MAD RIVER Mad River LP CAPITOL 1968 US orig+rainbow ST 2985 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.
Their material veered between drawn-out angst jams and frenetic numbers, spotlighting
David Robinson's shimmering, blistering guitar leads
and leader/songwriter Lawrence Hammond's mournful, quavering vocals
"MAD RIVER"
produced by: Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis
1968 LP CAPITOL RECORDS ST 2985
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL COPY
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
This version: Black Capitol labels with rainbow rim and the dome logo at 12 o'clock.
On the label track B2 appears as ''The War Goes On''
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: CAPITOL - 'BLACK w/RAINBOW RIM' 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-X2 #1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ST-2-2985-X4 #1
On labels: rim text reads
"Mfd. by Capitol Records. Inc. U.S.A.T.M. Capitol ? Marca Reg. ? U.S. Pat. No. 2.631.859"
Produced by Nickolas Venet
On front cover: File Under: Rock ST 2985
Playable on Stereo & Mono Phonographs
On spine (from left to right): MAD RIVER STEREOPHONIC Capitol ST 2985
On back cover: Produced in San Francisco by Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis
Recorded at Golden State Recorders
Engineer: Baron Leo de Gar Ustinik-Kulka
Photography: George Jerman
Moral Degradation: Ely Newman
This album is dedicated to Richard Brautigan
Capitol Records This Stereo Record can also be played on modern monophonic equipment, safely........
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from my records collection
tracklisting
Side 1) MERCIFUL MONKS - HIGH ALL THE TIME
AMPHETAMINE GAZELLE - EASTERN LIGHT
Side 2) WIND CHIMES - WAR GOES ON - HUSH JULIAN
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RECORD VG(+) but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG but (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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