MORGEN SELF-TITLED PSYCH CULT CLASSIC INSANELY RARE SEALED* ORIG '69 LP+INSERT

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·       MORGEN – THE SELF-TITLED FIRST (AND ONLY) ALBUM BY STEVE MORGEN (“MORGEN”) - UNBELIEVABLY RARE PSYCHEDELIC CULT MASTERPIECE - ORIGINAL 1969 ABC/PROBE STEREO LP CPLP-4507-S. 

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

*** INSANELY  RARE  STILL SEALED (PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE BELOW)  GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM COMES FROM THE INCREDIBLE, SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION WE ACQUIRED A WHILE AGO, IN WHICH ITEMS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT BY THE OWNER FROM THE MID-'60s to THE MID-'70s WERE KEPT STILL SEALED IN A NEAR-LABORATORY, TIME-CAPSULE CONDITIONS AND IN PRACTICALLY CLIMATE- AND HUMIDITY- CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.  CONDITIONS OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS RANGE FROM IMPECCABLE TO TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM PIECES LOOKED SO PERFECT THAT WE HAD TO REINSPECT AND RE-EXAMINE THEM A FEW TIMES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT RECENT REISSUES (REST ASSURED THEY ARE NOT -- THESE ARE ALL 40-50 YEAR OLD STILL SEALED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSINGS AS YOU MAY NEVER FIND AGAIN!!)

·       IMPORTANT NOTE: WE ARE SELLING THIS ALBUM AS STILL SEALED DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BOTTOM SEAM AND MUCH OF THE OPENING. IT IS READILY APPARENT FROM THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THIS ALBUM THAT THIS ALBUM HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED, AND THAT THE SEAL ALONG THE OPENING (MOUTH) OF THE ALBUM – WHICH IS VERY TIGHT - HAS BEEN INTACT AND UNTOUCHED SINCE THE ALBUM LEFT THE FACTORY, ALMOST 45 YEARS AGO. WE UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS A STILL FACTORY SEALED ITEM. PLEASE BID IN CONFIDENCE. 

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BLACK ABC-PROBE RECORDS LABEL WITH  MULTICOLORED “BOXED” PROBE LOGO ON TOP OF THE LABEL , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION

·       GUARANTEED TO INCLUDE BIZARRELY RARE ORIGINAL 2-PAGE INSERT / POSTER , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION  (WE CAN SEE IT THROUGH THE OPENING)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       IN OUR HUMBLE OPINION, ALL COMPACT DISC VERSIONS OF THIS TITLE (ABOUT THREE, OF WHICH TWO ARE OF DUBIOUS AUDIO SOURCE AND PROVENANCE AND PROBABLY LEGALLY QUESTIONABLE - WE ONLY RECOGNIZE SUNBEAM RELEASE AS LEGITIMATE) HAVE THE HIGH-FREEQUENCY RANGE OF THE RECORDING SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED AND SHORN. TO REALLY HEAR THIS WONDERFUL RECORDING THE WAY IT WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE HEARD, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OPTION: THE ORIGINAL VINYL. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE WILL DO, PERIOD!

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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This, simply put, is one of the top-20 rarest and most coveted psychedelic albums ever recorded. Insanely rare in virtually any condition, this is a mixture of deep, hard, psychedelic guitar fuzz, vocal effects and deconstruction, sinister-sounding ornamentation, and simply great, well played and incredibly produced music.  At times, the band sounds as Jimi Hendrix-meets-Joy Division-at-a-Grateful-Dead’s-Filmore-gig - and they are all having one long, strange trip into the amphetamine abyss and heroin void. By all means, check out the closing lead guitar solo in ‘Begging your pardon’, which is BY FAR the best Jimi Hendrix impersonation (circa ‘Are You Experienced’ phase), we've ever heard, bar none!. In fact, the first time I heard this album, I was near-certain that it WAS Jimi Hendrix, making an (uncredited) cameo appearance on the Morgen album. I guess I was wrong…:-)  Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

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I dare anyone to point out a single track on this 7 song LP that doesn't have absolutely wonderful guitar work on it. The 10 minute 50 second classic "Love" stands out, but is the norm not the exception. Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Steve Morgen made only this one album and a 7" with mono edits of "Of Dreams" c/w "She's The Nitetime"  Every song contains excellent guitar work and introspective lyrics. Unfortunately Steve Morgen went into acting following the release of "Morgen" and never again recorded. What a loss for the music industry. But what a legacy he left behind. This is one of those albums that really is as good as they say it is. And then some!

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY KEVIN RATHERT

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Much has already been written about MORGEN's classic 1969 "Morgen" LP (originally released on ABC Records/Probe) so I'll try to keep this short-yeah right. This highly respected album has it all and something to offer for anyone who's a fan of late-60s underground rock music. It is essentially a psychedelic record at heart, however opening masterpiece "Welcome To The Void" is SO fuzzed out that you quickly realize this band is straight outta the garage (in all the best ways, like THE SEEDS, 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, ELECTRIC PRUNES, etc.). The listener also quickly realizes that this is a no-holds-barred LP with a spectacular knob-job production done mostly by the band. MORGEN were not afraid to blend styles to achieve their trip. The second tune "Of Dreams" is musically a classic hard-psych tune, starting with a monstrously heavy guitar chord (BLACK SABBATH level heavy), with vocalist/lead guitarist Steve Morgen's strangely enunciated vocals laid on top. Add in some just KILLER fuzzed out soloing(with about 3 guitars laid on top of one another complete with wah-pedal and feedback galore, very similar to THE STOOGES) and you have a classic. The third track "Beggin Your Pardon (Miss Joan)" starts with a killer bass line and the lyric "I want to touch you, I want to fill you with my fire...". This track has it all as far as delivering the goods in the heavy department(just check out the orgasmic vocals of Steve Morgen-makes me wonder if Robert Plant might have heard this tune). Yet, the tune is still so spaced out that it remains in the realm of psychedelic rock. It ends with a super-bass heavy guitar freak-out and cool short drum solo. Track four "Eternity In Between" plays much like a classic BYRDS tune of the same-era, with a more melodic feel and harmony vocals

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY  T. KOSUBOSKI

Very little is known of the elusive group Morgen, who recorded a one-off album for ABC’s psychedelic subsidiary Probe in 1969 and then apparently vanished.  The group’s namesake leader was Steve Morgen, and while some reference books actually credit the album to him solely, Morgen was indeed a group, consisting of Steve, Rennie Genossa, Bob Maiman, and Barry Stock, all of whom supposedly hailed from Long Island, New York [PRECISELY WHERE WE ACQUIRED THIS ALBUM – BD].  Their album made no impact when originally released and has since become rare and sought-after, especially after dealers and collectors began declaring it a “psychedelic classic” in recent years.  While the label “classic” might be a bit of a stretch, the album does certainly include a few very good tracks.  “Welcome to the Void” is an effective opener that features some nice drumming and lead guitar work, as well as some suitably psychedelic, apocalyptic lyrics.  “Of Dreams,” probably the strongest song on the album, is a gorgeous, floating psychedelic excursion highlighted by a captivating, fey vocal and some more strong guitar and drum playing.  An edited single version of “Of Dreams” was featured on Arf! Arf!’s excellent compilation 30 Seconds before the Calico Wall and offers a different mix of the song, but it decidedly sounds best here, in its five-and-a-half-minute, stereo incarnation.  “Beggin’ Your Pardon (Miss Joan)” had the potential to be a decent, slightly bluesy tune, but its plodding momentum and comparatively simple arrangement make it a bit of a sleeper, especially after the psychedelic splendor of “Of Dreams.”  It’s likely the album’s weakest offering.  “Eternity in Between” is more engaging, and it features some guitar work that sounds almost like a tribute to The Who’s Pete Townshend, specifically, some chord changes borrowed from Tommy’s “Underture,” as well as the guitar pickup switch feedback sound that Townshend used liberally on signature Who tunes like “Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere.”  “Purple” is a very nice song propelled by a good drumbeat and underscored by droning guitar leads.  It’s also perhaps the best showcase for Steve Morgen’s soft vocals.  “She’s the Nitetime,” a catchy tune with good musicianship all around and more nice vocal contributions from Steve, is another major highlight of the album.  The eleven-minute closer “Love” sounds a little reminiscent of The Doors’ “When the Music’s Over” in its vocal phrases, and is narrowly rescued from tedium by a rather good guitar solo halfway through.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY KURT SAMPSEL)

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