THE SERPENT POWER LP 1967 ORIGINAL RARE ACID PSYCH FOLK HAUNTING EXOTIC KILLER
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~RARE 1967 ORIGINAL ~
HAUNTING FEMALE/MALE HIPPIES PSYCH FOLK CLASSIC
THE SERPENT POWER
\ USA - VANGUARD RECORDS - VRS - 79252 STEREO
RARE and CLEAN .... Original '67 pressing (see full condition details BELOW
Original 1967 first pressing by an incredibly good Sanfrancisco psych/folk mix capped off with flowing/haunting melodies and a long exotic epic ... female & male vocals of the best kind ...hear a couple tracks (see below description)
The (((mighty))) SERPENT POWER, a San Francisco band, was fronted by poet David Meltzer who formed the band with his wife Tina in 1966. Ed Denton (then manager of Country Joe And The Fish) was 'knocked-out' and recommended them to Vanguard after hearing their first gig, a benefit for the Telegraph Group Neighbourhood Centre on 27th November 1966. The album is notable for tasty flowing electric guitar work amid fantastic self penned tunes as on "Gently Gently" and "Open House", plus Tina's beautiful vocals are to the fore on the amazing "Flying Away, a haunting track with beautiful melody...the group are probably best remembered for the album's closing track Endless Tunnel, an ambitious amalgam of Western and Eastern musical styles. Overall the album is legendary and sadly Serpent Power's only album, it's definitely a psychedelic masterpiece. Besides Meltzer and his wife Tina (who sang both lead and harmony vocals), the band also included Denny Ellis and David Stenson on lead guitar and bass, respectively, both of whom had gotten their start with '66 first LP Grass Roots. The band became a full rock outfit with the inclusion of John Payne on organ and Clark Coolidge on drums. The album received a somewhat limited pressing (makes it now so hard to find) and, despite featuring some excellent examples of flowing psychedelia, the band never got that big, known mostly within the San Francisco area. The album's last track is a fantastic raga-rock epic reaching exotic exploratory directions. The band didn't record another album, and disbanded in 1968. David and Tina Meltzer went on to record another album, Poet's Song, under their own names. Check out their groovy sounds by clicking on the lines below: CLARK COOLIDGE drms
DENNY ELLIS ld gtr
DAVID MELTZER hrmnca, gtr, vcls
TINA MELTZER vcls
JOHN PAYNE organ
J.P. PICKENS banjo
DAVID STENSON bss
Don't You Listen to Her ...2:20
Gently, Gently ...2:36
Open House ...3:31
Flying Away ...4:26
Nobody Blues ...3:50
Up and Down ...3:37
Sky Baby ...2:32
Forget ...3:34
Dope Again ...0:47
Endless Tunnel ...13:14
VINYL HAS SLEEVE SCUFFING FEW LITE MARKS BEAUTIFUL SHINE VERY NICE COLLECTABLE VINYL
ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE
ORIGINAL VANGUARD INSERT
JACKET STILL IN SHRINK PROMO HOLE PUNCH BOTTOM CORNER
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