TOPS 1970 ORIG SAINT STEVEN OVER THE HILLS HIPPIE FUZZ PSYCH FOLK GARAGE

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         RARE 1970 SOUGHT AFTER

=ORIGINAL= HIPPIE PSYCH COLLECTIBLE

                       SAINT STEVEN

            Over The Hills        

                               USA - PROBE - 4506 

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RARE SOUGHT AFTER:::: Original 1970 first pressing of impressive psych-rock & folk mix with coll effects and fuzz guitar overlayed by a strong vocal within great memorable tunes:

These recordings are the work of a Steve Cataldo (ex-Front Page Review) and the album certainly is rather interesting and highly-rated by many. The U.K. See For Miles reissue label tried to buy the rights to this album but MCA deny all knowledge of any master tapes existing!

Not to be confused with the Ohio-based One St. Steven, this Boston, Massachusetts-based outfit is one of those mystery acts nobody seems to know all that much about. While some references refer to it as a band, it was apparently a one-man act led by former Front Page Review and Ultimate Spinach member Steve Cataldo. Regardless, of his background, St. Steven managed to release this one intriguing album on ABC's Probe subsidiary.

Confusingly, even though the album title credits 'Saint Steven, the 13 tracks are credited to 'St. Steven'. Even Probe Records seemed confused since the single 'Ay-Aye-Poe-Day' b/w 'Louisiana Home' (Probe catalog number 465) was credited to St. Steven. While we're not sure what the right name is, 1969's John Turner produced "Over the Hills" is certainly worth hearing. Musically the set offers up a bizarre mix of accessible hippie folk-rock ('Grey Skies'), psych moves ('Bastich 1'), hard rock ('Poor Small') and cool sound effects ('Voyage To Cleveland'). In spite of it's lack of focus, Cataldo was a more than decent singer and capable of writing attractive strong material.

The brainchild of original Ultimate Spinach member Steven Cataldo, the album is a fine example of the "Boston" Sound of 1969 and was conceived and recorded against the backdrop of social and political unrest of america in the Late 1960's. This was one of those records that came out of nowhere, was played on FM radio a bit and then disappeared without a trace. It was ABC/Probe Records, the same label as Soft Machine's first album in 1969. No musicians were listed inside, just the producer, engineer and cover design folks. Each side of the album was a suite, "Over the Hills" on side one and "The Bastich" on side two. The songs balances the innocent with the darker forces that we all must confront.

The cover features "Saint Steven" hugging his guitar floating up in the clouds as the sun radiates around him with a drawing of a sea monster slithering down at the edge of the ocean.With the Vietnam war at Its height and the assassination of Robert Kennedy a recent memory, this legendary album juxtaposed fine rock music with audio excerpts from US television news and is a true one-off. Saint Steven uses his own mythical figures, "Gladacadova" and "Ay-Aye-Poe-Day", to add magic and mystery to his little tales. In the middle of "Poor Small", the song stops and we get an excerpt from one of the Presidential elections in which some old woman is reading the tally of states and hitting a gavel. The song continues and so does the tally in the background, it still reminds us of sad realities of life that we try to escape from with music. The album works as one entire piece, amazing from the beginning to the end.

- Over the Hills
Over The Hills 0:43
Animal Hall 2:50
Gladacadova 2:11
Over The Hills 0:18
Poor Small 2:41
Ay-Aye Poe Day 3:22
Grey Skies 2:51
Over The Hills 1:28
- The Bastich
 Bastich I 3:07
Voyage To Cleveland 2:51
Sun In The Flame 2:26
Bright Lights 2:02
Louisiana Home 2:51
Bastich II 1:06

CONDITION: The cover: thick gatefold cover has a micro-small bb delete at bottom left, a really nice M- front cover ... and way-way better than most surviving copies as the back cover only has small bit of wear starting ... very solid crisp copy with NICE graphic designs...no split seams, no bends, no writing 

The vinyl: both sides are glossy; rating is: clean M- TOP COPY plays enjoyable clean & clear throughout....both labels are clean  

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record