Pop Psych LP MERRY-GO-ROUND “Very Lovely Woman” ’67 orig A&M wlp PROMO

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Artist:  THE MERRY-GO-ROUND                                     

Title:   “The Merry-Go-Round: You’re A Very Lovely Woman - Live” 

Label:   A & M ~ LP-132.  Monaural pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is white with black text, labeled “PROMOTION – Not For Sale”. 

Personnel: 

Gary Kato – lead guitar

Emmitt Rhodes – rhythm guitar

William Rinehart – bass guitar

Joel Larson - drums 

Date:   1967 

Condition:  

DISC:  Vinyl is VG+ to VG++ with full original gloss, plays closer to VG++.  There are a few light paper scuffs, but no serious marks or distractions.  Plays enjoyably with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.          

JACKET:   Jacket is overall VG to VG+.  Front artwork is clean and bright, with some minor ring wear.  Bottom seam has overall light wear and approx 1” chipping at the center.  Would grade higher except the original owner got creative with a blue pen and performed art work and graffiti on the reverse, as you can see in the photos. 

Includes the original A&M Records full-colour factory inner sleeve in top condition.   

Track Listing:  

Side One: 

• Live
• Time Will Show the Wiser
• On Your Way Out
• Gonna Fight the War
• Had to Run Around
• We’re In Love  

Side Two: 

• You’re a Very Lovely Woman
• Where Have You Been All My Life
• Early In the Morning
• Low Down
• A Clown’s No Good
• Gonna Leave You Alone 

Review:

“The Merry-Go-Round's self-titled 1967 album is a breathtaking blend of chiming folk-rock guitars, British Invasion harmony vocals, baroque pop arrangements, and pure pop songcraft that sounds daisy fresh in 2005.  The Beatles are a huge influence, and there is plenty of McCartney in Emitt Rhodes' sweet vocals and their vocal harmonies.  You can hear the Byrds a bit, some Left Banke (especially on the sweeping orchestral pop gem "You're a Very Lovely Woman"), some L.A. garage on rockers like "Where Have You Been All My Life" and "Lowdown"; the group definitely didn't exist in a vacuum.  But there are some songs that are quite unique and original like "Time Will Show the Wiser" with its otherworldly sped up and backward guitars and enchanting melody, the bouncy and warm hit single "Live," and "Had to Run Around," an exquisite ballad whose tender beauty foreshadows Rhodes' classic 1970 Emitt Rhodes album.  These songs, and the overall quality of the songs and the group's loose and earthy playing, help lift the album above the pack and should lead to it being mentioned in the same breath as Love's first album or Buffalo Springfield's first when talking about classic American debut albums of the '60s.”

(courtesy Tim Sendra, allmusic.com.)

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