MANDRAKE MEMORIAL Puzzle PSYCH EX lp WHEEL Insert Orig
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Today at The TIME MACHINE we will auctioning a BIG Batch of RARE Psych, Classic 60s Rock & some FUNK lps, a few SUPER-DUPER Rare Private Press records and more stuff that will make you squirm..........
Our store Time Machine Records & Books opened this Spring and we are already literally overflowing with new and extra-fab collectibles - The Shop is located at: 20 Union St. (front), Easthampton, MA 01027 - Right in the Center of Town, Across the street from BIG E Supermarket and next to BROOKs Pharmacy.
Very Rare US PSYCH Masterpiece with the scarce "Wheel" Insert and Original Poppy inner sleeve
Artist: MANDRAKE MEMORIAL
Title: "Puzzle"
Year: 1970
Label info: POPPY Records (PYS-40,006)
CONDITION:
Cover: EX
Record: EX
from the ACID ARCHIVES of UNDERGROUND SOUNDS:
"Puzzle" 1970 (Poppy pys-40006) ['wheel' insert]
Great, great psych band and local Philly heroes, underrated elsewhere to this day. The first LP is drawn from their club live set and goes in a garage/teen-psych direction, not bad at all but the harpsichord makes for a somewhat awkward mix with the overall sound in my opinion. Nevertheless, it went on to sell a respectable 40 000 copies. "Medium" shows them developing their studio psych ambitions with carefully crafted introspective keyboard/guitar mind trips while still retaining a song-oriented structure. "Puzzle" is a masterpiece, one of the truly great concept acid psych LPs on a major label, drawing from modernist classical like Stravinsky and Bartok, yet retaining a psychy headtrip feel throughout. Side 1 in particular is devastating and the LP as a whole a major personal fave. The band also had a non-LP 45 around the time of "Puzzle". An unreleased acoustic album from the same timeframe exists on acetate, but nothing has been released so far. [PL]
SHIPPING:
US/Canada: $3.50 Media Mail (1-2 lps). $7.00 Priority (1-2 lps)
OVERSEAS: $14.00 Air Mail (more than 1 lp- rates will be provided after END of Auction!)
