PROPINQUITY 1st ALBUM ULTRA-RARE ORIG '72 OWL FOLK PSYCH LP w/INSERT IN SHRINK

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·       PROPINQUITY – THE SELF-TITLED FIRST (AND ONLY) ALBUM ("PROPINQUITY")–  VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1972 PRIVATE PRESSING RELEASED ON THE GROUP'S OWN,  PROPRIETARY 'OWL'  LABEL - ORIGINAL 1972 OWL RECORDS  STEREO LP OWL-23

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL YELLOW 'OWL' LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT AND BLACK 'OWL' MOTIF ON TOP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       INCLUDES RARELY SEEN ALBUM INSERT/LYRICS SHEET AS WELL AS THE 'OWL' STOCK INNER SLEEVE: THIS IS A FULL AND COMPLETE SET; NOTHING IS MISSING.

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Propinquity was a folk-rock group from Boulder, CO, who had a healthy hometown following and recorded an album for a local label, Owl Records, in 1972 before parting ways the following year. Propinquity's story isn't much different from hundreds of similar groups of the era, but a listen to the album they left behind confirms they were significantly more talented and imaginative than the masses of singer/songwriter-influenced acts that made the rounds in the early '70s. Four of Propinquity's five members wrote and sang, and while each had a distinct style, they knew how to blend their voices with enviable skill, and the dour loneliness of Mel Stonebraker's "Dorian 240 Lament," the gentle introspection of Pat Hubbard's "Tappan Square," the jazzy insistence of Jason Potter's "Binghamton," and the ethereal clarity of Carla Sciaky's "And I a Fairy Tale Lady" are even stronger as part of a whole than as individual pieces. ("And I Was a Fairy Tale Lady" was cherry-picked from this album for The Numero Group's splendid compilation Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies from the Canyon, the success of which helped prompt the reissue of Propinquity's album in full.) Hubbard, Potter, Sciaky, and Stonebraker were all accomplished instrumentalists as well as gifted vocalists (as was percussionist Jeff Harper), and the rich but subtle arrangements and clever dynamics make the ensemble sound larger than they were; the depth and maturity of the music is all the more impressive when you discover the oldest member of the group was just 23, while Sciaky was all of 18 years when she recorded this album. It's tempting to link Propinquity's album in with the current freak folk revival, but this music never embraces eccentricity for its own sake; instead, this is timeless and beautifully crafted acoustic music that is a product of its time largely in its cautious optimism and absence of irony, and Propinquity is a lost treasure of the waning days of folk-rock.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(d)          The album comes with the original insert/lyrics sheet

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP; HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO GRADE IT NEAR MINT DUE TO MINOR FLAWS LISTED BELOW; WE GRADE THIS COVER AS EXCELLENT OR VG++

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side (nothing significant)

-        Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine   (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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