1967 Shrink Mint THE SERPENT POWER ACID PSYCH FOLK HAUNTING EXOTIC SF SOUND LP
  $   257

 


$ 257 Sold For
Dec 5, 2021 Sold Date
Nov 30, 2021 Start Date
17   Number Of Bids
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  • ~RARE 1967 ORIGINAL ~

    HAUNTING FEMALE/MALE HIPPIES

  • PSYCHEDELIC CLASSIC

  • STILL IN FACTORY CELLOPHANE
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  • THE  SERPENT  POWER
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  • USA - VANGUARD RECORDS - VRS 9212 - STEREOPHONIC


    RARE 1967 FIRST PRINTING...
    Still with the original Vanguard designed 1967 inner sleeve

  • SONG SEPARATION STEREO !

    ...Original 1967 first pressing by an incredibly compelling San Francisco electrified psych mix capped off with flowing/haunting melodies and a long exotic epic ...
  • female & male vocals are best of the best kind ...

    The LP is legendary, if you don't own a copy, treat yourself!

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    The (((mighty))) SERPENT POWER, the San Francisco band, was fronted by poet David Meltzer who formed the band with his wife Tina in 1966. Ed Denton (then manager of Country Joe And The Fish) was rightly 'knocked-out' and recommended them to Vanguard after hearing their first gig, a benefit for the Telegraph Group Neighbourhood Centre on 27th November 1966.

  • This album is notable for tasty flowing electric guitar work amid fantastic self penned tunes as on "Gently Gently" and "Open House", plus Tina's beautiful vocals are to the fore on the amazing "Flying Away, a haunting track with beautiful melody...the group are probably best remembered for the album's closing track Endless Tunnel, an ambitious amalgam of Western and Eastern musical styles.
    Overall the album is legendary and sadly was Serpent Power's only album, definitely a psychedelic masterpiece.

  • Besides Meltzer and his wife Tina (who sang both lead and harmony vocals), the band also included Denny Ellis and David Stenson on lead guitar and bass, respectively, both of whom had gotten their start with '66 first LP Grass Roots. The band became a full rock outfit with the inclusion of John Payne on organ and Clark Coolidge on drums. The album received a somewhat limited pressing (makes it now so hard to find) and, despite featuring some excellent examples of flowing psychedelia, the band never got that big, known mostly within the San Francisco area. The album's last track is a fantastic raga-rock epic reaching exotic exploratory directions. The band didn't record another album, and disbanded in 1968. David and Tina Meltzer went on to record another album, Poet's Song, under their own names.

  • CLARK COOLIDGE drms
    DENNY ELLIS ld gtr
    DAVID MELTZER hrmnca, gtr, vcls
    TINA MELTZER vcls
    JOHN PAYNE organ
    DAVID STENSON bss

    Don't You Listen to Her ...2:20
    Gently, Gently ...2:36
    Open House ...3:31
    Flying Away ...4:26
    Nobody Blues ...3:50
    Up and Down ...3:37
    Sky Baby ...2:32
    Forget ...3:34
    Dope Again ...0:47
    Endless Tunnel ...13:14
  1.                  CONDITION:

  3. The cover: rated: MINT, a beautiful solid all over cover , still in factory shrink wrap! Has no split seams, no delete marks, no writing and rich original colors...a great collection score!

  1. The vinyl: Rated: all clean over both sides, near M- full of shine! The whole LP plays with excellent audio and IS very enjoyable ... both Vanguard labels are free from soil & writing

A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
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