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THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY

ALAN BRACKETT, JOHN MERRILL, BARBARA ROBISON, MICHAEL STEVENS**, PETE McQUEEN*, RALPH SCHUCKETT

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

SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  COLUMBIA - RED "360 SOUND + TWO EYES" LABEL - BLACK & WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) CS 9590   (front) STEREO CS 9590  CL 2790

(rear) STEREO CS 9590  MONO CL 2790

Catalog on labels: CS 9590 (XSM 135151) / CS 9590 (XSM 135152)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): XSM-135151 1-B

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): XSM-135152 1-C  l

Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): T  o

On labels: 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

  grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX 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)