MELODIC ENERGY COMMISSION 1979 PRIVATE SYNTH PSYCH HEAR
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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…
MELODIC ENERGY COMMISSION "Stranger In Mystery"
Original 1979 LP on the Canadian ENERGY label, STEREO NRG 111
Cover: VG++, some light ringwear
Vinyl: Plays VG+
Looks like a prog album, plays like a lost Pink Floyd space jam psych-out. From 1979, and they must've felt WAY out of place doing this in that crap music year, but God bless 'em for it. Any album that lists among its instruments "gongs, kalimbas, Egyptian shepherd's pipe, bowed dulcimer khaen, gas and steam bass, wall of oscillation, tablas, glockenspiel and hydro-electric guitar" has gotta be either channeling Ummagumma or a really bad Yanni concert, and thank baby Jesus these guys sound more like the former. A true cosmic freakout if there ever was one, even in the same year that gave us Patrick Hernandez's "Born To Be Alive" and more Giorgio Moroder disco remixes than a sane man could handle, the Melodic Energy Commission travel to the inside of your mind on the drifty inner-stellar magic carpet ride "Scientific," with its extended bliss-out Oriental Garden coda. At times, they come close to new age music but are always far cooler, like the Mannheim Steamroller if they dropped acid (and come to think of it, they really should). Best of all, the lengthy acoustic guitar/synth mindwarper "Song of the Delatron," which is full of trippy processed vocals and Silver Apples/Fifty Foot Hose channeling synth freakouts. Or I guess that must be the "delatron" they speak of in the title. Listening to this record reminds me of something Paul Kantner once said to me as he passed me backstage at a Jefferson Airplane concert - "Someone's smokin' dope."
HEAR IT!
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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. ALL DOMESTIC ORDERS REQUIRE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION, WHICH IS AN EXTRA 75 CENTS. Air mail shipping to Canada starts at $10 US, each additional record $2 shipping. Air mail shipping everywhere else in the world starts at $16 US, with each additional record only $3 shipping. ALL FOREIGN ORDERS REQUIRE CERTIFICATE OF SHIPMENT, WHICH IS AN EXTRA $1.10. 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.
And finally, I include delivery confirmation on all shipments inside the US. This is my proof of shipment, and also helps us to track your package if it doesn’t arrive when it should. I will email you within 2 days of shipment and give you the confirmation number at that time. Insurance is always optional, but for larger orders, it’s highly recommended. I DO NOW REQUIRE THAT ALL FOREIGN BUYERS PAY AN ADDITIONAL $1.10 FOR PROOF OF SHIPMENT. IT'S A NOMINAL FEE AND THE CHEAPEST WAY FOR ME TO PROVE THAT I ACTUALLY SHIPPED YOUR PACKAGE AND DIDN'T JUST POCKET YOUR MONEY AND SKIP TOWN. 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…
I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return. All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction. Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong. You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed. If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.
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