MAD RIVER Mad River LP CAPITOL 1968 ST 2985 US original LAWRENCE HAMMOND
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MAD RIVER
DAVID ROBINSON, RICK BOCHNER, LAWRENCE HAMMOND,
THOMAS MANNING, GREGORY LEROY DEWEY
One of the oddest San Francisco Bay Area bands of the late '60s, Berkeley-based
Mad River cut two albums that are highly regarded by psychedelic collectors.
After releasing a rare EP on a tiny local label in 1967, the band signed with Capitol
and released their self-titled debut the following year.
Perhaps the most ominous San Francisco band of the time, the group often sounded like
an extremely dark version of Quicksilver Messenger Service
with a bit of Country Joe & the Fish's minor-key melodies thrown in
"MAD RIVER"
1969 LP CAPITOL RECORDS ST 2985 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL COPY
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: CAPITOL - BLACK/RAINBOW LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: ST 2985
Catalog on labels: ST-2985 (ST1-2985 / ST2-2985)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ST-1-2985-H-3
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ST-2-2985-H-3
On labels: Produced by Nickolas Venet
The rim text reads: "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc. U.S.A.T.M."
On front cover: File under: Rock
STEREO Playable on Stereo & Mono Phonographs
On back cover:
Produced in San Francisco by Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis.....
.....This album dedicated to Richard Brautigan
Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., A Subsidiary of............Los Angeles, Calif., Jacksonville, Ill.
BC - Printed in USA
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: MERCIFUL MONKS - HIGH ALL THE TIME
AMPHETAMINE GAZELLE - EASTERN LIGHT
Side B: WIND CHIMES - WAR GOES ON - HUSH JULIAN
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RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG (please, see pictures and read above description)
The dark side of the psychedelic experience, sounding like a soundtrack to a bad trip
with its bleak, enigmatic lyrics, swirling, somewhat dissonant arrangements, and relentlessly minor melodies.
The longer tracks meander at times, but the hell-bent jerking tempos
of "Merciful Monks" and "Amphetamine Gazelle, "
as well as the chilling closing lullaby "Hush Julian, " still pack a punch....(AllMusic)
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