HOLY GRAIL 1973 PETER TESSIER "TURNING A KNOB" PSYCH ALA DAMON DARIUS
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ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS
MESMERIZING PSYCHEDELIC TINGED MELODICS
PETER TESSIER
By Turning A Knob
\ CND - COLUMBIA RECORDS - ES 90202
MEGA RARE HOLY GRAIL CANADIAN ELECTRIFIED FOLK-PSYCH "MONSTER" ... turned -on singer songwriter hipster sets the scene ...check out if you dig grooves alike by Damon or Darius ....
Near impossibly rare ....1973 first pressing in gatefold cover....
Robert Williston, Museum of Canadian Music Founder has more than 50,000 music artifacts from Canada. It’s the largest private collection of Canadian music in the world. The only larger collection would be at the Library and Archives of Canada. When asked what his price LP among his 50,000 collection: Robert's answer: "That’s hard to say. Do you go for value, the cool factor or something you just like? But I’d have to go with my favourite album, By Turning a Knob, by Peter Tessier. It’s such a good album, a psychedelic rock album from 1973."This is arguably the best electrified folk psych album recorded by a Canadian in Canada. As a matter of fact, Peter Tessier's "By Turning a Knob" is the most legendary Canadian albums ever recorded in Canada. Canada certainly has it's fair share of legendary psychadelic recordings; but this one stands above all others. When you drop the needle on this album, you become mesmerized by its beauty. You are drawn into its emotion. It has great cover art, by Bart Schoales. Back cover has a portrait sketch of Tessier by Christine Middleton. Arrangement by Peter Tessier; Produced by Ben Kaye and Peter Tessier; Executive Producer: John Williams. This album ranks among the very top tier of Canadian major label rarities, right up there with It's All Meat and The Jarvis Street Review. Actually, it's substantially rarer than either of these two, but remains so obscure as to not even have much of a reputation among collectors. The Lp overall certainly may strike many as quite weird, as it's eccentricities are bountiful and overall stands out as something special. Tessier had apparently made a name for himself as a quality producer prior to trying his hand at his own recording. Unfortunately, his personal demons got the better of him, and he committed suicide not long after this was released, no doubt adding to it's mystique. Side - 1
I Cannot Know
Try With Your Heart
The Rain on the Brain
I Still Don't Know
Raver's Inn
I'll Never Know
Side - 2 Hey Mister Engineer A Little More Rain Someday And On the Eighth Day He Said… Why are Old Folks Always Left Alone? Bottle of Time Pastorale
CONDITION: The cover: stylized in custom designed gatefold sleeve, rated collectible near "EX" (excellent) has but a minor touch of shelf wear starting ...still overall with fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... highly collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated M- TOP COPY expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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