COMMON PEOPLE OF THE PEOPLE INSANELY RARE ORIG '69 CAPITOL PROMO PSYCH LP SHRINK

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·       COMMON PEOPLE - OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE - INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1969 CAPITOL RECORDS (PROMO-ONLY?) STEREO LP ST-266

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST PSYCHEDELIC ALBUMS EVER RELEASED ON CAPITOL LABEL, AND ONE OF THE RAREST ALBUMS IN THE GENRE. FOR DECADES, NOBODY WAS EVEN SURE WHETHER THE ALBUM WAS ACTUALLY RELEASED OR WAS TERMINATED IN THE PLANNING STAGES; EVEN SOME OF THE GROUP MEMBERS WERE NOT SURE WHETHER THE ALBUM WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED. THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD COPY WE HAVE SEEN IN 40 YEARS OF COLLECTING; BECAUSE MOST EXTANT COPIES COME WITH THE PROMO CUTOUT HOLE, WE ARE INCLINED TO BELIEVE THAT ALL COPIES WERE EITHER PROMOTIONAL-ONLY RELEASES OR THAT THE ALBUM WAS WITHDRAWN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INITIAL SMALL PRESS RUN (PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN 300-400 COPIES) WAS SENT OUT TO THE RADIO STATIONS AND PROMOTERS

·       BELIEVED TO BE THE PROMOTIONAL PRESSING (BASED ON THE CUTOUT PROMO HOLE); NAMELY, ON CAPITOL AND AFFILIATED LABELS (SUCH AS APPLE), A NEAT CUTOUT HOLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER SIGNIFIES PROMO PRESSINGS, NOT, REPEAT, NOT A CUTOUT ITEM.

·       ORIGINAL LIME-GREEN CAPITOL LABEL, LATE 60’s STYLE

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       COVER IS STILL (PARTIALLY) IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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These days i'm quite wary of record albums that change hands for hundreds of dollars that are described as psychedelic classics, because a lot of these records turn out to be useless hippie trash or sub-Steppenwolf boogie records. A friend of mine paid $200 for this album by California based group The Common People and was raving about it to me, so I asked him to make me a tape of it, which he did and I've been playing this thing for months and I'll be damned if this isn't one of the best psychedelic pop records I've ever heard!The record is near perfect save for one piece of utter hippie trash called "Funeral" which is so lame I won't waste your time telling you how bad it is.

The record begins with a beautiful swirling psychedelic pop song called "Soon There'll Be Thunder" that sounds like the best of the Strawberry Alarm Clock meeting The Left Banke, the track has brilliant strings supplied by David Axelrod. "I Have Been Alone" is next and follows the same formula and it's even better, this one has some magical acid guitar lines played against a Love "Forever Changes" like backdrop, this song is a true knockout. "Those Who Love" once again follows the same style to absolute perfection. With "Go Everyway" the psychedelic juice gets turned up full on this brilliant melodic rocker, lead singer Denny Robinett has an unusual but engaging voice that stands out on almost every track.

"Why Must I Be" has a Moby Grape/Buffalo Springfield folk rock flavor to it, some understated organ fills add to the song's appeal. "I Take From You" is a driving folk/punker that again recalls early Love. Things go back to the garage for "Feeling" this one is incredibly simple but dynamite, the guitar solo is wonderful! I can't enough of this one. Up next is my favorite track on the LP called "Girl Said Know" which is a direct descendent of the Byrds "So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star" which features a punchy latin style trumpet section that adds wonders to the song, the only trouble is the song is under 2 minutes long which is a shame. "Land Of A Day" is a slightly doomy Doors type thing that works really well.

The trumpets are brought back up front for "This Life" which ends the record in a rousing upbeat fashion. This is a fantastic album from start to finish if you don't count the atrocity called "Funeral", this record should have sold crate loads but probably wasn't promoted much, it's weird that Capitol signed several outstanding groups in the late 60's like SRC, Gandalf, Hearts and Flowers, Food and Stained Glass and didn't seem to push them at all, perhaps these groups were just tax write offs, I guess they were too busy with The Beatles, Beach Boys and Grand Funk Railroad.

This record by The Common People is one of the great lost records of the late 60's

Even more incredible is that Capitol Records in the USA has actually dusted off the LP for a limited run 180 gram vinyl issue, complete with original lime green Capitol label. I have also run across an interview with lead singer Denny Robinett and keyboardist William Fausto. Both are alive and well and very happy about the attention their great album is attracting these days. To solve the mystery, the group were indeed from Baldwin Park, California as had been rumored.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY DAVE FURGESS, , HEADHERITAGE.CO.UK)

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in a hi-grade MFSL PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP    (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a  neat, round PROMO cutout hole in one of the corners

-        Cover has some light ring wear in one small area not covered by the shrink wrap (nothing significant) ; On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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