PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY The Great Conspiracy LP COLUMBIA 1967 US orig 1st press
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THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY
AL BRACKETT, JOHN MERRILL, BARBARA "SANDI" ROBISON,
JIM VOIGT, MIKE KALLENDER, BILL WOLFF
Los Angeles psychedelic band the Peanut Butter Conspiracy emerged in 1966 from the remains
of the Ashes, formed the previous year by singer Pat Taylor, guitarist John Merrill, bassist Alan Brackett,
and drummer Spencer Dryden (who soon left the group to replace Skip Spence in the Jefferson Airplane).
Adding drummer Jim Voigt as Dryden's replacement, the Ashes recorded a self-titled LP
for the Vault label before disbanding, with Merrill, Brackett, and Voight recruiting singer Sandi Robison
and harpist/guitarist Lance Fent to form the Peanut Butter Conspiracy;
after debuting on Vault with the single "Time Is After You," the band signed to major-label Columbia...
"THE GREAT CONSPIRACY"
1967 LP COLUMBIA RECORDS CS 9590 STEREO
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL COPY
"360 SOUND" STEREO "TWO EYES" LABEL
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED "360 SOUND + TWO EYES" LABEL - BLACK & WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: CS 9590
Catalog on labels: CS 9590 (XSM 135151 / XSM 135152)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): XSM-135151 1-C
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): XSM-135152 1-C
On labels: lower rim text reads <®"Columbia" Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.>
On back cover: Notes by Billy James
Produced by Gary Usher
The selections are BMI
Printed in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: TURN ON A FRIEND (To the Good Life) - LONELY LEAF
PLEASURE - TOO MANY DO - LIVING, LOVING LIFE
INVASION OF THE POPPY PEOPLE
Side B: CAPTAIN SANDWICH - LIVING DREAM
ECSTASY - TIME IS AFTER YOU - WONDERMENT
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RECORD VG(+) but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Great Conspiracy, the second long-player from the Los Angeles-based Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
was much more a reflection of their live sound than their debut effort, the pop-driven
Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading (1967). Around 1964, the quintet was literally born from
the Ashes (another burgeoning L.A. rock combo whose personnel featured soon-to-be
Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden). After solidifying their lineup, they inked a deal
with Columbia Records, which assigned staff producer Gary Usher to work with them.
His well-meaning but over-the-top production style diffused the band, which came off sounding more
like the Mamas & the Papas than the Jefferson Airplane or It's a Beautiful Day -- both of whom also
sported female lead singers. However, by the time of this release the Conspiracy were sonically
asserting themselves with a decidedly hipper approach. This is especially evident on the stretched-out
and psychedelic "Too Many Do" and the deliciously trippy "Ecstasy" -- which sports frenzied
and wiry fretwork similar to that of Quicksilver Messenger Service string man John Cipollina.
Equally inspired are "Lonely Leaf" and the somewhat paranoid and darkly guilded "Time Is After You."
These contrast with the somewhat ersatz hippie fodder "Turn on a Friend (To the Good Life),"
the 38-second throwaway "Invasion of the Poppy People,"
or the simply wretched "Captain Sandwich."...(All Music)
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