WITNESS INC Visions of Vanessa 1968 RARE PSYCH PS HEAR

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

WITNESS INC. "Visions of Vanessa" b/w "Another Side of Her"

Original 1968 45 on the Canadian APEX label

Picture Sleeve in VG shape, edge splits

Vinyl:  Plays VG++

Rock and roll is filled with songs dedicated to girls who’ve slept with the band – heck, without ‘em, there’d be about one-eighth as many rock songs.  But Saskatoon, Canada’s Witness Inc. have quadrupled the ante – which may be the first song ever written about FOUR girls the singer’s slept with.  That takes a lot of nerve, I bet – I can’t imagine Lynn, Dawn, Anne, or even Vanessa, who at least gets the song title in “Visions of Vanessa,” coulda been all that THRILLED about having to share their song with three other hussies, but hey – this WAS the late 60’s.  As the story goes, Vanessa is blind, but that just means she “hears, senses, touches and loves more than most who claim to have seen everything.”  Which, come to think of it, was probably her reaction when she first realized she had to share her song with the last three chicks the singer banged.  “Now I’ve really seen everything!” she said as she stormed out of the house to pay a little booty call to Randy Bachman.  Of the other three, it seems like Anne (his third) turned him on to acid, because it’s HER verse that gets the full-on echoey “psychedelic” treatment.  Along with lyrics like “Anne was my third love, picture a pink dove, she lit my pipe and she danced in my hand.”  Which certainly could be a euphemism, but I won’t go there.  Unfortunately for our little Canadian Casanova, his very first love Lynn “gave me babies and made me a man.”  And, as a result, probably took home the lion’s share of the profits made from this single.  “You are my REAL love,” he pleads a the end of the song to blind Vanessa, but by then it’s too late.  She’s long gone, probably having hot candle wax dripped on her by Burton Cummings.

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I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

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