RARE 1970 THE INSECT TRUST HOBOKEN Hippie psych GEM

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1970 Original *VINYL* ~ ecclectic Hippie underground collectible!

          THE INSECT TRUST  

       HOBOKEN SATURDAY NIGHT

...USA - Atco - SD 33 313 

Original 1970 VINYL first pressing of the 2nd album by the INSECT TRUST, a sought item all 'round the universe, in its original form ~ here's a nice keeeper copy! ecclectic music to thee ears and on into the mind and body indeed!

This second album is even better than their first, albeit likely to alienate those looking for another variation on a San Francisco-style folk-psych album. They reach back to the 20s, musically and lyrically, throw in a long far-out piece, make time for a rocking feminist ode, and take the lyrics into childish, historical and political realms. A huge mishmash, but clearly of a holistic vision, and exceptionally well done. This is a totally great album still unique among performers, Hoboken Saturday Night found the band continuing their earlier experiments in merging diverse musical styles. Stylistically all over the map the album found the band taking stabs at everything imaginable including bizarro folk-rock ('Trip To Me'), Stax-styled instrumentals ('Ducks'), bouncy rural-rock ('Reciprocity') and free form complex-rock fusion. While she wasn't the world's greatest singer, Nancy Jeffries again displayed a light and surprisingly attractive voice, while the rest of the band displayed a consistent sense of taste and style. All over, this album exhibites a hard to describe charm that makes it a lost classic. "The Eyes of a New York Woman" featured lyrics written by legendary novelist Thomas Pynchon. Pynchon threatened a lawsuit, demanding the album be withdrawn, but settled with the band.

Anyone who wonders what the hippie '60s were like can find out from this true collective. Not the Beatles or the Stones--they were different, bigger and often better, mass culture. Hoboken Saturday Night--like Have Moicy!, the later and smaller and more pastoral and perfect album Peter Stampfel helped actualize, and maybe the Dead's Aoxomoxoa or even Dylan's Basement Tapes--is subcultural. All involve folkies untouched by self-righteous sentimentality.

Three of the Insect Trust are not gone. Koehler--responsible for Moondog and the wonderful 'Glade Song' on this album --committed suicide in 1976, a genius misfit to his unnecessary end. Palmer died of liver failure in 1997, a former New York Times staffer who left behind two important books (Deep Blues and Rock & Roll: An Unruly History) and much uncollected journalism and scholarship. Barth was painting in Amsterdam when a heart attack got him in 2000. Faust still lives in Hoboken, where he co-directs the Monroe Street Movement Space and teaches tai chi. "Surprised that in later life I was able to function," Jeffries became an a&r luminary, before she lost her Elektra vice-presidency in 2000. Understandably, she felt disaffected. She said bands these days aren't in it for the music anymore. But if any of them have a Hoboken Saturday Night in them, I wish they'd tell us about them.

1 Be a Hobo
2 Hoboken Saturday Night
3 The Eyes of a New York Woman
4 Ragtime Millionaire
5 Somedays
6 Our Sister the Sun
7 Reciprocity
8 Trip on Me
9 Now Then Sweet Man / Mr. Garfield
10 Reincarnations
11 Glade Song
12 Ducks 5

CONDITION: The laminated cover is "M-" front (laminated!) and back cover is "EX" (excellent) NO delete marks! All clean. Overall nicely collectible thick cover!

The vinyl is "EX" (excellent) both sides are with glossy shine... Altogether is a collectible keeper in the right hands.

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record