Psych Lp JADE - Faces of Jade Ohio small label RARE

$

203

Artist - Faces of Jade
Title - S/T
Label - General American Records
Catalog - 11311
Stereo
Notes: most collector's know this Lp at this point, but this from the Acid Archives:

"This came to me with an "underrated?" tag attached, and I'm inclined to agree. It's late 60s Brit-psych/pop of the McCartney/Roy Wood variety transplanted to 1970s Cincinnati, serving up plenty of innovation, fun and a fair amount of label $$$ on hand. Opens with dreamy psych mini-epic that recalls the 2nd Fallen Angels album, the rest holds a middle ground between London'68 and the clever pop that Ohio would become famous for, leaving the listener to decide if this is a late 60s lytepsych LP or in fact an Anglo-retro 70s trip. Lots of piano, "Penny Lane" fanfares, high-pitched teen harmonies and unexpected studio tricks including a high-point which has vocals sung backwards then replayed forwards for an eerie "Twin Peaks"-style effect. A couple of tracks are too poppy for me, but a worthwhile experience all over; should appeal to fans of Lazy Smoke in addition to the pointers already suggested. [PL]
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This starts out with a long dreamy ballad and includes a cool backwards experiment (the music played backwards while the singer uses stilted, strange phrasing in order to keep up, an idea that would be used more popularly by the Stone Roses twenty years later.) Otherwise, though, it's basically a Beatles-inspired pop album. It's not unusual at all, but it's very good, one of the best in the style. It's highly recommended to fans of bands like Grapefruit, Ellie Pop, Sleepy Hollow, etc. Some pressings are missing the song "My Honey," which is the oddball song on the album anyway (and a complete steal of the Beatles "Honey Pie"). Strangely, even copies without the song have a sticker that says "includes the hit 'My Honey.'" [AM]"



Record Grade - VG+ (very strong)
Cover - VG+ (a weak VG+, no seam splitting and only the fainest of ring wear - but corner wear and shelf wear along the bottom edge)


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