Strawberry Alarm Clock THE WORLD IN A SEA SHELL lp original 1968 UNI
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NM disk (bright, shiny vinyl | VG+ cover w/shrink wrap still on, cutout hole in upper left corner. No other blemishes writing, marks, seam splits or corner bends. [Flash ON for pics of the front & back of cover, but the center of the pics looks just like the lp sold last month.]
Only listing NM, VG+ or VG disks and VG covers or better (unless the lp has social, cultural, or historic value). Grading is visual and conservative. All lps are original and from my personal collection. Most have not been played since the first month of buying them, so they'll be very little wear to the lp & cover. All disks will be clear plastic sleeve covered and mailed in a professional, cardboard mailer with additional cardboard if needed & media mailed that day. If curious about any other lps let me know your wants, I have a few thousand here and I can't take them with me.
The World in a Sea Shell is the third album by Strawberry Alarm Clock, released in November 1968 on the Uni label. The album was not a chart success, and was the final LP to include the classic Strawberry Alarm Clock lineup.
When the band's second album, Wake Up...It's Tomorrow, failed to recapture the huge success of 1967's Incense and Peppermints, the band's management decided to exert more control over the recordings for the third album. To this end, they pressured the band to record several compositions written by outsiders, including Carole King and "Incense and Peppermints" lyricists John Carter and Tim Gilbert. The band members bristled at this situation, but reluctantly agreed to it in the end. Thus, five of the album's 12 songs (including most of side 1 of the vinyl LP) were non-SAC songs.
The new direction did not pay off commercially for the band. Many of the tracks on The World in a Sea Shell featured lush orchestration and a gentle, escapist feel that stood in stark contrast to the adventurous psychedelia of the band's past work. This sudden change in direction, seen as a gross miscalculation on their managers' part by the band members, helped seal Strawberry Alarm Clock's fate. This frustrated the band, as their own compositions for this album included some adventurous moments and sound collages that fans might have expected and that weren't too far removed from the style of the previous albums. (Wikipedia)
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