THE TANGERINE ZOO • OUTSIDE LOOKING IN • 1969 STEREO LP MAINSTREAM S/6116 NM
  $   106

 


$ 106 Sold For
Nov 6, 2014 Sold Date
Oct 30, 2014 Start Date
$   99 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
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• BIRTH • LIKE PEOPLE • WAKE UP SUN • ANOTHER MORNING • CONFUSION •
• YOU I LOVE • FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD • CAN´T YOU SEE • YOUNG DREAM •




BOSTON PSYCHEDELIC  BAND  “THE  TANGERINE  ZOO”  FORMED IN 1967 IN NEARBY
SWANSEA, MA.   GUITARIST    ROBERT   “BENNY”   BENEVIDES,   BASSIST   TONY   TAVEIRA,
AND  DRUMMER  DONALD SMITH  FIRST  COLLABORATED  IN  “THE  EBB  TIDES”,  WHICH
THE  PREVIOUS  YEAR  ISSUED  “MY  BABY’S  GONE” ON  THE  “ARCO”  LABEL. WITH  THE
ADDITIONS    OF    SINGER / GUITARIST   WAYNE   GAGNON   AND   KEYBOARDIST   RONALD
MEDEIROS,   THE   GROUP  RENAMED  ITSELF  “THE   FLOWER   POT”,   ABANDONING  THE
EBB  TIDES’  GARAGE   ROCK  SOUND  IN  FAVOR  OF  A  MORE  PSYCHEDELIC  APPROACH.
IN   ADDITION   TO   SERVING  AS  THE       HOUSE   BAND  AT  THE   LOCAL  VENUS   DE   MILO

EXPERIENCE,  VAN   MORRISON,   AND   DEEP   PURPLE.   THEIR    GROWING    POPULARITY
WAS   BUOYED  BY  A  LARGE  FAN   BASE  IN  BOSTON,   AND   IN   LATE  1967  SIGNED   WITH
THE   NEW   YORK   CITY-BASED    “MAINSTREAM”.    WHILE   RECORDING    THEIR    DEBUT
LP,   LABEL  EXECS   DEMANDED   ANOTHER  NAME  CHANGE, FEARING  BACKLASH  FROM
THE  OBVIOUS  MARIJUANA  REFERENCE IN THE FLOWER POT MONIKER ; AFTER SETTING
ON “THE TANGERINE ZOO”, THE GROUP RELEASED ITS SELF-TITLED DEBUT IN EARLY 1968.
THIS  1969  STEREO  PRESSING  IS  HERE  OFFERED  IN  OPTIMAL CONDITION WITH SUPERB,
GLOSSY  AND  HARDLY  PLAYED   RECORD,   THE  SOLID  COVER  SHOWS  A  SMALL  PUNCH
HOLE AND A STAPLE MARK.









 


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