MINT 1968 Orig = OCTOBER COUNTRY = WEST COAST POP ART - MILLENNIUM SOFT PSYCH
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STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER
RARE WEST COAST 1968 SOFT PSYCHEDELIC GEM!
TOP MINT FINAL COLLECTION COPY
OCTOBER COUNTRY
\ USA - (yellow) EPIC RECORDS - BN 26381
TOP MINT FINAL COLLECTION COPY
RARE-R THAN YOU MAY THINK! MINT CLEAN All over...
STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER
Original 1968 first pressing of the highly sought after West Coast soft psych band October Country ...
October Country was a short lived “band” fronted by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band leader/virtuoso Michael Lloyd (For another great Lloyd album, see The Smoke on the Sidewalk label). Lloyd wrote, produced, sang lead and background vocals and played all kinds of instruments on the record. The record itself was engineered by Roy Halee, a legendary west coast engineer who worked on the Millennium’s “Begin” album October Country's self-titled album is today revered and highly prized by collectors who have managed to find a copy. Other soft rock and sunshine pop/soft rock obscurities -- including those by the Millennium, Sagittarius, and Eternity's Children, to name just a few -- are just as sought after as October Country... This 1968 album is one of the better examples of songwriter/producer/musician Michael Lloyd's overall influence and impact on the West Coast-based genre. Lloyd -- who was certainly influenced by important albums like the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, and various psych-pop sounds of the Brit-pop invasion, even harmony vocal groups like the Bee Gees -- always seemed to find interesting ways to incorporate various sophisticated instrumentation (organ, horns, harpsichord, and string arrangements) into his productions. During this particular group's first recording sessions, Lloyd began transforming this We Five-ish folk-rock group into a formidable group (he also played the various instruments himself -- because the group wasn't that proficient on their own). There are numerous highlights here, including the title track (later recorded by the Smoke, the U.S. band who was another Lloyd "Sidewalk" production), "Cowboys and Indians," and "My Girlfriend Is a Witch."
* Caryle (Carol) De Franca (female vocals),
* Joe De Franca (vocals),
* Marty Earle (guitar),
* Bruce Wayne (bass guitar),
* Bob Wian (keyboards),
* Eddie Beram (drums)
October Country -
Painted Sky -
Little Boy Smiling -
She's Been Away -
Good To Be Around -
I Was A Fire -
Cowboys And Indians -
I Just Don't Know -
End Of The Line -
My Girlfriend Is A Witch -
Caryle's Theme -
CONDITION: The Cover: BEAUTIFUL MINT ...still in factory cellophane ...has but a small delete circle at top right (see photo) minor and nothing takes away from the overall appearance ... still with bright original colors and overall collectible worthy clean ...a TOP copy for a 45 year old item ... no problems...
The Vinyl: all very clean and smoothly clear appearance, top M- plays fantastic and has CLEAN Epic labels
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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