EUPHORIA gift from euphoria original 1969 psych/ acid rural psych US press RARE
$
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Description
Original 1969 U.S. stereo press of LP on lime green Capitol label
EUPHORIA titled "A Gift From Euphoria"
CONDITION:
heavy gatefold cover: VG++
lite shelf wear/soiling ~lite wear/fray to edges & corners( tiny bumps to corners at spine)
vinyl: VG++
clean & glossy~a few minor lite surface marks/smudges~a few small lite surface scratches/needlemarks
Side 1 has a lite scuff/very lite scratches over a couple of the tracks ~ all lite superficial
plays excellent,but, with a few odd occasional lite clicks & some occasional lite low level surface noise
/soft surface crackle in a few spots~all low level~noticeable mostly on intro & between some tracks,but,
in some of the quieter moments,too ~ doesn't compete with the music level
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 categorize, 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.
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