Blue Cheer ?– Oh Pleasant Hope - 1ST PRESS PHILIPS - COUNTRY PSYCH HARD ROCK

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EXCELLENT PLAY COPY OF A RARER 1ST PRESS US ORIGINAL LP BLUE CHEER - OH! PLEASANT HOPE PHILLIPS PHS 600-350 1ST US PRESSING 1971 M2/M3 IN RUNOFF

THE VINYL IS VG+ - UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS THERE ARE SEEN THIN HAIRLINES, AND NO FELT SCRATCHES ALL ON  VERY SHINY VINYL - FIRST PRESS WITH HEAVIER VINYL HAS RESULTED IN AN LP THAT PLAYS VERY WELL WITH LITTLE SURFACE NOISE, EVEN  BETWEEN TRACKS AND AT NEEDLE DROP. A LOUD LP WITH FULL DYNAMICS, VERY WELL MASTERED AND SOUNDS EXCELLENT!!

JACKET IS LIGHT US CARDBOARD - IN A VG+ CONDITION, HAS BEEN REPAIRED RESULTING IN NO SPLITS NO WRITING AND NO STICKERS  - SHOWS ONLY VERY LIGHT RING WEAR AND HAS LIGHT BUMPING TO EDGES AND CORNERS - SPINE IS EXCELLENT, READABLE WITH VERY LIGHT EDGE BUMPING - THE LABELS ARE PERFECT AND SHOW LIGHT SPINDLE MARKINGS

THIS IS A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED RECORD 

(SEE PHOTOS)

It's hard to imagine what would prompt someone to suggest the band that recorded Vincebus Eruptum should get in touch with their pastoral side, but for their sixth album in only four years,Blue Cheer decided to explore something close to folk-rock and they sounded a lot more comfortable with the stuff than anyone had a right to expect. The album featured the same lineup as the previous year's The Original Human Being (the first time since Outsideinside that the band had the same musicians for two albums in a row),  this one is loose, laid-back, and playful; if it doesn't hit very hard, it's one of the most organic and natural-sounding recordings to carry the group's name. The album opens with "Hiway Man," an updated variant on old folk ballads with acoustic guitars and a magisterial organ dominating the arrangement; The LP upends traditional expectations about this most heavy band, and while their tough, blues-centered rock is still present on songs like "Believer" and "Heart Full of Soul", most of the time the music is simpler and quieter, and "Traveling Man," "Money Troubles," and "Ecological Blues" come off like jams cut live in the studio rather than stuff the group labored over for days. And the band flies their freak flag high on the tale of a mythic, mean-spirited cop "Lester the Arrester" and the title track, a likably goofy singalong in which a guy looking for reefer in the midst of a cannabis drought imagines a day when "grass will flow like wine."  this is an album Blue Cheer made because they felt like doing this, and the relaxed attitude and sense of fun is what makes this album work.

 (ALL MUSIC)

PLEASE SEE PHOTOS

Some incredible songs on this 1967 album from composer Reid King who married the Brazilian sound with
popular music of that era to produce an album that should have really taken off then, but due to the strange
setup of Canterbury Records who were in business to lose money for a Mattel tax shelter, the album was allowed
to die on the vine by Canterbury when it started to take off with airplay and sales.  Reid King went on to become
one of the foremost composers of contemporary music for the gut-string guitar.

FINALLY ONE LAST WORD RE HAIRLINES, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANY NON SEALED RECORD WITHOUT THEM, MANY HAD THEM FROM NEW. MOSTLY THEY ARE A RESULT OF STORAGE AND USE AND USUALLY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SOUND QUALITY. THE SAME GOES FOR BACKGROUND NOISE, UNFORTUNATELY ALL RECORDS WILL HAVE SOME AND THIS VARIES AND REFLECTS THE PRESSING QUALITY. 

Most records have production marks where someone touched or moved the vinyl while it was still semi-soft.  These marks look like smudges, but are not scratches or "paper scuffs" and do not usually sound.  Untouched vinyl from newly-opened records have these marks. 

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Records are graded under bright lights or discrete sunlight - In the case of visibly possible harmful scratches, the record will be tested and sound quality noted.Many vintage (1955-70) records will play fine with visible damage due to superior vinyl and better pressings.

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How I Grade Condition Of Discs

Mint

This means I have owned it from new or purchased from a distributors warehouse, basically it means absolutely new shape, never been played or out of its dust cover. In the case of LP's, a North American album will have to be factory sealed (anyone can reseal an album!) Take Note: European and Japaneses albums were never shrink wrapped!

Note: Being mint does not guarantee it's free of pops and clicks, many pressings especially from the US were made with very poor vinyl and in a hurry which means often there are imperfections in the pressing. As a former importer, we were often given back brand new albums due to clicks heard in the playback.

Mint Minus - No such thing, it's either mint or not.

Excellent - A disc is super clean, with no visible marks

 Excellent Plus, means it's probably mint but can't be proven by me.

Excellent minus, is a disc that is excellent except it may have some markings that do not show up in the playing

VG - A disc that is STILL in good shape, WILL have some scuffs or scratches, not in excellent shape but well worth owning. VG + and ++,a disc that is that much better than VG.

VG minus, just a smidgen below VG