Mint Sealed Jelly Bean Bandits US Mainstream 56103 mono psych no cuts
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THEE Original USA 1967 first pressing vinyl of a long time sought FUZZED-UP garage-psych gem ... loaded with cool diverse original tunes that still ZING some years onward....
With deep and meaningful lines such as "The bandits love your mind, and what remains of society is manure", you know you need the rest of the 1967 album by THE JELLY BEAN BANDITS ... The Jelly Bean Bandits were the premier teen freaks of New York’s Hudson Valley; just look at them on the LP’s great front cover! Most of the group members hailed from the Cornwall/Newburgh/New Windsor area, packing local night clubs regularly: New Windsor’s Trade Winds, Poughkeepsie’s Buccaneer Nightclub, and Burlington, Vermont’s Red Dog. Bob Shad’s Mainstream label released their only album in 1967. Some collectors refer to the album as a psych punk cult classic and we’d have to agree with them. Originally known as the Mirror, the Bandits signed a three album deal with Mainstream on the strength of a three song demo. They had one week to write the album’s songs, which would eventually be recorded in a 12 hour stretch at Columbia’s Studio “A”. There’s lots of fuzzed-tone fueled guitar led raw rock n roll to be found on the Jelly Bean Bandits’ sole offering. Tracks like “Tapestries”, “Say Man” and ‘Plastic Soldiers” are full of trippy organ work and the occasional sound effect but for the most part this LP is more raw garage than psych. “Generation” is probably the album’s classic cut and has been featured on the popular garage compilation, Pebbles. This menacing garage rocker has searing feedback and distortion, snotty vocals and thunderous drums. We can live without the one jugband tune but overall everything else is rightfully great. For our picks the best tracks are “Happiness Girl”, “Neon River” and “Poor Precious Dreams”, three terrific garage punkers with plenty of attitude and fiery guitar/organ interplay. So overall, The Jelly Bean Bandits is one of those garage platters that’s definitely worth owning.very nice...
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All grades are cover first then record.
MINT is unplayed, sealed, or play-graded mint.
MINT MINUS is like new but probably played once or twice...most would grade this mint
NEAR MINT is near new with some slight signs of play...an extremely clean record
VERY GOOD PLUS is collectible but might have some light sleeve marks and some light noise...still plays very well with no major issues.
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