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   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 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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