RARE Jelly Bean Bandits 1967 Album Very Good Record & Cover (Mainstream ) - NR

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RARE Jelly Bean Bandits 1967 Album Very Good Record & Cover (Mainstream/BMI ) - NR

This is a super rare 1967 album from The Jelly Bean Bandits who were very good early rockers but only produced this one album until a reunion in 1998 when they produced their second and last album. I played the record and loved every single song. I almost kept it but didn't. Has inner sleeve however I do not know if it is  the original. I am not a professional record retailer so please ask questions before bidding but I have seen this album listed for anywhere between $39.00 and $399.00. I realize a listing means nothing but there has to be some value here due to the rarity, condition and comparison sales.

This album was released in 1967 on Mainstream Records, a division of BMI Music. Below this auction copy is some biographical information about the band that is quite interesting!

I will invoice and ship for USPS Media Mail plus $1.00 handling fee. My zip code is 06039

I do not ship outside the lower 48 states and NO international shipping.  Thank you!

Newburgh, New York psych-punks the Jelly Bean Bandits formed in 1966. Singer Billy Donald, guitarist Jack Dougherty, bassist Fred Buck, keyboardist Michael "Mr. Addams" Raab, and drummer Joe "Laredo London" Scalfari originally operated as "the Mirror", regularly packing area nightspots like the local Trade Winds, Poughkeepsie's Buccaneer Nightclub, and Burlington, Vermont's Red Dog. In due time, they recorded a three-song demo reel that resulted in a three-album recording contract with Mainstream Records -- however, unknown to Mainstream, these three songs represented the sum total of the Jelly Bean Bandits' repertoire, forcing the band to write enough additional material to flesh out a full-length LP in the course of a week. Amazingly, their eponymous 1967 debut is excellent, a freakbeat cult classic distinguished by Dougherty's emotive guitar and some innovative production techniques -- all the more impressive, the album was recorded in a single 12-hour stretch. Mainstream hated the end result, however, and dropped the Jelly Bean Bandits just as they were commencing work on the follow-up -- only one song, "Salesman," was completed before the sessions were aborted. The group dissolved soon after, only to reunite in 1998 to finally commit to tape the songs that were written for their never-completed sophomore LP -- only Donald declined to participate in the project, released in 2001 under the title Time and Again. A vintage live date captured at the Buccaneer on Sept 3, 1967 was issued on CD the following year.