ALEXANDER SKIP SPENCE OAR ORIG LP ORIG MIX 1A

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ALEXANDER SKIP SPENCE~OAR~MEGARARE ORIG LP~ORIG MIX~1A

 
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ALEXANDER "SKIP" SPENCE "OAR" 1969 COLUMBIA RECORDS STEREO LP CS-9831 VERY FIRST PRESSING 
 
WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER A PRISTINE COPY OF THE GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM BY SKIP SPENCE - HIS FIRST AND LAST SOLO LP - RECORDED IN A HAZE OF DRUGS USING MULTI-TRACK TECHNOLOGY OVER 40 YEARS AGO. MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THIS WRITER, HAD BEEN FANS OF MOBY GRAPE WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED BUT WERE IN NO WAY PREPARED FOR THE MUSIC WHICH LAY IN THE RECORD'S GROOVES. "LITTLE HANDS" STUCK IN THE MIND OF THIS FAN FOR YEARS AFTER HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME - THAT'S HOW POWERFUL THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FULL-TILT PSYCHEDELIC, PSYCHOTIC TSUNAMI THAT "OAR" IS!
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING IS THE ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THE ALBUM IN MINT CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT! THIS COPY HAS BEEN CAREFULLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED SINCE WE ACQUIRED IT OVER 20 YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN KEPT IN A DEHUMIDIFIED STORAGE AREA AND HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED!!
COVER IS GORGEOUS WITH ONLY SMALL DENTS IN THE CORNERS TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING CALLED MINT. THE VINYL IS NEAR MINT AS WELL WITH ONLY THE LIGHTEST SURFACE MARKS FROM KEEPING FROM BEING CALLED MINT. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO CUT MARKS OR DRILL-HOLES ANYWHERE ON THE COVER.
THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE FIRST PRESSING WITH MATRIX NUMBERS TO PROVE IT!: XSM139778-1A AND XSM139779-1A  
RECORD DISPLAYS RED AND WHITE “360 STEREO” COLUMBIA LABELS
VINYL AND COVER ARE BOTH TRADITIONAL, HEAVYWEIGHT STYLE.
THIS IS TRULY AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF THIS VERY RARE ORIGINAL LP. ITS VALUE CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED AS IT IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE RAREST AND BEST PSYCH RECORD EVER RELEASED ON A MAJOR LABEL.
No one except psychedelic Renaissance man Alexander "Skip" Spence could have created an album such as Oar. Alternately heralded as a "soundtrack to schizophrenia" and a "visionary solo effort," Oar became delegated to cut out and bargain bins shortly after its release in the spring of 1969. However those who did hear it were instantly drawn into Spence's inimitable sonic surrealism. As his illustrious past in the Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Moby Grape would suggest, this album is a pastiche of folk and rock. In reality, however, while these original compositions may draw from those genres, each song has the individuality of a fingerprint. As a solo recording, Oar is paramount as Spence performed and produced every sound on the album himself at Columbia Records studios in Nashville in the space of less than two weeks. This burst of creativity was directly preceded by a six month incarceration in New York City's Bellevue Hospital after chopping down a door at the Albert Hotel en route to do the same to fellow Moby Grape members Jerry Miller and Don Stevenson. A common motif to this album is the presence of saints and demons. Even the straightforward narratives such as the love ballad "Broken Heart" or "Cripple Creek" -- which feature vocal treatments reminiscent of folkie Fred Neil -- are bathed in unusual chord sequences and lyrical double-entendre. The majority of the sounds on this long-player remain teetering near the precipice of sanity. Primary examples include "War in Peace," the epic "Grey/Afro," and the sound effect-laden "Books of Moses." Comparisons have been made to Syd Barrett, John Lennon, and Frank Zappa -- the latter especially for the intense sonic collage techniques displayed on albums such as Lumpy Gravy and Civilization Phase III.  -- All Music Guide 
Little Hands 3:44 Cripple Creek 2:16 Diana 3:32 Margaret - Tiger Rug 2:17 Weighted Down (The Prison Song) 6:27 War In Peace 4:05 Broken Heart 3:29 All Come To Meet Her 2:04 Books Of Moses 2:42 Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin For Yang) 2:53 Lawrence Of Euphoria 1:31 Grey / Afro 9:38
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