MIKE and KAREN:Ultra rare Private Xian Psych Folk-Rock
$
128
$ 128
Sold For
Jan 29, 2006
Sold Date
Jan 22, 2006
Start Date
$ 10
Start price
6
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USA
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Description
MIKE AND KAREN JOHNSON:Happy and Alive (Freedom Light FL 2036/1972?)
Ultra rare and hardly ever offered LP by Christian rock guitarist/vocalist Mike Johnson accompanied by wife Karen. This is far rarer than the LP by his band The Exkursions and his solo albums that followed.
The music is rather eclectic rock with folk, rural and jazz inflections. Johsnon shines on both acoustic and electric guitars. The highlight here is the monster psych track City!, one of the best Christian rock songs ever, with its fast and furious rhythm and ripping fuzz guitar leads climaxing in a multi-tracked jam.
There is also the rather strange ditty I'm High, described by Ken Scott in the Archivist as "performed live with just guitar and slurred vocals that make it sound like he really was high (though it's actually an anti-drug song with references to getting high on Jesus)".
The LP comes in a very homemade looking cover which is still in the original shrink wrap (a bit wrinkly as you can see in the photos). There is a beautiful silhouetted photo of the pair on front. The back cover is blank, but there is an insert sheet slipped in under the shrink so as to look like it's a paste-on cover.
The cover is in ex condition (top corners slightly dented with slightest hint ofsplit on corner near oepning). The record looks and plays Ex (a few scuffs and a couple of light marks; plays with a couple of low clicks and some intermittent light crackling).
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