Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00 and yes, I do combine. Since I have had a series of questions concerning shipping charges on combined orders I will try to be more explicit. Generally up to three lps ship as one, but shipping charges are based on weight not records. So gatefolds or double LPs or 180 gram vinyl all have an affect differently. Suffice to say, I don't try to make money on shipping charges and I am fair, so enjoy the auctions. Open records are cleaned with Ultrasonic cleaning system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeve.


Phluph was a short-lived psychedelic band from the late 1960s, releasing one album and two singles. Members included Benson Blake IV, Lee Dudley, Joel Maisano, and John Pell. Their self-titled album is filled with trippy lyrics, heavy organs, and nice guitar work. Phluph were slightly more commercial than the majority of the Bosstown Sound’s bands.
Verve, being a predominatly jazz based label, did not know how to promote the band properly. Or perhaps it was because Phluph were part of the ill-fated "Bosstown Sound" scene which caused such a furore in the music industry at that time.
The “Bosstown Sound” was started as a publicity campaign by producer Alan Lorber, aiming to market the various Boston based psychedelic bands on MGM’s books (The Ultimate Spinach, Eden’s Children etc) as being part of one singular movement.
The idea was to rival the burgeoning San Francisco scene as well as the Mersey-Beat sound that was being imported from across the Atlantic. Unfortunately the rock critics and the underground took umbrage at what they deemed was a shallow corporate attempt at selling the counter-culture back to them as a package.
There was strong anti-establishment feeling at this time because of the Vietnam War, and this helped to fuel the fire against the Boston scene. This coupled with the subsequent pressure from those on the West Coast who declaimed them as frauds, meant that many of the bands became black- listed, never getting the sales figures that they deserved.
Phluph never survived the backlash and disappeared, leaving behind their sole album cut for Verve in 1968. Since its rediscovery the album has garnered some disparaging reviews from some quarters, yet has been lauded by others.

Phluph ?– Phluph

Label: Verve Records ?– V6-5054, Verve Records ?– V6/5054 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US Released: 1968 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist

A1 Doctor Mind 2:51 A2 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 2:41 A3 In Her Way 3:03 A4 Another Day 4:40 A5 Girl In Tears 3:10 B1 Ellyptical Macine 2:30 B2 Lovely Lady 5:50 B3 Death Of A Nation 2:30 B4 Love Eyes 6:56 B5 Patterns 2:33