REAL EYES S/T LP 1981 VERY RARE SEALED FIRST PRESSING WITH THICK BOOK HTF OOP
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You are viewing a highly recommended private progressive-psychedelic rock pressing by Real Eyes. The album is factory sealed and mint. Released in 1981. Includes a 90 page book, also mint. Here is a review from the Acid Archives on this record: This early 80s LP seems to have been discovered about twenty years after its release, and was given some major hype by rare record dealers hoping to be the one to discover the next big thing. It came with a huge book of poetry and art, making it a real labor of love by the folks who released it. The music is pretty much mainstream rock, both acoustic and electric, with hard rock moves and quirky arrangements. It sounds like they were shooting for an AOR sound but didn’t have the budget to pull it off, and instead this ends up with a crude garage edge, especially when it gets heavy. The songwriting is pretty interesting and thoughtful, and as 80s private press LPs go, this is distinctive and memorable enough to explain why psych dealers jumped on its bandwagon. The singing is pretty weak, though, and the “poetic” lyrics are humorless and shoot way higher than this band’s actual reach. A lot of the lyrics are pretty stoned, which doesn’t exactly add brainpower to the poetry. That said, there is a lot going on here, with enough weird hooks and surprising moments to give any listener a fair amount of kicks. I like side two, especially the closing “Visions of Obscurity V,” better than side one. In the long run, whether this will be a keeper for any individual listener will probably be determined by the 12-minute “Madman’s Game,” an elaborate epic that encapsulates everything good and bad about this record. The booklet is 90 pages with drawings and lyrics.
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