THE MERRY GO ROUND - s/t 1st LP - Emmit Rhodes 1967 1st Pressing
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Description
Vinyl is in Excellent Condition. Cover is in VG+. (Cut out holes through center of jacket and lp label)
NOTES:The Merry-Go-Round's self-titled 1967 album is a breathtaking blend of chiming folk-rock guitars, British Invasion harmony vocals, baroque pop arrangements, and pure pop songcraft that sounds daisy fresh in 2005. The Beatles are a huge influence, and there is plenty of McCartney in Emitt Rhodes' sweet vocals and their vocal harmonies. You can hear the Byrds a bit, some Left Banke (especially on the sweeping orchestral pop gem "You're a Very Lovely Woman"), some L.A. garage on rockers like "Where Have You Been All My Life" and "Lowdown"; the group definitely didn't exist in a vacuum. But there are some songs that are quite unique and original like "Time Will Show the Wiser" with its otherworldly sped up and backward guitars and enchanting melody, the bouncy and warm hit single "Live," and "Had to Run Around," an exquisite ballad whose tender beauty foreshadows Rhodes' classic 1970 Emitt Rhodes album. These songs, and the overall quality of the songs and the group's loose and earthy playing, help lift the album above the pack and should lead to it being mentioned in the same breath as Love's first album or Buffalo Springfield's first when talking about classic American debut albums of the '60s.
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USA: Media Mail Rates: $3.99 for 1st Lp and $1.25 for each additional Lp (additional discounts may apply when you buy over 7 or 8 lps) (Priority available upon request)
7" Records: $3.25 for 1st 7" and 75 cents for each additional 7"
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INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES: $17.00 for 1st Lp and $6.00 for each additional. - 7" records: $9.00 for 1st 7" and $2.50 for each additional
RECORD GRADING: 1) Sealed/New 2) Near-Mint 3) Excellent 4) Very Good Plus 5) Very Good ( I do not sell records below the Very Good Grade)
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