FOLK PSYCH GEM: CHRIS LUCEY- SONGS OF PROTEST AND ANTI-PROTEST: 1st Ed in EX+

One of the most treasured of releases from the Folk-Psych Era,  Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest  had a most improbable beginning as chronicled by Wikipedia :

 

"Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest

After his return to California, (Bobby) Jameson was approached by Mira Records, a company established by Randy Wood, previously of Vee-Jay Records. They had recorded an album, Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest, with another singer-songwriter, Chris Ducey, for release on their mid-price subsidiary Surrey label. The album sleeves had already been printed, with Ducey's name and the track titles, but with a photo showing Brian Jones. However, in the meantime Ducey had entered into another contract with a different company, which meant that Mira were unable to release Ducey's record. The label asked Jameson — who at the time was "broke, homeless, and sleeping on people's couches" — to write and record new songs to match Ducey's song titles, and arranged to have the record sleeves overprinted so that the name "Ducey" would appear as "Lucey". Within two weeks, Jameson wrote the songs, and recorded them with producer Marshall Leib (previously a member of The Teddy Bears with his friend Phil Spector). The record was released without fanfare, with Jameson credited as songwriter, but without any agreement over his legal rights to the recordings. It was later issued on the Joy label in the UK under Jameson's own name, and the title Too Many Mornings. (The real Chris Ducey became a member of The Penny Arkade, who recorded an unreleased album with Mike Nesmith, and was later a member of Prairie Madness. He released a solo album, Duce of Hearts, in 1975.)

Although Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest was not promoted commercially, and was ignored when first released in late 1965, over the years it acquired a strong reputation. According to Dean McFarlane at Allmusic:

"This sought after psychedelic pop gem... [is] often compared to Love's Forever Changes, in that it is an intricate exploration of sophisticated arrangements and bleak and twisted lyricism... [It] may have been a little too courageous for its time, tackling blues, exotic - almost lounge arrangements and pure pop psychedelia. Its beauty is in its absolute fracture and collage of a million and one ideas."

Richie Unterberger wrote:

"There aren't many albums of the time that bear an unmistakable Love similarity, but Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest is one of them. Both the vocals and songwriting bear strong recollections of early Arthur Lee, with the melodic but wistful folk-rock chord changes, occasional Latin jazz tempos, occasional gruff folk-blues downbeat atmosphere, probing yet vague lyrics, and oddball production."

Part of its appeal to record collectors was its "fantastic obscurity", and the fact that little was known about who had made the record. Jameson himself has commented:

"[The album] was a throw away album when it was created. Like it or not, that is a fact. It has, in recent years, taken on a life of its own and for that I am grateful, but it needs to be viewed in real context, to see how it has risen on its own merit to a position it never held when it was created."

Chris Lucey ?– Songs Of Protest And Anti Protest

THE VINYL :  EX+ :  Lightly played with minimal evidence of spindlewear, both sides of the LP retain all of their original gloss with clean, undamaged purple and silver Surrey Labels. Present on both sides are a few light marks, including some sleevewear from the original paper sleeve and a few minor hairlines. A small amount of light crazing is on tracks A1 & A2- so I did a playgrade, and there are no audible effects from it.

There are no deep marks or scuffing.
 
In all, the record has been carefully handled and produces a clean, strong audio.



THE COVER :  EX :  Well-stored with some minor scuffing and some front cover ringwear / bright colors / all of the seams, including the spine, have moderate paper fraying, however they are all intact / no writing, paper loss, paper tears, dirt, or stains.
      

 
We have placed both the cover and the LP into protective plastic sleeves.



 

Tracklist :

Dead Wax Run-Out Identifiers (Actual) :

Side A :      65-1064- S - A

Side B :       65-1064- S - B





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