Purple Image / RARE 1970 Psych Funk LP

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Purple Image

Purple Image

12" LP

Map City

Cover is VG+, embossed promo stamp, name on cover, bottom seam split 3"s . Record is VG++, a few light hairlines and scuffs, great gloss!

VERY RARE Psychedelic Funk LP!  See comments on Fuzz, Acid, & Flowers. http://www.borderlinebooks.com/us6070s/fuzz.html

Though African-American and raised in the predominantly Black 105th Superior area of Cleveland, Purple Image played rock — psychedelic, mind-bending, pass-the-bong, strobe-light, posters-on-the-wall head music. This obscure album recorded on Map Records has risen to the status of cult because of its scarcity and the musical orientation of Warren Adams (vocals, piano, organ), Kenneth Roberts (vocals, rhythm), William Adams (vocals, conga), Frank Smith (lead guitar), Del Moran (bass), Richard Payne (drums), and lone female Diane Dunlap (vocals); Edward Snodgrass, a non-member, augmented P.I. on sax. Purple Image wrote everything except the LP's masterpiece, the 15-minute, 24-second rendition of Bob Craig's "Marching to a Different Drummer." As with all six selections, Purple Image sounds better when the volume is cranked. "Drummer" is an energetic, powerful blend of acid rock and fusion; Snodgrass blows a frantic Coltrane-ish sax, and Dunlap wails like she slammed her hand in a door. "We Got to Pull Together" is an airy, charming, socially significant ballad that urges us to become color-blind, forget the past, and get along. Snodgrass plays a tender horn while a male does a convincing lead wallpapered by some arresting, swooping harmonies. On "Living In the Ghetto," they sing about the woes of poverty; if you like heavy metal, this and "Why" will tickle your fancy. "Lady" features Dunlap and a male on an upbeat rock-blues number.-allmusic.com

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RECORD GRADING SCALE

M = New Stock

NM = Near Mint with only one or two small insignificant defects.

VG++ (or NM-) = Extremely nice. Would be NM, except for a couple of light hairline scratches or scuffs, which do not affect play.

VG+ = A nice, but used record that may have a series of light scuffs or scratches. It might play with a few pops, but has no serious problems.

VG = A well-used record that still sounds OK when played, but may have moderate surface noise, pops, etc.

VG- = A very well-worn record that plays through without skipping, but will do until a better copy comes along.

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