LOADSTONE psych jazz rock LP Barnaby '69
$
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Description
Up for auction is a nice promotional copy of the self-titled progressive psych rock LP “Loadstone” from the late 1960s. Group members are: JOHN STERLING - guitar; JOHN PHILLIPS - tenor sax, flutes, oboe, and bassoon; STEVE DOUGLAS (aka HUSCZKA) trumpet and fluegel horn; TERRY RYAN - keyboards; SAM CERNUTO - trombone; and LARRY DEVERS - drums.
Jacket is in reasonably good condition with some general signs of handling and storage wear including a 4-inch split on bottom right seam, cracking along the spine, a sticker at upper left from radio station which says “ROCK” (see scan). Vinyl is in pristine NEAR MINT condition, appears to have been played one time for audition purposes and then stored. Has pristine clean labels, full 100% gloss, no marks or scratches, it is a beauty.
Vernon Joynson writes that “...the album is of interest for Flower Pot, a long fifteen minute psychedelic suite which takes up the whole of Side Two. Complete with sound effects, phasing, screams, echo loops and bird noises, the track was recorded in one take, with the voices overdubbed later.”
According to Joynson, “…the group formed in Las Vegas. Devers, Abernathy and Phillips were backing Bobby Darin at the time when he went on his hiatus to find himself, leaving them looking for a gig. Ryan, Douglas, Sterling and Cernuto were freelance musicians in Vegas looking for work. Thanks to a guitar player by the name of Mike Richards, who originally was in the group, they got together and formed a cover band to make some cash. The band worked a club in Vegas called 'The Pussycat A Go Go' where Andy Williams used to hang out. He signed the band to his label, Barnaby Records, because of the big following the band attracted to its live performances. Andy also got Dave Grusin to produce the album as well as play piano on one track, Dayshine. The album was recorded in a two week period in the Summer of 1969 and other than record promotion concerts and a few club gigs in L.A., the band never toured.
The album’s lack of sales caused the group to slowly dissolve to working lounge gigs in Vegas. When that was over the band members went on to other groups. Today, all the members are still working as musicians in one capacity or another except for Douglas, who passed on in 1991. The groups energy in live performance could never really be captured on record. The horn sound created by the Trumpet, Trombone and Sax with the funky rhythm section was truly incredible…”
Tracks are as follows: Side 1: “See the Light” (3:25), “Keep on Burning” (2:47), “Dayshine” (5:16), and “Time” (3:43). Side 2: “It Couldn’t Be Bad” (3:15), and “Flower Pot” (15:15).
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