Relatively Clean Rivers.S/T LP.NEW. Beat Of The Earth,Electronic Hole,U.S. PSYCH

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UK Radioactive Records limited edition 180g vinyl LP   LONG OUT OF PRINT   RARE NUMBER 944/1000!!   180g LP. Radioactive. new & sealed copy of this rare repressing --   Printed numbered copy"944/1000" on the back of the gatefold sleeve ...  
UK limited edition audiophile issue of the rare 1969 LP, pressed on 180gram VINYL. The gatefold picture sleeve reproduces the original album artwork, individually numbered out of just one thousand - still SEALED & stickered from new, MINT and unplayed! Sticker is on the shrink wrap NOT the sleeve

Relatively Clean Rivers - Relatively Clean Rivers (1975) - San Francisco Hippie Psychedelic Folk

NEW & SEALED NUMBERED COPY

imagine flashes of Grateful Dead, CSN&Y, and Quicksilver Messenger Service, etc....

Although it should be easy to pigeonhole the sound of Relatively Clean Rivers, it is actually anything but. At times sounding like The Grateful Dead in all their American Beauty pomp, or CSNY circa Déjà Vu, this tight, richly talented ensemble produces an album of almost majestic quality. The sound is superb, and clearly no time or expense were spared to produce an album which is probably the most flawless snapshot of Californian '70s under ground music that you will ever hear. Originally there were 2 pressings of this unique album, each of only 500 copies each. An album highly recommended to anyone even remotely interested in '70s West Coast music or simply top-notch music in general.

Former Beat Of The Earth leader Phil Pearlman assembled this band in the early seventies and eventually recorded this magnificent rural rock album in 1975. The Relatively Clean Rivers album stands with the very best albums of the era, possessing a purely American sound and walking confidently past the shadow of its previous incarnation. Amazingly well produced for a private pressing, it is the very antithesis of his earlier releases that could be classified as garage (at a stretch, perhaps - they are not without a certain tangible sophistication). No measurable degree of time or expense was spared in the creation of the Relatively Clean Rivers album, which took over a year to assemble and is the most flawless snapshot of the California seventies underground scene you will ever hear.

"The Persian Canvas" sounds like it's name. Flutes, bongos, sitars,organs - instant trip to India. "A Thousand Years" follows trails of "The Persian Canvas" - same instruments, different groove. The sound these guys are gettin' is mindblowing. And there's one more thing that's mindblowing - look at the date album was released. 1975, that's right - mainstream hippie movement was long gone for almost 5 years - how these guys managed to sound like it's 1967 back again? I don't know if it's isolation, acid, peyote, superhash, trip to India or whatsoever blame for this, but these guys managed to do true psych folk when progressive rock, hard rock and even punk was the main thing on radio stations. Recommended to all hippies, beatniks, love childs and those who just want listen to good psychedelic"They Knew What To Say" is another good tune with awesome guitar work that sounds like CSNY during their early years when Crosby smoked tons of pot.

"Prelude" is short brake with reversed guitar, and "Hello Sunshine" is greeting to the sun, with nice psych folky guitar. When psychedelic hippie folk is theme of debate, you would expect either to sound like some hillbilly country music with some wah wah guitar, or too-oriental with sitars and Hare Krishna thing. But this is mature psych folk, gently acoustic guitar, nice mellow singing and great electric guitar support. It keeps a rural feeling, but doesn't go to a redneck's side. "Journey To The Valley" sounds like Phil Pearlman's ex-band, The Electronic  Hole but without all the fuzz and noise, just plain and simple acoustic psychedelic rock with some strong electric guitar acid leads. Other tunes like the effects laden Babylon are very spacey and almost veer towards progressive rock.

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