LSD Documentary Capitol STAO-2574 - Rare Stereo LP
$
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Description
Rare stereo version. Most copies of this album are found as mono pressings. There are very few of the stereo pressings in existence.
Record: NM (both sides have their original gloss)
Label: NM (clean, no spindle marks)
Cover: NM- (spine is intact, no split edges, all corners clean except for a minor on the rear upper right (see photo), no writing on cover)
Comments:
...the top of all LSD documentaries
...the attitude is more exploratory and puzzled than condemning, perhaps because it was made at an early stage
...an incredible piece of history
This obscure album is a documentary on the LSD psychedelic drug controversy. Co-produced by Capitol Records president, Alan Livingston. Alan signed The Beatles to the label in 1964. Capitol later released this in response to the huge wave of drug use that was spreading rapidly through our culture by 1967. While the album does not have any Beatles involvement, it was more than likely issued as a result of admitted and limited drug experimentation by members of the band. Bruce Spizer dedicated 3 full pages to it in his excellent book, "The Beatles on Capitol Records: The Albums" (pages 225 thru 228.)
Includes comments by such LSD authorities as Sidney Cohen, M.D., the controversial Dr.Timothy Leary, Mrs. Aldous Huxley, and Allen Ginsberg. Plus additional comments by regular heads and neutral observers.
The album has also been sampled heavily by Porcupine Tree on their classic albums, Up the Downstair and Voyage 34.
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