One-off LP from a US psych band formed 1963 in Burbank, California, who prior to this had released two 45:s on two different labels. Neither the singles or the album seems to have made any impression back then and the band was soon forgotten by most. Listening today that seems a bit unfair. I get a good chunk of all self-written melodic psych with lots of organ and quite a few good guitar parts. There's nothing really outstanding about it but the tracks fits the zeitgeist well and for an old sixties buff like me it's a quite rewarding journey all the way. Guess it would be a good catch in any serious psych collection. Hard to pick out absolute favorites, but why not both sides of the spawned 45 - "I'm Telling You"/"Free Service". Not 100% sure how this mono promo relates to the stock stereo. It doesn't sound like a regular radio promo, more then like an original mono mix - loud and pushy. So maybe a mono was made for stock purposes, but held back from the shops as the format was on the brink in US and instead just used as a promo. Originally issued in US only (stereo FLS 45,000). EU 2021 vinyl reissue on Endless Happiness (HE 68001). No legal CD releases seems to exist, but two unofficial - the 2006 Scandinavian on Mason Records (MR56448) and the 2010 Russian on Dogtoire (DGCD 100011). Premiere US had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover. (YZÄ*) (ÖXCÅ*) (ÖRJ*)
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