OPAL Happy Nightmare Baby LP MAZZY STAR SST 1987 DAVID ROBACK RARE

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OPAL Happy Nightmare Baby LP MAZZY STAR SST 1987 DAVID ROBACK RARE

Please Check My Other Auctions For Over 1,000+ LP's , This Collection Consists Of ROCK, METAL, FOLK, BLUES, CHRISTIAN , AOR, PSYCH, SSW, SOUNDTRACKS , AUDIOPHILE, PRIVATE PRESSINGS, NEW AGE AND CLASSICAL. Most Are Very Good to Mint Condition From My Personal Collection. Pictures Of Both Front/Back Cover & Label, With Lot's of Soundclips.

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CONDITION
VINYL ~ VG++ WITH A COUPLE OF LIGHT SLEEVE HAIR LINE SCRATCHES
COVER ~ VG+ WITH EDGE WEAR AND A SMALL CORNER CUT
US ~ PRESSING
COMMENTS ~ RARE LP ON SST RECORDS 1987.

LISTEN!!!

At once drowsy, psychedelic, entrancing, and possessed of a sinuous spark, Happy Nightmare Baby may have been Opal's only album but deserves more attention than merely being a blueprint for Roback's later work in Mazzy Star. For one thing, Opal was very much its own band, with Kendra Smith's particular lyrical visions of mystic power and universe-scaling dreams and nightmares its own entity. As is her singing, though she's got less of Hope Sandoval's wistful drift and more focused control -- check out the brief "A Falling Star," where the comparatively stripped-down arrangement places her singing in the foreground, notably without much in the way of echo. Roback's playing certainly won't surprise anyone per se who backtracks to this group from albums like She Hangs Brightly, and the atmosphere of textured, moody power is evident right from the start with the wonderful early T. Rex tribute, "Rocket Machine." The compressed string swirl and steady stomp is pure Marc Bolan-via-Tony Visconti, though Smith avoids Bolan's style of warble for her own cool, something also quite evident on the slow-groove stomp of the great "She's a Diamond" and the concluding "Soul Giver." Meanwhile, other familiar elements Roback would later use are present aplenty -- very Ray Manzarek-like organ lines on the mantra-chugs of "Magick Power" and "Siamese Trap," compressed acid rock solos and lots of reverb. The title track itself stands out a bit as being a bit more of a '60s Europop confection in a stripped-down 1968 setting -- Roback's electric guitar adds some fire, but it's the slightly jazz-tinged rhythm and easy delivery from Smith that helps establish its own character. It's a release that stood out both in time and place (a 1987 release on SST Records, of all places!), but it stands up to future years and listens darn well.

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**RECORD GRADING**

• M= A near perfect, probably unplayed record (Usually use this for sealed records).
• NM= Record appears new, At most, perhaps a light mark appears on the record. It should play without any noise or skips of any kind whatsoever.
• VG++= Record has some extremely light surface marks. These marks do not affect play. Very nice copy
• VG+= Record has noticeable marks, Light surface scratches and may play with some very light noise, but doesn't overpower the music, Still very enjoyable.
• VG= Record has noticeable marks and scratches, plays with noise
• G= Lots of ware, Noise and scratches more audible than music.
  

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PACKING**
Records Are Removed From Their Covers. All Records Are Packed Between Two Sturdy Corrugated Cardboard Flats And Sealed Tight In A Corrugated Record Mailer.

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