EUPHORIA a gift from euphoria orig 1969 psych

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Original 1969 Canada stereo press of LP on lime green Capitol label
Euphoria titled "A Gift From Euphoria"
CONDITION:
heavy gatefold cover: VG+(+)
faint shelf wear/soiling ~ lite wear/fray to edges & corners
beginning of early faint ring ~ double bb ~ see scan
vinyl: VG+
clean glossy ~ a lite press stain on opening cut of side 1 DNAP
a few minor lite surface marks & small lite surface scratches on both sides
a tiny grit mark on side 1 & a tiny scratch on intro of S 2 cut 4 ( can be felt with fingertips)
makes a couple dozen lite clicks ~ remainder plays excellent, but, with numerouse odd
occasional lite clicks & some occasional lite low level surface noise/ soft lite crackle here & there
Personnel:
WILLIAM LINCOLN ~ vocals
HAMILTON WESLEY WATT ~ guitar
Selections:
Lisa 3:53
Stone River Hill 2:28
Did You Get the Letter 5:14
Through A Window 2:46
Young Miss Pflugg 2:53
Lady Bedford 3:53
Suicide on the Hillside, Sunday Morning, After Tea 1:26
Sweet Fanny Adams 4:21
I’ll Be Home to You 2:02
Sunshine Woman 2:59
Hollyville Train 3:03
Dockers Son 2:47
Something For the Milkman 0:54
Too Young to Know 0:49
World 3:08
Top notch rare psych LP ~
here’s the review from Joynson’s psych reference
"Fuzz, Acid & Flowers"
Originally from California, where they had earlier recorded with Word, they travelled to Houston
around 1967 and settled there recording their superb 45 (the flip in particular is an unnerving haunting
number). Both tracks later appeared on the compilation A Pot Of Flowers (LP). During their stay in Houston
they also recorded four unreleased songs:- Pick It Up, In Time, Walking The Dog and Oh Dear, You
Look Like A Dog. These are as psychedelic and good as their recorded output.
Apparently this demo impressed executives at Capitol Records, who subsequently invested a fortune
recording an album in Hollywood, Nashville and London. Produced by the band and Nick Venet, A Gift
From Euphoria is a magnificent record. The precise direction of the band is difficult to categorise, but
country-rock merging with LSD will give you some idea. It has a creepy thread running through it, a
foreboding darkness that is embodied most explicitly in the final track World: "World, you've let me down again I'll tell them just how bad you've been I'll run away 'cause you don't care And find another world somewhere Now as I leave, I'd like to say World, I hope we meet again someday"
Watt's guitar is noteworthy throughout the record and he explores different tones from song to song,
from gentle acoustic (Sunshine Woman) to massive walls of distortion (Did You Get The Letter,
Suicide On The Hillside, Sunday Morning After Tea). Sadly, Capitol seemed to be at a loss as to how to
market the finished album, and it barely made it past the promo stage. Indeed, it's nearly impossible to
locate without the large round hole in the corner of the cover that Capitol used to designate
promotional copies during the period.
Watt played guitar on a number of albums as a hired gun, most notably Lee Michaels' Carnival Of Life,
where he is front and center in the mix, blasting away. Most collectors agree this is Michaels' best
album, and Watt's fiery guitar is the primary reason. He also wrote some material for the L.A. based East
Side Kids and he and Lincoln wrote for, co-produced and played on Bernie Schwartz' solo album circa
1969/70.
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