MIGHTY BABY -s/t RARE 1969 ORIG US ORIG UK WEST COAST PSYCH PROG HARD ROCK LP
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RARE 1969 ORIGINAL U.S. FIRST PRESSING!
"MIGHTY BABY- s/t"
1969 Head Records LPS-025label
The condition of the gatefold cover is a nice VG+ to EX with a tiny tear on the back cover and tiny drill hole in the middle (common for this LP), no seam splits or writing! The condition of the disc is M- and it plays nearly perfect!
UK act MIGHTY BABY was Formed in 1968, featuring several members of the newly disbanded outfit The Action. They hit the studio right away, and Had an album ready by the end of '68, Eventually All which was released at the tail end of 1969 on the Head Records.
When the Action broke up in the late 60s, they reformed minus their singer Reggie King as Azoth. The Azoth name was short lived, leading the band to settle on Mighty Baby. The Action had played the club circuit for years, releasing many excellent mod singles before plunging into the world of psychedelia. This band had always worked hard, and now they were finally given the luxury to record a long player. Mighty Baby’s album was released in 1969 off the small independent Head label. At this point, Mighty Baby could technically and instrumentally hold their own against rock’s finest. Few debut openers are as good as the revolutionary Egyptian Tomb. It’s a sleek, powerful piece of psychedelia with strong west coast style guitar interplay. At 5:30 minutes, this great song never falls flat and is definitely one of the defining moments of British acid rock. Same Way From The Sun has a similar stoned vibe with psychedelic echo and sounds like it could have been lifted from a really good latter '60s Byrds album.A truly extraordinary west coast psychedelic / acid rock album with strong Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service with some fuzz influences in some tracks and a very mild, if not minimal prog touch .... 'Mighty Baby' showcased an inventive and surprisingly-experimental outfit Whose West-coast leanings nicely contrasted with their UK beat-group origins. Songs such as the impressive, rural-flecked rocker 'A Friend You Know But Never See' start as seemingly simplistic-late-sixties psych-tinged rock, before breaking headlong into complex, overlapping rhythms that spin off into oblivion Jerry Garcia-inspired and back again via semi-progressive instrumental passages That feature Cajun violins, guitars and bluesy-folk-pressed vocals. Fans of The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Wizards From Kansas, as well as early rainy-day UK psych purveyors The Move, Tomorrow and The Magic Mixture shoulds find much to admire on this enjoyable album, and whilst there may not be the complex keyboard passages, rampant experimentation and surreal conceits that ordain the best 1970's prog, Mighty Baby's brand of all-encompassing psychedelic rock remains refreshingly timeless.
NICE KEEPER COPY!!
CONDITION: COVER: EX(in the shrink) VINYL: VG++/EX
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