JOSEPH Stoned Age Man 1969 ORIGINAL TWISTED ACID BLUES PSYCH LP filler LISTEN

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JOSEPH "Stoned Age Man" LP

Original 1969 LP on the US SCEPTER label, STEREO SPS-574

COVER in POOR/FAIR shape - top and bottom seams completely unglued, tape on top seam, creasing, some pen marks

RECORD shows lotsa marks, mostly light, sometimes plays VG, sometimes much better - a mark on S1 T1 renders it unplayable

Cool!  A record by Hacksaw Jim Duggan!  Who knew, right?  Actually, it ain’t Hacksaw, although if Hacksaw were to actually make a record, I bet it would sound the same.  With a hootch-fried voice and a Southern-fried penchant for the blooz (not the blues, the “blooz” – blues rock with s***loads of fuzz guitar), Old Man in the Cave Joseph Longeria (known here to his fellow troglodytes as just “Joseph”) let loose 28 sweat-stained minutes of f***ed-up acid blues back in 1969 and plumb got hisself a record deal, dagnabbit.  Couldn’t tell ya how he did it myself – probably involved a threat against the record label head’s daughter.  He once toured with B.B. King, probably without B.B.’s knowledge, and he calls his album Stoned Age Man, which is a fairly accurate description, only it doesn’t mention the equal influences of whiskey, blues and incest.  He sings about cold biscuits and fish heads on a song called, wait for it, “Cold Biscuits and Fish Heads” (which, admittedly, is a pretty intense little blues number that Jim Morrison shoulda studied).  He also sings about not wanting to fatten frogs for snakes on “I Ain’t Fattenin’ No More Frogs For Snakes” - and a faulty sewage system on “I’m Gonna Build A Mountain” – okay, maybe that’s not what that one’s about.  Along the way, Joseph cops a few riffs from “Gimme Some Lovin’” (“Gotta Get Away”) and Big Boy Pete’s “Cold Turkey” (“Mojo Gumbo”).  His voice is your biggest obstacle here, although fans of Dr. John and the Jimmy Castor Bunch shouldn’t have much trouble.  Imagine if Captain Beefheart were raised in a trailer just outside of Waco, and instead of hanging out with Zappa and the Mothers, he toured with Black Oak Arkansas and later joined the WWF.  Sound like something you’d dig?  Then fire up the grill, pile on the crawdads and grab some PBR.  Time to be a Stoned Age Man.

This particular record’s seen it’s share of Texas frat parties, and although it’s scuffy, it still plays.  The first track on Side 1 skips like my one-legged cousin Daisy Mae, though, so don’t say I didn’t warn ya none.  Got a problem with it?  Talk to my big ol’ baseball bat.  Her name’s “Return Policy.”  

HEAR THIS THING!

PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

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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. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

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