FREE DESIGN psych pop LP PROJECT 3 “You Could Be Born Again” gatefold PROMO wlp

$

27

Artist:  THE FREE DESIGN

Title:  “You Could Be Born Again”

Label:  PROJECT 3 - TOTAL SOUND STEREO ~ PR 5031 SD.  Promo with sticker on jacket “Stereo Special DJ Record.”  Labels are white with black text.

Produced by Enoch Light.

Year:  1968

Condition:

DISC:  Gorgeous NM- with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or issues.  Plays beautifully with awesome fidelity.  Labels are clean.  A beautiful copy you will never need to upgrade.      

JACKET:  Laminated gatefold jacket is NEAR MINT with nice bright artwork.   Seams, spine, and surfaces are excellent.  Front panel has original sticker, indicating this is a promo DJ copy.  Slight wear at corner tips.  Inside gatefold is clean and pristine.  No writing, cutout indications or other issues.  Overall, a beautiful item and a brilliant vocal performance.  

Track Listing:

Side One:

·         You Could Be Born Again

·         A Leaf Has Veins

·         California Dreamin’

·         The Windows of the World

·         Eleanor Rigby

·         Quartet No. 6 In D Minor

Side Two:

·         I Like the Sunrise

·         I Found Love

·         Daniel Dolphin

·         Happy Together

·         Ivy on a Windy Day

·         An Elegy

Review:

“The Free Design's second album offers fewer original songs than its predecessor, but a sound every bit as fresh and original as that earlier album.  Chris Dedrick provides the title track, an upbeat, uplifting piece, not as hauntingly beautiful as "Kites Are Fun," but pretty in its own right, and followed by the ethereal "A Leaf Has Veins."  The quartet also takes the risk of inviting comparisons with their West Coast rivals, the Mamas & the Papas, turning in a swinging rendition of "California Dreamin'," as well as gorgeous, ornate covers of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and Bonner & Gordon's "Happy Together," though perhaps the best moment here is their harmonized cover of Duke Ellington's "I Like the Sunrise" from "The Iberian Suite."  The overall tone of You Could Be Born Again is more subdued and sophisticated than the group's debut, but it is also a more elaborate album musically, with a larger array of support musicians.  The originals -- of which the prettiest examples are "I Found Love," "Daniel Dolphin," and "Ivy on a Windy Day" -- mesh nicely with the covers into a beguiling whole with a slightly spacy, psychedelic tone beneath its quiet elegance.  Worth tracking down on vinyl for its classic gatefold design or buying on CD as a Japanese import.”

(courtesy Bruce Eder, allmusic.com.)

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