BOB MARKLEY-A GROUP / RARE PSYCH / WCPAEB / U.S OG COPY
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RARE COPY OF BOB MARKLEY ' A GROUP' ON THE FORWARD RECORDS LABEL - AS FAR AS IT GOES THIS IS WEST COAST POP EXPERIMENTAL BAND VOLUME 5 IN ALL BUT NAME / LOADED WITH AMAZING CATCHY SONGS,THE USUAL DUBIOUS MARKLEY UNDERAGE LOVE SONGS AND SOME SWEET ACID POP MUSIC-A SPARE COPY OTHERWISE THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD I WOULD PART WITH IT !!
THIS WAS BOUGHT PRE EBAY AND WAS A TOUGH ALBUM TO TRACK DOWN,THESE DAYS IT AIN'T AS RARE BUT IT'S STILL A VERY DESIRABLE RECORD TO OWN / INSERT INCLUDED / SOME SPLITTING TO FRONT TOP OF SLEEVE AND SOME SLIGHT STORAGE WEAR BUT NOTHING DRASTIC AS I HOPE YOU CAN SEE BY THE PHOTOS / STEREO ST-F-1007 / VINYL EX / FEW HAIRLINES BUT NOTHING AFFECTING PLAY / WHAT AN ALBUM - WHAT A MAN - A TRAGIC TALE OF MONEY / YOUNG GIRLS / AND EVENTUAL DEATH....BRING IT ON !!
A CLASSIC OF THE PSYCHEDELIC AFTERMATH....INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR EXTRA / IF YOU REQUIRE THIS WAIT UNTIL THE AUCTION HAS ENDED BEFORE CHECKING OUT !!
THANKS A LOT FOR LOOKING - IT'S APPRECIATED !!
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All Music Guide Review
The final West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album didn't even feature the band's name (although for once all four bandmembers, including Michael Lloyd, were properly credited in the liner notes): Bob Markley had suggested that they change the band's name for this release, and the rest of the group consented, perhaps simply tired of dealing with Markley's legendary egomania. Surprisingly, this is actually not a bad record at all (certainly it's better than the last-gasp efforts of the group's former labelmates the Electric Prunes and the Beau Brummels, which came out around the same time), including both some excellent string parts by Lloyd and some of Danny Harris' best vocals. (Brother Shaun Harris appears only on the final track, a superior remake of "Outside/Inside" from 1969's Where's My Daddy?) Musically, the simple, often delicate sound is most akin to the group's first indie album from 1966 (reissued on Sundazed in 1997). The soft-edged arrangements prominently feature Lloyd's keyboards and overdubbed harmonies courtesy of Harris and Lloyd; most of the guitars are acoustic for once. Lyrically, however, Bob Markley seems to be continuing Where's My Daddy?'s creepy themes of paranoia, class resentment (for someone who funded the band through his trust fund, Markley seemed to write an awful lot of songs about wealth redistribution), and, perhaps most tellingly in light of the lyricist's eventual legal troubles, a predilection for underage girls. That blend of musical beauty and lyrical ickiness is, at heart, the true legacy of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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