CLEAN '68 BLUES MAGOOS Basic MOD FREAKBEAT PSYCH

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  Super cool '68 fuzzed-up garage psych winner!                                                                                                                                      

    The BLUES MAGOOS

              BASIC

                               USA - Mercury Records - SR 6117 

Influenced by the UK Mod & Freakbeat 60's scene!

Sometimes underrrated Original 1968 first pressing vinyl in old unipak gatefold cover...Quite possibly their best BLUES MAGOOS album, packed with cool sounds -- that's right, filled on both sides with fuzz guitar/farfisa organ led original tunes...the band at the top of their game, turned on and "tight", delivering an excellent garage psych explosion !

"Basic" Blues Magoos (1968) -- the final long-player with the original crew of Ralph Scala (keyboards), Ronnie Gilbert (bass), Emil "Peppy" Thielheim (guitar), Mike Esposito (lead guitar) and Geoffrey Daking (drums) -- as noted above, many collectors say it's their best and easily most pro-creative outing. Perhaps this can partially be credited to the combo's retreat from creating in the comparatively uninspired environs of a studio. Instead, they essentially cocooned themselves into their legendary Bronx, New York digs, which at one time had been inhabited by none other than Gram Parsons. The autonomy paid off, as did their sizable influence from the U.K.-derived mod and freakbeat scenes, kick-started no doubt by a recent tour with the Who. Nowhere is that more evident than the cover of the Move's "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" or the similarly spirited original light psych opener "Sybil Green (Of the In Between)" and the propulsive "There She Goes." "All the Better to See You With" and "Chicken Wire Lady" provide a harder edge and sit well beside the notable Brit fuzz-pop vibe of "I Wanna Be There." "I Can Move a Mountain" is a long lost jangle pop side tinged in a darkness recalling "Love Seems Doomed" from the Magoos' debut, Psychedelic Lollipop (1967), especially the insidious vocal arrangement. On the other side of the spectrum is the affective baroque-tinged "Yellow Rose." The refined acoustic ballad is unlike the majority of the album's aggressive amplified excursions. As the title might suggest, "Presidential Council on Psychedelic Fitness" is a bit of an indulgence, as is "Subliminal Sonic Laxative," the latter being subsonic frequency.

1. Sybil Green (Of the in Between)
2. I Can Hear The Grass Grow 
3. All the Better to See You With
4. Yellow Rose
5. I Wanna Be There
6. I Can Move a Mountain
7. President's Council on Psychedelic Fitness
8. Scarecrow's Love Affair
9. There She Goes
10. Accidental Meditation
11. You're Getting Old
12. Subliminal Sonic Laxative

CONDITION: The unipack gatefold cover has solid seams, VG++ to "EX" (excellent)  (no delete marks ! )...40 years old!

The vinyl is clean all glossy CLEAN VG++ to "EX" (excellent) plays minty top level enjoyable

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!  

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record