1967 PROMO 2nd PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY Psych GEM

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RARE AND GREAT 1967 WEST COAST HIPPIE PSYCH ALA AIRPLANE JAMS!                                                   

The PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY  

           The Great Conspiracy   

          USA - 360 Sound Columbia Records - CS 9590 stereo

 RARE PROMO ADVANCE RELEASE

Harder to find 1967 ((original pressing)) of the second and last Lp by this cool West Coast band featuring dynamic vocals by Sandy Robison....on the 360 Sound Columbia label 

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, a Hollywood based group (not San Francisco) was one of the top groups on the West Coast at the time of these lps (1967 - 68), at least in personal appearances, often booked with groups thought today to have been the top artists of the time, such as the Doors, Iron Butterfly, Steppenwolf, etc. 

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy formed in 1966 from the remains of the folkrock band The Ashes ( In which soon to be Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden played. He left The Ashes to go and play with the Jefferson Airplane ). The Great Conspiracy is their second album. The sound is very West-Coast psychadelic. The opener "Turn On A Friend (To The Good Life)", "Too Many Do" and "Ectasy" will instantly remind you of prime era Jefferson Airplane. The voice of Barbara "Sandi" Ronbinson is atonishing and the guitars full of high wired fuzzy grooves. A great album of the West-Coast psychedelic sixties movement.

Their late '67 single "Turn On a Friend (to the Good Life)" great as it is, failed to chart, but overall they had still sold a fair amount of records for an American rock group of their time. With one album remaining on their Columbia contract, the Peanut Butter Conspiracy undertook recording sessions in New York and L.A. during the latter half of 1967. The result of these sessions was the late '67 "GREAT CONSPIRACY" album, hands down their finest work. This time the group played on every track and handled all the writing themselves. A national tour and the addition of new lead guitarist Bill Wolff (formerly of Sound Machine) had made the PBC a tighter unit instrumentally, and they were able to stretch out the arrangements accordingly. Among the best results were the gorgeous "Lonely Leaf", "Living, Loving Life", spacey "Too Many Do" and "Ecstacy". The lyrics could still be overreaching at times ("Firecracker sky / filled with roots of fusion / trash cans floating by / we're so far ahead we're losin'") but the songs were all melodically adventurous, running the gamut of chord changes and stops and starts. "Too Many Do" garnered significant FM airplay and was one of the first long cuts to be played on the radio. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY some 40+ years later is now highly sought after by many collectors, as it should have been all along...

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy:
- Barbara "Sandi" Ronbinson - vocals
- Lance Fent - guitar
- Jim Voigt - drums
- John Merrill - vocals, guitar
- Alan Brackett - bass, vocals

CONDITION: The cover is VG+ just small cover wear beginning...with tight strong seams, no bends and no writing,  -- the back cover has a promo stamp on back...altogether should fit nicely in most any collection...

The vinyl is all glossy on both sides, clean M- ...playing TOP level

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record