SALVATION GYPSY CARNIVAL CARAVAN - (S/T) LP - psych - 1969 gatefold 1ST PRESS

$

21

SALVATION

“GYPSY CARNIVAL CARAVAN”

ABC      ABCS-653

EX- / VG+

1968

1ST PRESSING

BEST PRICED COPY CURRENTLY ON EBAY as of 5-16-2017.  Two other copies are listed at $151 (VG+/VG) and $153 (sealed but has a seem split), incl. post.  Check it out!

Nice copy of this hard to find psychedelic band.  The silver cover has some ring scuffs but has held up remarkably well.   The disc has plenty of gloss and, except for three paper scuffs, is in excellent shape.

The fine rateyourmusic web site says:  “Gypsy Carnival Caravan was the second and final studio album by this San Francisco band, Salvation. They continued with the same west coast psychedelic rock sound found on their debut album. Their first LP is a good package with some pretty damn good songs to offer. But I still think that this second album of theirs is a bit better. My best track here is "Salvation Jam" but the rest of the songs are mostly very solid as well.  If you enjoy the late 60's US psychedelic rock this band is worth checking out. Especially if you're into the San Francisco sound and style. Both albums by Salvation are solid and entertaining and it's hard to imagine that if you enjoy psych rock that you wouldn't like this group.

Wikipedia adds:  “Salvation was a late-1960s American psychedelic rock band from San Francisco. The group started as the New Salvation Army Banned in 1967 with the lineup of Al Linde singing and Joe Tate on guitar, later supplemented by bassist Artie McLean, keyboardist Art Resnick, and drummer Teddy Stewart. They performed in San Francisco, featured as the house band at the Roaring Twenties topless club in North Beach, at shows in Golden Gate Park and at the Haight-Ashbury communal venue the Straight Theater. A notable early show for them was July 11-16, 1967, opening for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Roland Kirk Quartet at the Fillmore Auditorium. In 1968 they changed their name to Salvation and issued a debut album of the same name, followed later by their second album release, Gypsy Carnival Caravan, both on ABC Records. The band performed as an opening act for The Doors and Big Brother and the Holding Company before headlining in New York City at the Fillmore East in 1969. They dissolved in 1970.

Stored vertically in a smoke free environment for 49 years.