JOHN CAMPBELL Sunrise '74 dreamy Spain only psych LP
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One of the mellowest, driftiest hours you'll ever spend with your headphones on - this super rare original 1974 LP by John Campbell, "Sunrise", seemingly only released in Spain on the BASF label. This really IS the sound of a sunrise captured on black vinyl - or at least a soundtrack for the first 40 minutes after waking up each morning. Slow, patient, a bit disoriented - there's nothing here that might startle you like a cup of strong coffee. "Sunrise" crawls out of bed first on a trippy but lazy bass-heavy groove reminiscent of the Beatles "Sun King", while the slightly country rock "Old Man" (not a Neil Young cover) sounds like the Moody Blues covering Buffalo Springfield, all breathy double-tracked vocals and wicked slide guitar. "Hungry Night" benefits from some trippy sound effects - wind rushing and synthesized thunderclaps - while the sad "Rainy Day" is, as you'd expect, a very slow and very mellow bluesy shuffle that's oozing with ennui, much like...well, having to stay inside on a rainy day. The only disruption in the trippy malaise is the Creedence-like "Medicine Man", which choogles like a Southern freight train, with some well-placed John Fogerty grunts and vocal noises only driving home the resemblance to vintage CCR. It's not enough to disrupt the overall patient, mellow and very trippy atmosphere prevalent throughout this album, perfect for sunrise but even better as a late-night headphone trip. It certainly beats being woken up by the cat again. Original white-label pressing from 1974 on the Spanish BASF label. Flimsy gatefold cover's in VG+ shape with a split spine. Vinyl plays VG+. Winning bidder pays $4.00 media mail shipping in the US, $8 air mail to Canada, $14 air mail everywhere else. Paypal, Bidpay, cash, checks and money orders accepted. Please be sure to check out my other auctions for more obscure albums, and I will combine shipping on multiple wins.
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