LEMON TREE William Chaulker's Time Machine 1968 ORIG UK RUBBLE PSYCH 45 LISTEN

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LEMON TREE "William Chaulker's Time Machine" b/w "I Can Touch A Rainbow"

Original 1968 45 on the UK PARLOPHONE label

IN ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE SLEEVE!

Vinyl plays VG+ to VG++

No doubt you’ve probably already heard the Lemon Tree’s classic “William Chaulker’s Time Machine” by now, and then probably several times over.  It’s been on nearly all the major British psych comps.  And rightfully so – it’s a brilliant stomping dramatic piece of music, opening amid a windstorm and tilted pinball machine keyboards, as dramatic prog pop verses give way to a big sunshine pop chorus.  Comparisons with the Move are almost unavoidable, not only because the Lemon Tree hailed from Birmingham England, but because “William Chaulker” was written by Ace Kefford and Trevor Burton of the Move, and drummer Keith Smart had already played with Roy Wood in Danny King and the Mayfair Set.  Much less familiar is the flip, the deliriously catchy “I Can Touch A Rainbow,” which I’m not sure has even been comped yet.  It’s got a big stompin’ staccato whomp backbeat, a thick black murk of whirling fuzz guitar, and a single drone organ like a steady lighthouse beacon through the Carnaby Street paisley fog.  Blame Skittles for ruining the title somewhat, but remember that back in 1968 “I can touch a rainbow” probably had a lot more cosmic importance than it does now.  Today, music this good has a lot of importance, cosmic and otherwise, on my turntable.  Just like The Move.

HEAR IT!

UPDATE: SORRY, I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).

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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. 

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