FEDERAL DUCK 1968 original Musicor TRIPPY ACID PSYCH LP like Common People HEAR
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FEDERAL DUCK "FEDERAL DUCK" LP
ORIGINAL 1968 LP ON THE US MUSICOR LABEL, STEREO MS-3162
COVER in EXCELLENT shape - some ringwear on back (light), small cutout hole
VINYL plays VG+ to VG++
Well, if you're looking for an obscure, trippy, still-undiscovered major label 60's psych album, Federal Duck fits the bill...sorry for the bad pun. Once fairly common, but now it's just as rare as labelmates Paper Garden and Rebecca & the Sunnybrook Farmers, and this one came out FIRST. Plus it's hard to find anything ABOUT them on the interwebfoot...sorry again. While not as constistenly good as those two, Federal Duck is tremendous when it's good, and that's about half the time. "Tomorrow Waits For Today" is great mystical late night psychedelia with a loungey organ space rock groove, like Gandalf singing over top Pink Floyd's "Careful With That Axe, Eugene." "Just Like The Snow" combines a traditional medieval Donovan folk psych with an eerie children's nursery rhyme. "While You're Away" is a great flashing West Coast ballroom psych masterpiece with great harmonies and chiming organ, sorta like Buffalo Springfield sitting in with the Strawberry Alarm Clock on the soundtrack of a Roger Ebert film. And, perhaps best of all, "Peace In My Mind" is the Duck's top echelon bona fide late night spooky head tripper, all shimmering acid-flecked organ, echo-plucked guitar, double tracked harmonies and even some muted Spaghetti Western horns. File alongside similar favorites like the Common People's "Soon There'll Be Thunder," Gandalf's "Can You Travel In The Dark Alone?" and Buffalo Springfield's "Everybody's Been Burned." Plus you get that bizarre day-glo duck-obsessed flying merganser on acid cover art too. No matter WHAT you pay for this one, it's a great teal. Eider you love it, or you're just anti-merganser. Sure beats another classical album by Gustav Mallard.
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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping. Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink). I accept payments through Paypal.
I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it. Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves. But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on.
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