AORTA "Self Titled" Columbia CS-9785 RARE Psychedelic Rock

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 AORTA "Self Titled" from 1969 on the Columbia Records Label.

 RARE ORIGINAL 360 SOUND PRESSING!

The cover is in VERY GOOD + or better condition. Comes in the ORIGINAL COLUMBIA paper inner sleeve.

It is on the COLUMBIA Records Label CS-9785.

RARE 1969 original very first AORTA album from 1969 on the highly collected 360 Sound Columbia label of the sixties...

From the sophisticated production blending killer organ and guitar sounds, arrangements, etc to distinctive, great vocals and outstanding songwriting. There are no weak tracks here, and each one has some melodies or hooks or stinging, powerful instrumental ideas that suck the listener in.

There are also at least two or three bona fide elite classic songs here, really memorable, catchy slices of genius that belong on any comprehensive "best of 60s psych" comp. In the flow of the album, there are a number of fascinating departures from conventional pop song format, notably the opening track and its unforgettable "main vein" chorus.

Something of this albums general flavor is found in parts of the "Food" classic 'Forever is a Dream' too, and most fans of 'Food' would dig 'Aorta' and vice versa, just on an abstract sensibility, not on any especially strong similarities.

Probably the primary feeling of the music comes from the organ. Stripping away the brilliant compositional and production maneuvers, This is slightly heavy, trippy, psychedelic organ prog-psych-pop with an exaggerated, dramatic vocal style atypical of psych bands. (Not to the extremes of Arcadium or Vanilla Fudge though!)

During the mid-'60s, the members of AORTA, originally hailing from Rockford, IL had previously been in a group called the Exceptions. Early members of this group included Kal David (later of Illinois Speed Press and H.P. Lovecraft), Marty Grebb (the Buckinghams), and Peter Cetera (Chicago).

The Exceptions were a soulful, if unremarkable, Top 40s cover group who were nevertheless acclaimed for their "exceptional" musicianship. They were one of the more popular acts on the greater Chicago local scene, and released a handful of singles on numerous Midwest labels -- Tollie, Cameo, Quill -- and for L.A.-based Capitol.

For the last of these releases, the band dropped the "s" from their name and began calling themselves the Exception (a compilation for the Collectables label, The Quill Records Story, collects two of their singles).

As each member of the group, with the exception of bassist Peter Cetera; already had an eye toward expanding their original material to include a more "psychedelic" sound, they soon reconfigured themselves as Aorta, and, in late 1968, recorded a single for Atlantic.

Eventually, producer Bill Traut (American Breed) approached them on behalf of Dunwich Productions, Inc., and -- with Bobby Jones taking over on bass after Cetera's departure -- they accepted his offer to record their debut album for Columbia in 1969. They recorded two albums under the name Aorta. The first of these, the self-titled Aorta, is today highly acclaimed as a sought after lite-psych album.  

They utilize profressional musicianship with complex rhythms on the art rock side and histrionic guitar/organ arrangements. Aorta's album ended up peaking at around number 168 and remained on Billboard's charts for a respectable six weeks. 

The vinyl is in VERY GOOD + condition!

The labels are the ORIGINAL 360 Sound and are in excellent condition.

RARE ORIGINAL 360 SOUND PRESSING!

**Please see my other listings for some more EXTREMELY rare and obscure Rock LP's**

Purchased a collection from a very nice gentleman here in Tennessee, who collected Rock for over 30 years.

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