WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND - "Vol. 3" - 1968 - psychedelic - EX
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WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND
“Vol. 3: A CHILD’S GUIDE TO GOOD AND EVIL”
Reprise RS 6298
1968
EX / EX
FIRST PRESSING
BEST CONDITION & PRICE ON EBAY AS OF 04-28-2017. One first pressing copy is currently posted at $137 (VG+), incl. post.
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (WCPAEB) was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The group created music that possessed an eerie, and at times sinister, atmosphere, and contained material that was bluntly political, childlike, and bizarre. Representing different musical backgrounds among band members, the group, at times, resembled a traditional Byrds-esque folk rock ensemble, but the WCPAEB also, within the same body of work, recorded avant-garde music marked by multi-layered vocal harmonies.
The WCPAEB's fourth album “Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil” was released in July 1968. The album represented a creative leap forward for the band and is often considered their most accomplished work. Band biographer Tim Forster described Volume 3 as the group's "most extraordinary achievement", one which utilized a "bizarre fusion of innocence and malice" heavily affected by the "exuberance of the British Invasion, folk rock, and flower power-era" being "swept away in a tide of bad drugs, paranoia, and protest". The album also saw Ron Morgan experimenting with the droning quality of the electric sitar, featured prominently on "Ritual #1", "Until the Poorest of People Have Money", the title track, and "Ritual #2". In addition, Volume 3's front cover design showcased the "butterfly mind" artwork of John Van Hamersveld, who also is credited with the covers of Crown of Creation, Exile on Main St., and Magical Mystery Tour. Like the WCPAEB's earlier albums, Volume 3 failed to sell in sufficient quantities to reach the U.S. charts, and Reprise dropped the band.
Stored vertically in a smoke-free environment for 39 years.
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