CLEAN '68 Orig The FREAK SCENE Psychedelic Garage Psych

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1968 RARE ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC GEM!                                                                                                                  

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                 The FREAK SCENE

         PSYCHEDELIC PSOUL     

                      USA - 360 Sound Columbia Records - CS 9455

SCARCE and sought-after 1968 highly collectible first pressing of a great, great psychedelic garage album loaded with cool memorable originals, trippy sound effects, fuzz guitar and a tight sound...One look at the cover and you get the idea....

THE FREAK SCENE enjoyed some success with their 1966 album when they were then known as The Deep. The following year the song writing/performing team of Mark Barkan and Rusty Evans decided to take another stab at the public's growing interest in psychedelia and political activism.  Signed by major label Columbia Records, the duo pulled together a new band they tagged as 'The Freak Scene' resulting in the release of  "Psychedelic Psoul".   

Basically it's the second album by The Deep. There are clear similarities between the two albums, and arguably The Freak Scene album is the stronger of the two.  Material such as 'The Subway Ride Thru Inner Space', 'Butterfly Dream' and 'My Rainbow Life' offered up a great mixture of over-the-top psych lyrics, stoned vocals and wild studio production effects.  The biggest difference with the earlier album was that tracks such as '... When In the Course of Human Events (Draft Beer, Not Students)' and 'Behind the Mind' added a bit of social and political commentary to the acid-drenched mix.  It may be an LSD laced offering, but it's first rate and is actually better than most of the sixties 'psych' album competition. 

'Psychedelic Psoul"

(side 1)
1.) A Million Grains of Sand -  
2.) ... When In the Course of Human Events (Draft Beer, Not Students)   
3.) Interpolation: We Shall Overcome    - 
4.) Rose of Smiling Faces    - 
5.) Behind the Mind   - 
6.) The Subway Ride Thru Inner Space   - 
7.) Butterfly Dream    - 

(side 2)

1.) My Rainbow Life  - 
2.) The Center of My Soul    - 
3.) Watered Down Soul    - 
4.) Red Roses Will Weep    - 
5.) Mind Bender    - 
6.) Grok!    - 

CONDITION: The cover is solid having no split seams, no bends. The only minor thing is a very small thin word in light ink on front cover, you don;t see it so easy. The colors are bright and sound. Overall "EX" (excellent) with a M- back cover. Looks very collectible

The vinyl is basically clean with only very light shallow & soft scuffs "EX" (excellent) and one label has that very small word, it is real minor as so light ...the vinyl plays top level 

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record