JADE STONE & LUV Mosaics RARE PSYCH PROG ORIG LP PROMO
$
250
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Original private pressing from USA on Jade records. The sleeve is in excellent condition (split seam and tiny cut corner) and the record is in near mint condition. This is a promo DJ copy LP as you can read on the sticker.
There are easier things than describing this record. I found one description that said: "all-time mindblowing, dive bar groovy TN love psych, 5am backseat pilldealer vibe." which, like most descriptions, is really right on the money BUT doesn't really mean anything if you haven't already heard the record.
While looking around for a better description I came across this one posted on an internet chat group back in November of 2000. A swedish record collector says:
"You know, sometimes an album that you've been wanting to hear for a very long time, when you finally lay your hands on a copy it far succeeds any expectations you had of it in the first place. One of those landed in my mailbox the other day. JADE STONE & LUV / Mosaics - Pieces of Stone, a US private press from '77. I'd only read about it on a few lists and got interested years ago, but it always seemed too expensive to give it a shot. Anyway, a copy turned up at a fair price due to it having been a radio station copy, and duly had the station's call letters in big black marker pen on the front. Not that it mattered much, though, 'cause the photo of the couple in question on the cover would've been a great candidate for inclusion in one of the "Incredible Strange Music Books"! It has to be seen to be believed!! As for the music within, well I must say that I was totally and utterly blown away by all tracks bar two (and those were at least OK). Great songs, incredibly tight backing and lots of searing and biting guitar leads. Some great string arrangements on some tracks, and the angelic choral work of Debbie Luv is superb and original. Add to this the fact that Jade Stone himself sounds A LOT like the mighty Darius himself in the vocal department. The album's ace and is really funky. Not really what you would expect from a '77 album. Stan Denski (hi!) had it in his latest list, and said that it sounded a bit like Sonny & Cher had they lived in a trailer park in Kentucky. That comment made me no wiser, but now that I've heard it I get the picture. So, get Stan's copy if it's not gone, you won't be disappointed. The final track, "Reality" is an infectious garage track with dual wah-wah guitars battling for space...."
Copies have sold for $400 in the past and this one is near mint.
KEYWORDS: psych psychedelic garage nuggets fuzz acid flowers hippy hippie pokora
Mail me if you have any questions. Registered postage worldwide for this unique rarity is 27 US$. Registered postage within Europe is 16 US$. Please check my other auctions.
price rating
