The Forum The River is Wide Mira Records Sealed Mint MLPS 3014 Stereo

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Vinyl: Mint
Cover: Mint, just one small shrink opening to avoid warping.
            Still has the original price sticker attached to the cover.
Labels: Mint

1st US Pressing on Mira Records
A very nice collectors copy!
Not a super rare record by any means, but most definitely hard to find sealed.
No splits and completely legible spine.
This LP rips!

As always, it will be professionally cleaned, and packaged in new anti static inner sleeve, and quality outer sleeve.
I ship media mail, but I am flexible, just let me know what you want.
USA buyers only.

Here's a little background on its release:

Forum's only album -- 1967's The River Is Wide -- is notable for its connection to exotica guru Les Baxter, who produced, arranged, and composed four tracks. Baxter also contributed liner sleeve notes for this highly collectible LP, which describes how he witnessed a folk performance on-stage in a Pasadena, CA, club by the leader of the trio, Phil Campos. Campos soon became a student of Baxter's and also became one of Les Baxter's Balladeers, appearing on that folk group's self-titled Reprise album in 1961. He also appeared, as a solo folky, on a number of "Hootenanny" albums, including The Big Hootenanny: Live Recordings at the Troubadour, the Ice House and the Ash Grove (In Records, 1963), Hootenanny at the Troubador (Horizon, 1963), and Let's Have a Hootenanny, (Crown, 1963). Within a few years, Campos had formed his own group -- joining him were vocalists Rene Nole and Riselle Bain -- whose arrangements incorporated the "now" sounds of the day, including pseudo-jazzy orchestrated arrangements, discotheque go-go drums, and blended soft pop harmonies. In 1966, Forum began recording for the Mira label, a subsidiary of Pat Boone's Penthouse Productions company and home to the L.A. folk-rock band the Leaves -- their "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?" was a Top 40 hit that year, around the same time that "The River Is Wide" began climbing the U.S. singles charts, becoming a minor hit though its impact was felt mostly in the L.A. area. A full-length album was released in May 1967. "The River Is Wide" was later recorded by the Grass Roots for their 1969 Lovin' Things album, and it was also recorded by the Righteous Brothers, as well as appearing on numerous compilations, including Super Oldies of the 60's, Vol. 7.