RARE MINT 1969 WOODY'S TRUCKSTOP Psych Blues THE NAZZ

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 1969 UNPLAYED ORIGINAL PRESSING WITH NAZZ CONNECTIONS

      WOODY'S TRUCKSTOP 

                      USA -SMASH RECORDS - SRS 67111   

MINT...UNPLAYED... 1969 ORIGINAL...          

Very hard to find 41 year old artifact is not easy to find ...Here, thee Original 1967 first pressing vinyl that has never been played, we know, we just opened it (see details below song titles) ...

An interesting psychedelic blues band from Philadelphia in the sixties. Todd Rundgren was an early member of this group, but he does not appear on this album.  Many sixties bands tried to play blues rock with psychedelic flavor but few did manage to satisfy their music with true emotions. You won't probably put "Woody's Truck Stop" among the most impressive records of the decade but you can certainly feel what the band wanted to say with their songs. Woody's Truck Stop is an underrated/unknown album and if the band had picked a better name this album might be more known, thus sought-after,  as the music is superb, especially the guitar work. The album is a basic blues-rock affair with rural and early progressive touches thrown in for good measure, it certainly is an interesting period piece...

Woody's Truck Stop came together in Philadelphia, in late May 1966. As young teens, drummer Bob Radeloff and guitarist Alan Miller had been active in a folk group that played in the local area. After high school, Miller began attending classes at the Philadelphia College of Art, while Radeloff continued teaching guitar classes. Miller and Radeloff soon were adding drummer Artie Heller and bassist Carson Van Osten (both new college classmates of Miller's) to form a group of their own, heavily inspired by electric blues acts like the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Blues Project, as well as Chess blues artists and British blues-rock groups like the Yardbirds. They got their name from the motorcycle repair shop below where the band rehearsed. Various other members came and went, including Bob's brother, keyboardist Ken Radeloff. During that summer of '66, after opening for the Shadows of Knight and the Byrds, Heller was replaced, first by Tim Moore, from DC & the Senators, and then, by drummer Joe DiCarlo. One day DiCarlo brought his friend -- Todd Rundgren -- to rehearsal, and after seeing Rundgren play guitar, Bob Radeloff convinced Miller that having twin stereo lead guitarists would be a good thing-- like Mike Bloomfield & Elvin Bishop of Paul Butterfield's band. Rundgren joined and they continued playing gigs, mostly at low-key coffeehouses like The Second of Autumn and The Second Fret. They later relocated to the Boston area. Miller and Rundgren began arguing about the band's direction during this time. Miller wanted the band to remain more blues-oriented, while Rundgren wanted them to venture off in a more psychedelic-rock direction. On May 7, 1967, the band found themselves playing with the Blues Project at the Town Hall. After the audience pelted them onstage with pies, Rundgren decided to split and concentrate on his own music; he was replaced by rhythm guitarist Greg Radcliffe. Woody's Truck Stop continued on without him, and in February of 1968, the band landed on a bill with Rundgren's newly-formed band, the Nazz, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Rundgren's new band also featured bassist Van Osten, who had quit Woody's Truck Stop to concentrate on college. His replacement was bassist Ron Bogeon. Woody's Truck Stop, meanwhile, recorded their first album, the self-titled Woody's Truck Stop, at Regent Sound in New York City. It was released in 1969 on Mercury's Smash label.

Todd Rundgren was always associated with Woody's Truckstop. Todd's friend, and possibly the subject of Todd's song “We Got To Get You a Woman” is listed as providing management and production assistance.

CONDITION: The cover is solid with an inch of top seam rub, a light ding at top right corner, a hard to notice thin sratch line across front group photo, light wear spot at very bottom center...otherwise the colors are bright and everything else is solid. No seam splits, no writing ...

The vinyl is MINT, never played...this copy was still sealed in a cover that had a few minor issues as described above, we opened it to check, and it's mint, unplayed. 

                keeper copy!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record