1970 MINT & SCARCE S.F. SOUND 2nd SONS OF CHAMPLIN + PHOTO BOOK BALLROOM PSYCH
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FIRST PRESS
CLEAN 1970 ORIGINAL + PHOTO BOOKLET
The Sons Of Champlin
THE SONS
\ USA - Capitol Records - ST 2-332
BEAUTIFUL ...MINT...FINAL COLLECTION COPY!
STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE
1970 first pressing vinyl on the scarce lime green label of Capitol Records -- the lime label was only in print some 18 months - scarce & collectible...
***CONTAINS the (rare) large photos booklet included ...
the 2nd SONS Of CHAMPLIN album ...
Known by fans as "The Blue Album", 1969's cleverly-titled "The Sons" found Capitol Records executives desperately trying to inject some degree of adult oversight and commercial potential into these wild children in an effort to salvage the company's substantial financial investment. The signs of corporate intervention were fairly blatant, ranging from the mock-West Cost ballroom styled cover art which was clearly meant to capture a certain purchasing demographic (note Capitol didn't even bother to shell out for a name artist), to the decision to call in seasoned producer John Palladino to handle the sessions. Another sign of intervention was the boneheaded name change. You certainly had to wonder what the point of the change since the album cover contained the following notice - "The Sons of Champlin had changed their names to The Sons'. In Capitol's defense, the band didn't exactly fight the name change since internal unhappiness with Bill Champlin's central role were already leading to some frustration within the ranks. That probably explains why this time out all of the songs were credited to 'The Sons'. It also explained why Champlin's presence was far less front and center this time around. In fact, where he'd handled almost all of the lead vocals the first time out, here he was featured on three tracks ('Love of a Woman', 'Boomp Boomp Chomp' and 'You Can Fly'). That gave Tim Cain (lead vocals on 'Why Do People Run from the Rain', 'It's Time', and 'Country Girl'), and guitarist Terry Haggerty (lead on 'Terry's Tune') a chance to shine on their own.
In spite of those changes, the SON'S second album wasn't that much different from their first LP. Similar to the debut, are tracks like 'Terry's Tune' and 'You Can Fly' bounced. The opener 'Love of a Woman' was a perfect example of how the results could be. Starting out as a pretty ballad showcasing Champlin on keys, the song suddenly explodes into a Chicago-styled rocker, taking other unexpected twists into a bluesier realm that served to spotlight a tasty Terry Haggerty guitar solo and then returning to ballad mode. Artistically it was all pretty daring, are the jarring time changes are complex. Compositions like 'Terry's Tune' and 'Boomp Boomp Chomp' follow a similar path.
While Capitol was trying to clean up their image anyone who doubted the band's counter culture credentials only needed to browse through the multi-page insert which depicted the group (and various hangers) on at their permanently stoned best. Virtually every photo showed at least one band member suckin' on some sort of illicit material. Capitol marketing executives must have had a collective heart attack when they saw the final product.
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(side 1)
1.) Love of a Woman (The Sons) -
2.) Terry's Tune (The Sons) -
3.) Boomp Boomp Chomp (The Sons) -
(side 2)
1.) Why Do People Run from the Rain (The Sons) -
2.) It's Time (The Sons) -
3.) Country Girl (The Sons) -
4.) You Can Fly (The Sons) -
CONDITION: The cover: Solid all over, rated: MINT in factory cellophane - a BEAUTIFUL archive copy! NO delete marks -- still with fresh original colors, no bends, no writing and no split seams ... collection worthy rarity ...original store price sticker at top right....
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated M- TOP COPY play grade very CLEAN enjoyable audio -==- NO distracting surface problems ... both lime green Capitol labels are clean
The multi-page large photo booklet is MINT
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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