OXFORDS Up Through LP new in shrink psych

$

137

This is a near mint condition album released in 1970 by Louisville psych band The Oxfords, "Flying Up Through The Sky." 10 tracks (plus one false start) of intertwining folk rock sounds on tunes like "Sung at Harvest Time," "Two Poems by E.E. Cummings," and "(There's) Always Something There to Remind." Critic Stanton Swihart writes (in reference to the CD reissue...), "The material from the original LP tends toward the lighter side of the '60s pop spectrum. The melodies are largely Technicolor bright and the sentiments have a paisley-eyed optimism that seems endemic to the late '60s alone. The harmonies of leader Jay Petach and DeMarco approach the sort of oxygenated buoyancy of the 5th Dimension or the Free Design, but with an earthier charm along the lines of Spanky & Our Gang. The music may strike some as a tad naïve, but it fits the insouciant mood of the period perfectly and 30 years after the fact still sounds fresh. At times ("Come on 'Round," the wah-wah laced "Young Girl's Lament") the band flashes more substantive hints, sounding something like the Jefferson Airplane's tough but yet deflowered younger sister, unsettled but still unspoiled. The rearrangement of the Quechua Indian song, "Sung at Harvest Time," is beautifully, eerily psychedelic, and the avant-orchestral experiment of "Two Poems by e.e. cummings," while not really successful as a pure listening experience, is bizarrely appealing. The tracks from the initial unit are much more derivative (specifically of the Beatles, Kinks, and Monkees) but they are a great window into Petach's developing sense ofsongcraft, especially the Bandstand-thumbed "Sun Flower Sun," which sounds terribly quaint but is still infectious..." Cover and vinyl in mint shape having been carefully stored in my collection for nearly 25 years. Cover in original shrink wrap. Currently, I am without a turntable, so all albums are diligently sight graded. However, all are guaranteed- my only negative feedback from a deadbeat who chose not to seek this guarantee. Domestic buyer to pay $3.00 for media mail shipping. Confirmation and insurance at buyer's request and expense. Canadian winners to pay $5.50 for airmail shipping. Overseas winners to pay $12.50 for unregistered airmail postage or $6.00 for surface mail postage. Thanks for reading all of this!