MERCHANTS OF DREAM Strange Night Voyage V Rare Orig 1969 US A&M Psych LP
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The Merchants Of Dream
Strange Night Voyage
Very Rare original US LP released on A&M Records in 1969. 1st US pressing.
This disc seems to be a bit ahead of its time. We've got the requisite psychedelic sounds, but also some strange touches of prog rock and disco before the full emergence of those forms. If that's not enough, we get a Peter Pan concept album. Strangely, the band doesn't take the 'happy days toy town' approach so much, but works out some stranger noises to guide the story along. The Who's rock operas aren't a bad reference point, although the Merchants of Dream do carve out their own niche.
Even if we throw out the whole concept, there is some prime psychedelic pop hiding out in the grooves of this disc. After an enjoyable overture (take notes as side B will also start with an overture), we hear the disco-pulsing and orchestrated "Strange Night Voyage of Peter Pan." "Wendy" follows well as a back-pulsing, mid-tempo freak-out. After a few story advancing tracks is the full-speed forward, psych rocker "Lovelife's Purple Circus." Hiding out on the second side is "Alicey," which comes across as your personal sonic morphine drip. We also will find "(We Are) Dream Vendors," which closes the album as the best track with a catchy chorus and a groovy beat.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1. Mother’s Overture
2. The Strange Night Voyage Of Peter Pan
3. Wendy
4. Jolly Roger Doldrums
5. Tribute To The Crocodile
6. Dorothy The Fairy Queen
7. Lovelife’s Purple Circus
Side Two
1. Father’s Overture
2. Come Back Into Your Childhood With Me
3. Alicey
4. Sing Me Life
5. My Magic Boat
6. When You’re Pushin’ Six
7. (We Are) Dream Vendors
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Released on A&M Records in 1969
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Catalogue Number SP4149
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Record is in Ex ++ condition (couple of light surface marks)
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Sleeve is in Ex ++ condition
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