RARE MINT 1970 ORIG TROYKA HARD HEAVY CREAM PSYCH + PASTORAL ACID FLOW
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PROMOTIONAL COPY!!!
1970 HEAVY UNDERGROUND "PSYCH" COLLECTIBLE
TOP COLLECTIBLE
TROYKA
\ USA - COTILLION RECORDS - SD 9020 (PROMOTIONAL)
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RARE in any condition...here's a SUPER cool, advance release PROMOTIONAL copy in TOP CLEAN condition....
Original 1970 first pressing of a lost 'psych' trio that was NEVER easy to find...it just wasn't distributed well with no promotion behind it - even though TROYKA caught the attention of a major label ...
Recomended for collectors who enjoy Lp's by TRUTH & JANEY, B.F. TRIKE, THUNDERPUSSY, SORCERY, etc etc...TOP FLIGHT HEAVY EDGES with memorable melodic song crafts...
Troyka is a band which justifies our perilous questing across North America and spooky record conventions filled with vinyl vampires. Although given a major label release (via Atlantic's then new Cotillion branch) Troyka's self-titled 1970 album remains obscure to say the least. Which is sad, because it's truly magnificent. Consisting of Mike Richards (percussion & lead vocals), Robert Edwards (guitar) and Ron "Rumor" Lukawietsky (bass) and hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, these fine Canadian gents crafted this album out of a series of jam sessions overseen by Velvet Underground producer Shel Kagan.
This kind of record building can easily result in a schizophrenic end product, each song differing too greatly to give any semblance of cohesion. Though each song is different, ranging from growling biker stomp to lysergic (LSD laced) pastorale, fortune favored the bold and the album holds together as a single solid entity. Singer Mike Richards has a "unique" voice but even if you don't warm to him, you'll still find plenty to enjoy, over half the tracks are great instrumentals. This is a lost classic.
As noted above, TROYKA combined some frenetic post-Cream guitar thrills with gruff, hyper-macho vocals and even comes speckled with Slavic elements (two tack-on instrumentals, the lilting ‘Introduction’ and the closer ‘Troyka Finale’, bookend the record), but for the most part it relies on crotch-heavy amplification to counter the varied styles here. ‘Natural’ for instance, sports some prime virtuosic guitar work, though the vocals reek of facile sexism – as if an axe and some fine chops weren’t enough to get you laid without pubescent posturing like, “Hey mama, won’t you come down by the river, and give me some”. ‘Rolling Down the Road’, with its nearly proto-speed heaviness, fares better, channelling frantic hyper blues into an almost MC5-like abandon. Other tracks hint at a more delicate side, especially the wistful soft-psych instrumental ‘Dear Margaret (Malagosia)’, with its Spanish tinges and flecks of John Williams-ish guitar.
Troyka were often hailed for their legendary live sets – one particularly raucous set at New York’s Fillmore East saw them flagged back for a triple encore. By 1970 they seemed to be hitting their stride, scoring a coveted support slot in Toronto for the mother of all troikas, Leslie West’s Mountain. But alas, while poised to secure a page in history alongside the Band, the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin, aboard the infamous bourbon-LSD- and-barbiturate-laced 'Festival Express' cross-Canada train tour in the summer of 1970 guitarist Rob Edwards left to tend to family concerns, and thus fame turned to footnote for the mighty Troyka ...
Introduction
Natural
Early Morning
Life's OK
Burning of the Witch
Rub-A-Dub-Dub Troyka in a Tub
Troyka Lament
Troyka Solo
Rolling Down The Back Road
Berry Picking
Dear Margaret
Go East Young Man Beautiful Pink Eyes
Troyka Finale
CONDITION: The cover: Thick and solid, very much a final collection copy; M- CLEAN ... no split seams, no bends, no writing....fresh original colors, no delete marks... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated M- TOP COPY expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both WHITE PROMO labels are clean ...grab if you can = we don't see it often at all, just like the old days !
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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