MINT Shrink 1968 1st FEVER TREE Hard PSYCH Garage GEM

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          The  FEVER TREE

                                  ...USA - UNI - 73024 - stereo/mono

BEAUTIFUL *MINT* ORIGINAL 1967 first pressing vinyl ...the very first album by FEVER TREE, the Houston Texas garage band who moved to the San Francisco scene to inject a little psychedelic sound into their grooves...and here, their biggest hit is included "San Francisco Girls" ...

One of the *best* copies found...the only better copy would be still sealed...

TOP copy from over 40 years ago ***STILL IN SHRINK WRAPPER!  The best one come across in ages...this IS the first pressing! 

This is a very underrated album (and group). With touches of classical influence here and there, the material on Fever Tree's self titled debut ranges from psych rock to trippy ballads like 'Unlock My Door', best described as a soft psych acoustic tune complete with phased out trippy acoustic guitar break... but that is just the start...

The self-titled debut album of this unfairly neglected psychedelic band is an odd mix of slick studio work laced with surprising moments of eclecticism, from soundtrack references to hard rock worthy of the best bands of the time. They open up with a pretty good piece of musical prestidigitation, melding Johann Sebastian Bach and Ennio Morricone into the album's first track, which segues neatly into a hard rock style that's their own on the spaced-out, Ravel-laced "Where Do You Go," which sounds like the Doors and the Jimi Hendrix Experience jamming together. They also roll over "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out," squeezed into a two-song medley, like a proto-heavy steamroller while quoting "Norwegian Wood" and "Eleanor Rigby"; then switch gears into a beautifully elegant, gently pop/rock rendition of Neil Young's "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" that's worth the price of admission by itself. The harder rocking numbers (especially "San Francisco Girls") are highly diverting artifacts of their time, while the last two songs, "Unlock My Door" and "Come with Me (Rainsong)," show off a totally unexpected and beautifully reflective folk-rock side to their sound. The variations in sound and content, plus the fact that the only keyboard player, Rob Landes, made any large contribution to the in-house songwriting (mostly the work of their producers, Scott & Vivian Holtzman), makes it difficult to pin down precisely what Fever Tree was about, beyond the evidence at hand; but taken on its own terms, the album ought to be better known than it is, which is probably also true of the band itself.

Imitation Situation 1
Where Do You Go?
San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)
Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) 
Man Who Paints the Pictures 
Filigree and Shadow
The Sun Also Rises
Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (Lennon / McCartney)
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing 
Unlock My Door
Come With Me (Rainsong) 
  

CONDITION: The cover is still in original shrink wrapper MINT ...sharp corners, diplay looks!

The vinyl is all glossy clean "M-" top level!

    

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record