ILLUSIVE DREAM Electric Garden RARE 1969 psych 45 HEAR

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

ILLUSIVE DREAM "The Electric Garden"/"Back Again"

Original 1969 45 on the French RCA label, MONO

Picture sleeve's in VG+ shape, some writing on back (small), initial on both sides of label

Vinyl:  Vinyl looks clean, plays VG+

Superb, top-shelf baroque popsike from this Aussie co-ed band who look like Procol Harum backing the chick from Shocking Blue on the picture sleeve, and sound like a Magical Mystery Tour tribute band inside.  This is FANTASTIC stuff - the moody, intricate, orchestrated "Electric Garden" runs a full FIVE and a HALF MINUTES, and chugs along like a lost British Rubble classic, pulsating on a melody of minor keys and quivering strings before breaking into a circus march in the middle break.  From there, we head off into a bit of down-and-dirty Northern soul before gliding seamlessly back into the main melody, and as we drift off again amid those sad strings and beautiful harmonies, our baroque epic ends with a shameless "All You Need is Love" coda.  A popsike epic for the ages!  "Back Again" is practically a tease at just under three minutes, but it manages to pull together "Penny Lane" and a bit of "I Am the Walrus" into another perfect slice of bouncy British popsike.  Why neither of these songs has made a legitimate compilation yet is as big a mystery as who replaced Paul McCartney after the car crash.  Oh yeah, and the chick is downright HOT!  Beatle-lovin' brunettes - where do I sign up?

 click below to hear BOTH sides of this single:

The less exciting stuff

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