THE TANGERINE ZOO • OUTSIDE LOOKING IN • 1969 STEREO LP MAINSTREAM S/6116
$
180
$ 180
Sold For
Sep 16, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 6, 2014
Start Date
$ 149
Start price
2
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France
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Description
• 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 BAND RELEASED ITS SELF-TITLED DEBUT IN EARLY 1968.
THIS 1969 STEREO PRESSING IS HERE OFFERED IN SOLID CONDITION WITH SUPERB,
GLOSSY AND HARDLY PLAYED DISC, THE COVER DOES HAVE A TINY CUT-OUT HOLE
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