SERPENT POWER The Serpent Power LP LP VANGUARD 1967 US orig+stereo DAVID MELTZER

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THE SERPENT POWER

Folk/psychelic rock band from San Francisco. It was formed by Meltzer and his wife Tina, 

and also included Denny Ellis on lead guitar and David Stenson on bass, both from The Grass Roots. 

The band became a full rock outfit with the inclusion of John Payne on organ and Clark Coolidge on drums. 

Ellis, Stenson, and Payne left shortly after the first self-titled album was recorded, 

replaced by Bob Cuff (from The Mystery Trend), on lead guitar and Jim Mocoso on bass. 

But the band didn't record another album, and disbanded in 1968

'THE SERPENT POWER'

1967    LP     VANGUARD RECORDS    STEREO  VSD-79252

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  VANGUARD -  GOLD LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (front & spine) VSD-7952  (rear) VRS-9252 (mono)  VSD-79252 (stereo)  

Catalog on labels: VSD-79252-A (XSV 124408) ; VSD-79252-B (XSV 124409)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): o XSV124408-3C  V SD 79252 A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): o XSV124409-3B  V SD 79252 B

On labels: rim text reads " Recordings for VANGUARD the Connoisseur   STEREOLAB" 

All songs, words & music by David Meltzer; Ryerson Music, BMI

Copyright 1967

Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., N.Y.

Recorded in U.S.A.

On back cover: Copyright 1967 Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., New York, N.Y.

Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: DON'T YOU LISTEN TO HER - GENTLY, GENTLY - OPEN HOUSE

FLYING AWAY - NOBODY BLUES - UP AND DOWN

Side B: SKY BABY - FORGET - DOPE AGAIN

ENDLESS TUNNELL (with J.P. Pickens, electrified 5-string banjo)

  grading

RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

 The only album released by this San Francisco group, The Serpent Power is a good example 

of the ways in which the "San Francisco sound" had coalesced into a recognizable trend 

by 1967: music set to beat poetry, a combination of bluesier rockers and wispy, 

folk-influenced tunes with male and female harmonies, 

and meditations about drugs all date the album somewhat, but the songs themselves 

are quite good, with excellent band interplay and nice electric guitar work. 

The heavier songs pack a good punch, while the lighter songs set a very airy, flowing mood, 

the epitome of what was then becoming known as "flower power". 

The Serpent Power is most noteworthy, though, for the inclusion of the last track, 

"Endless Tunnel," which was one of the first successful fusions of eastern-style song structure 

and philosphy with western instruments and rock sensibilities. 

This sort of raga-rock had been tried earlier by San Francisco's Great Society, and, 

of course, the Beatles, but never had it been taken to such extremes on record, clocking in 

at over 13 minutes. The only other rock songs with similar ideas and effect were 

the Butterfield Blues Band's "East-West" and the Doors' "The End,"...(AllMusic)