NM 1966 "ELLPEE" #2 LP MASCOTS "REVOLVER "RUBBER SOUL" KILLER UK ROCK FREAK-BEAT
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- MINTY / RARE
- ORIGINAL 1966 FIRST PRINT
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- THE MASCOTS
- "ELLPEE"
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- (only) "Made in Germany" - maroon/white/gold DECCA
- - SKL 4806 STEREOPHONIC
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- TOP COPY
The Mascots, after their first album, were still influenced by The Beatles but added a tougher sound to their music-- think: "Rain/Paperback Writer" era Beatles
The Mascots had some personnel changes during this era (from a quartet to a quintet), but their sound stayed mostly the same--great vocals, superb arrangements, concise guitar solos and that sound, still timelessly great.
For anyone into the Beatles/Zombies/Hollies or mid 60's British rock era music, The Mascots should be on one's "to investigate further" list.
The Mascots had a reputation for doing some of the best original British styled rock music to come out of Europe during the mid 1960s, but one can't fully appreciate how good they were until one hears this album. Sweden's mid 60's the MASCOTS were a lot of fun, issuing a bunch of chart hits and two essential albums during their all too short life...here is their very scarce SECOND 1966 LP, difficult to find still playing fully enjoyable!
Strong flavors per "Revolver" and "Rubber Soul" era BEATLES with contagious self-composed tunes. Issued in 1965 with intention to appeal to the English Beatles highs in the mid 60's market, it includes a few TOP chart 45's intermixed with tracks created especially for this long-player release, and the results are so well done in British rock mode by musicians who were obviously coming into the scene from the outside.
The fuzz-laden rockers such as "I Close Your Eyes" could have passed for British freak-beat circa 1965-1966, in style of Creation's sound, while folkie-based pieces such as "The Proud Crowd" come off as a variant of the folk-rock sound embraced by John Lennon on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," inspiration and commercially fine-minded moments. And then there's the downright weird "Things Are Turning Out," a strange (and strangely accurate) European answer to British music novelty rock, which seems to have been created more for Herman's Hermits than the Beatles, while "Droopy Drops" sounds like a catchy re-creation of the Hollies. MASCOTS also deliver a better than decent hook-and-harmony-laden piece like "Nobody Crying," with its superb middle eight and a great break, which could have become an underground classic in America or England.
Both original MASCOTS LP's are surprisingly strong, growing increasingly infectious with each spin of the records. It all sounds as though the MASCOTS were given the hooks, choruses, and playing (and some of the singing) by the Beatles and the Hollies, put them into a blender, and came up with something especially pleasing in musical flavors. And thanks to its perfections in anything greater or more important, this LP never overstays its welcome as prime mid-'60s U.K.-styled rock addiction
- The Winner
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This Proud Crowd -
I Close Your Eyes -
Things Are Turning Out -
Every Way I Think Of You -
Droopy Drops -
Nobody Crying -
Did You Ever Think -
I Won't Let You Down -
That's You -
I Want To Live -
I Don't Like You -
This Time Girl -
A Different Mind
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: near M- nicely colorful laminated and fragile thin but well cared for sharp and stiff relic with sharp corners, no sun fade, no delete marks, no split seams, and no writing ...hard to find at all and hardly better, this one
- The vinyl: Rated: near M- thick weighty dynamic platter is super with both sides like shiny smooth glass, playing terrific and both gold/white/maroon DECCA labels are clean as you see in accompanied images
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