicated it on the subsequent “She Cried.”  Lovers of British toytown popsike would have a hard time telling gems like “Dying Daffodil Incident” and “And The Clock In The Steeple Struck 13” from vintage Turquoise and Toby Twirl, and the latter even presages later Pink Floyd concerts with the line “and above the trees, a large white pig came flying into view.”  And the former boasting some beautiful angelic female backing vocals and a sad, early Gilbert O’Sullivan vibe.  Okay, not everything on Dave Berry 68 is a gem – the jumping frog fable “Stick To It Ivity” should never have happened, and “I Got The Feeling” sounds like a bad Vegas showtune.  But for every miss, there are two hits – like “Suspicions,” a great orchestrated bit of baroque popsike.  So yeah, Dave Berry ’68 is not at all as irrelevant or out of touch as it could’ve been.  In fact, it’s a darn sweet little toytown popsike album that has almost completely disappeared (it did not get a release outside the UK).  Not to mention two guys named Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are probably playing behind him on this album, while planning a little group of their own.  Dave Berry ’68 leads to Led Zeppelin ’69.

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UPDATE:  SORRY, I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).

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