CHRISTOPHER what'cha gonna do LP psych rock ORIGINAL

$

3,650

CHRISTOPHER

"What'cha Gonna Do" LP

Original on "Chris-Tee" / Snyder Album Company

 One of the absolute rarest American privately pressed hard psychedelic rock LP's of the 60's. An enduring work of stunning proportion, all the more amazing for having come out of the Carolina's at the time. All originals, high quality material, extended jamming, (the title track clocks in at over 12 minutes), lysergic lyrics, effects, some fine vocal harmonies, and musically transporting, gutsy, creative heavy guitar work. Acid rock mixed with acid blues, and lovely melodic rock songs, at times reminiscent of Corpus, Moving Sidewalks, Quicksilver, American Blues Exchange, Dragonfly, Litter (circa "Emerge"), Love, Tripsichord, and many others. Had it been a major label release it would have been a staple in every hippie's ear diet.

Condition:

Record: VG++, many would call this Near Mint. Record looks scarcely played -- maybe a handful of times at the most. Looks practically brand new. I dare say an original copy of this record will never again turn up in this condition.

Sleeve: Near Mint, only the very slightest bit of corner wear, but no edge wear or wear to sleeve. The original shrink wrap was still around this cover when I first obtained it.

One internet source says there were only 100 copies produced of this album. If anyone can confirm or deny this, please email me and I'll post it to the auction.

Some Reviews from ACID ARCHIVES:

Mix of bluesy hardrock and folkrock. Has a cool basic sound with honest teen vocals and some edgy lyrics. Not the best LP in the genre but pretty interesting, late-1960s/early 1970s heads should try the re if they can find it. The LP was released August 1969. The band were students at USC and decided to stick to college rather than the band. No relation to any other Christopher.
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Quartet led by Frank Smoak. Jammy fuzz blues workouts and warm, flowing westcoast mystic truth telling with a world weary yearning. Bit of Cosmic Michael songspeak 'world is ridiculous' vibe as well. "Holiday" is the highlight, an over-the-top blaster worth of Sainte Anthony's Fyre. [RM]
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Most of the songs on this South Carolina band’s LP are great. They’re played with considerable vitality and with cool lyrics about the key concerns in life, such as drugs, death and the passage of time. The highlight has to be “Holiday” with fuzzed up guitar and lots of snarling about their trip being “like a book, a real good book, it’s nice but not quite true”. “The Great Clock” and “Death Song” are superb tracks with weary, wasted vocals lamenting the passage of time. The title track clocking in at over 12 minutes is not the highlight. However, it’s good enough not to mar the whole experience. 

 Take advantage of low opening bid and NO RESERVE!

This LP rarely EVER shows up for sale on Ebay! It is only the second copy I've ever seen and I live in the band's hometown. This copy is coming from my own personal collection. I hate to give it up, but bills are bills, right?

See my other auctions for similar items. Bid on multiple items to save on shipping.

The Way I Grade Records:

I use standard "Goldmine Style" record grading and am pretty conservative. I rarely ever use the word "mint" because I feel that records are usually less than mint by the time they've been shipped from the plant to the distributor to the record store. A VG+ grading from me is what many other dealers would call "Mint" or "Near Mint". On the low end of the scale, if I call something G+ that means it's probably pretty worn and scuffed but will still play with a weighted stylus without skipping. If something is so banged up that it's going to skip I won't even bother to sell it. I rarely ever sell anything that I'd grade below a VG- unless it's something that's unbelievably rare that some collector will want to have it in his collection as a place-holder until he finds a better copy.

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