STEVE BARON - MOTHER OF US ALL Promo Tetragrammaton LP US PSYCH ROCK EX rare

	£		20
	$		26

STEVE BARON QUARTET - THE MOTHER OF US ALL, US TETRAGRAMMATON T-123. 1971.

ORIGINAL US Promo ISSUE.

SUPERB US PSYCH/FOLK PSYCH with Jazzy touches.....a lost masterpiece which has gained more interest due to the recent Fallout CD reissue.

The Steve Baron Quartet was led by Baron with the rest of line-up comprising lead guitarist Bill Davidson, bassist Jef Lowell and keyboardist Tom Winer. Signed to Tetragrammaton, the band debuted with 1969's "The Mother of Us All" which was produced by jazz musician Mike Berniker. The album served as a showcase for Baron who handled lead vocals and wrote all ten tracks (two co-written with Winer)....propelled by Baron's likeable voice it's an excellent mixture of melancholy Folk Psych/Rock with Jazzy touches surrounded by elaborate/subtle string arrangements on many tracks. 'Bertha was the Mother of Us All', 'Don't You Hate the Feeling' and 'Mr. Green' showcased Baron's active social and political conscious....the sentiments may sound somewhat a bit dated, but they're no less apt some forty years on. Equally sensitive 'I Sang About My Lady', 'Lonely River' and 'Love Me Laura' found Barron turning his attention to the burdens of love (mostly gone horribly wrong). In sharp contrast 'In the Middle' was a wonderful slice of commercial pop that would have sounded great on am radio. There were also occasional jazzy interludes largely a result of Davidson's classy solos - check out the 11 minute 'Shadow Man' with is great spacey Psych with jazzy touches.

The album seems to have attracted some very favourable reviews from critics (check out Mike Jahn's & Pete Towshend's liner notes), but in spite of touring, sales were non-existent which makes the original LP particularly hard to find.....and one of the rarest or perhaps the rarest Tetragrammaton release with nice copies going for high sums, often $100.

Cover has promo stamp on the rear, small writing on the rear by radio station (with all the cuts noted!).

Condition is EX-/EX (cover/record), cover has no cutout.

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I dispatch all my packages within 2 or at most 3 working days of being paid despite having as many as 40/50 packages to deal with at a time....yet the odd buyer has still left 1 & 2 stars for dispatch time!?

Buyers should only leave low DSR's when the service is terrible and a seller is unwilling to sort a problem out.

PAYMENT:

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GRADINGS:

I DO TRY TO PLAY/TEST GRADE ALL THE LPs I SELL.

MINT:

RECORD: PERFECT....AS NEW CONDITION, SO NO DETEORIATION IN THE SOUND QUALITY…..bear in mind that not all ‘new’ LPs are Mint because of the quality of the pressing etc....also SEALED/UNPLAYED LPs are sold as is.....

COVER: AS NEW CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS.......except maybe a deletion hole/cutout on a SEALED LP.

M- :

RECORD: SLIGHTY WORSE THAN M, LP may have several surface marks due to removal from it's sleeve etc....but certainly NO audible scratches....LP may have the occasional light crackle/hiss...but still in great condition.

COVER: SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING HANDLED WITH SLIGHT CREASING/WEAR...or may be a M cover with a very slight split seam or very slight showing of ring wear or a very slight sticker tear, but not all of these together.

EX:

RECORD: MOST REGUARLY PLAYED LPs KEPT WITH CARE FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY....LP may play with more hiss/crackle but not louder than the music......sometimes it may be a M or M- LP with one slight audible mark or a very slight edge warp but not affecting it.

COVER: SLIGHTLY MORE WEAR/CREASING/BENDING even some slight ring wear.....or may be a M or M- cover with a split seam(s) and minor sticker tears, but still nice.

VG+ :

RECORD: LP PLAYS WITH MORE NOISE DUE TO EITHER DIRT OR SLIGHTLY STRONGER SURFACE MARKS BUT STILL IS IN A VERY LISTENABLE CONDITION.....or it may be an LP which plays say M- but has one or a few audible marks/slight warp etc.....but still no skips/jumps.

COVER: HAS QUITE A LOT OF CEASING/BENDING often with FADING/RING WEAR/ STICKER TEARS/TEARS....or may be an EX cover with a split seam(s), but still acceptable.

VG:

RECORD: THE SOUND QUALITY OF THE LP IS AFFECTED BY SURFACE MARKS/ AUDIBLE MARKS or DIRT etc....but still plays through and is still in quite a REASONABLE condition.....it may be an LP which plays EX but has audible marks.....

COVER: PLENTY OF CREASING/BENDING/FADING/RING WEAR but still in one piece.

G: LP still plays through but is very noisy due to scratches/dirt etc....but still not totally trashed!!!

COVER: AS VG BUT TORN and starting to fall apart.

F/P: LP is trashed...for ornament purposes only...

+/-: Slightly better/worse than stated.