1966 69 BIG BOY PETE UK FREAKBEAT PSYCH ACID GARAGE

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            Big Boy Pete

      Homage To Catatonia

\                                                         UK - Tenth Planet - TP-028

Hand numbered and long long gone, rather brilliant limited edition vinyl in nice lavish gatefold cover with terrific liner notes overviewing this psychedelic cat from England's swingin' sixties...

Thick heavy 180 grams platter ...

Great collection of unreleased psych-pop strangeness by the guy who created the monsterous "Cold Turkey" on 'Chocolate Soup', recorded in the '60s... Great UK style psych gems... anyone familiar with the killer "Cold Turkey" will know what to expect....

Even in his home town San Francisco, few people are aware that the quietly spoken Englishman, Pete Miller, whose recording studio has serviced hundreds of bands since opening its doors in 1977, is in fact, Big Boy Pete. The enigmatic psychedelic legend from the sixties.
If you have never heard of Big Boy Pete, you may not be alone. But if you're an avid record collector, you will know that his 1968 45rpm disc "Cold Turkey" is now a prized collector's item. (It commanded a $400 reserve price at last year's Sothebys Rock and Roll auction in London). The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, U.S., includes this record in its list of Psychedelic Classics. Big Boy Pete's name is painted on the museum wall right next to the Beatles' name. Judging by some of the quirky, inventive and just plain WEIRD sounds on this collection, Big Boy Pete had been watching the legendary Joe Meek closely , (though he'd have to have been doing so furtively as Joe was secretive to the point of paranoia about his sound techniques). In his home studio in Norwich -"sur-rounded by lava lamps and Hindi visuals" - Big Boy Pete and his musician friends spent most of 1966-69 conjur-ing up bizarre feats of pop and psychedelia, utilizing some of the echo and compression techniques he'd observed at Meek's studio along with many of his own electronic innovations. Fourteen of these songs make their first public showing on Homage To Catatonia, amply displayed in a magnificent gatefold sleeve complete with lyrics and all-telling liner notes. Combine a razor-sharp studio instinct, simple but superior '60s recording technology, madcap psycho-pop songsmithing ala (maybe) Roy Wood/Jeff Lynne with p'raps a little Edward Lear-esque nonsensical wordplay thrown in, and you may - just may - have same idea what you'll find on songs like "Knit Me A Kiss" or "A Dog Called Doug"-but it still won't begin to explain the impossible-to-pigeonhole (and amazing) "I Am Seldom 21", "Chinaman" or 'The Procession." Miller's tapes truly are a very unique secret horde of English psychedelia, and, incredibly, several of these recordings pre-date even the Beatles "Revolver", let alone the subsequent psychedelic stampede. Perhaps the strangest but most strangely satisfying album from Englands sixties scene. A grower. Recommended to anyone into "sixties psych" that missed it.

Pete Miller (vocals, guitar, sitar, bass guitar, drums); Robin Barnes (guitar); Granville Hornsby, Granville Hornsby (balalaika, maracas, tambourine); Robert Newton, Robert Newton (flute, drums, bongos); Paul Gunnell, Paul Gunnell (piano); Derek Shepherd (electric piano); Peter London, Peter London (organ); George Parsons, Harvey Platt (bass guitar); Luke Watson, Clive Monen (drums).

1. Sheer Lunacy (1966)
2. Crocogators (1966)
3. I Am Seldom 21 (1967)
4. Knit Me A Kiss (1966)
5. 1,500,000 Volts (1967)
6. Captain Of My Toy Ballon (1968)
7. John Celery (1969)
8. Paranoia (1968)
9. Chinaman (1966)
10.Music Created By Dust (1966)
11.A Dog Called Doug (1967)
12. The Procession (1969)
13. The Candleman (1967)
14. The Treacle Dance (1968)

CONDITION: The lavish gatefold cover is "EX" (excellent) little ding near spine is not very noticable, and makes for a nice collectible...

The vintl is all glossy clean and clear M- 

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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