SEALED 1972 ORIG SLEEPY HOLLOW SLEEPY HOLLOW Badfinger BEATLES POP PERFECTION
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RARE .... BEAUTIFUL = UNPLAYED = VINYL + CUSTOM INNER
BEATLESQUE UNDERGROUND GEM!
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SLEEPY HOLLOW
" Sleepy Hollow "
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USA - FAMILY PRODUCTIONS - FPS 2708
HARD TO FIND as a NEVER OPENED - NEVER PLAYED
FACTORY SEALED first print! Should include the custom designed photo/lyrics inner sleeve ...
RARE sought after ORIGINAL 1972 first pressing - on the always hard to find FAMILY PRODUCTIONS label that brought you the Mama Lion / Heavy Crusier albums ...SLEEPY HOLLOW is a totally different animal - being a strange but true underground popsike album with a dangerously close sound to late 60's Lennon/McCartney led BEATLES...or his first solo ...or the similar sounds of Lazy Smoke, the monster rated psych labum...one or the other, it's all the same...which is an amazing listening experience..."is that John Lennon singing?"
Sleepy Hollow, a Philadelphia based underground unit, is one of the biggest mysteries we've encountered in our many years of digging for obscurities. Virtually no information about the personnel or the band's history can be found. Having said that, this listing will be posted strictly on the strength of the album's contents. Sleepy Hollow very much subscribe to the late era Beatles perspective and it permeates everything found here. Taking more of a simplistic route their self-titled album is chock full of quality classic pop. With guitar/keys at the forefront, each lilting track serves up hook after hook, and it's all produced quite well considering its age and obscurity. Most certainly not destined for reissue anytime soon, we recommend you grab this fine album before it slips into nowhere land once again!
The limited liner notes indicated Sleepy Hollow was a trio featuring the talents of singer/guitarist Richard Billay, bass player Richie Bremen and drummer Joe Zucca. With Billay responsible for all nine tracks, material like 'One Time' and 'Lay It On the Line' does have a late-inning Beatles flavor, though perhaps another comparison would be Badfinger ('Take Me Back'), Emmit Rhodes ('Love Minus You'), or perhaps even an early 1970s Lennon solo album ('Lady'). Billay had an impressive chameleon-like voice that managed to recall both Lennon's tougher sound ('Sincerely Yours' would not have been out of place on "Walls and Bridges") and McCartney's more catchy material ('One Time' complete with great backing vocals).
Artistically this album makes for great listen pleasures and is simply miles ahead of most of the Beatlesque competition.
An engaging mid-tempo rocker, 'Sincerely Yours' sports an early solo John Lennon sound. On this one Billay nailed Lennon right down to his take-no-prisoners snarling delivery.
The up-tempo ' One Time' sounds like something pulled off an early Badfinger album. Extremely accessible, if would have made a nice single.
Another radio friendly effort, the ballad ' Take Me Back' sounds like early Badfinger channeling Paul McCartney. Billay even managed to mimic the Badfinger harmony vocals and Pete Ham's instantly recognizable slide guitar sound. Nice
Kicked along by a nice slide guitar, ' Talking Out of Turn' was a straightforward rocker that momentarily managed to breakaway from the Beatles/Badfinger influences. One of our favorite performances.
Another pretty ballad, ' Lay It On the Line' showcased Billay's best McCartney impression. If you like McCartney, you'll like this one.
'Love Minus You' started out side two with an Emmit Rhodes-does-McCartney pop number. The results were extremely catchy, but likely to put some folks into a diabetic coma. Bremen turns in some great bass work on this one.
The first real disappointment, ' Lady' was a pretty, but instantly forgettable ballad.
Complete with punchy backing spice, the rocker ' Roller Coaster Man' sounded like an early Raspberries track with a Beach Boys segment thrown in the middle. Those comparisons are meant as compliments.
'Hades' ended the album with another Lennon-esque ballad. Heavily arranged, this one is apparently meant to be the album's big statement. Complete with stark piano, echo treated vocals (which served to underscore the comparison to Lennon's voice), Christmas bells and a big backing chorus, the results are impressive....
CONDITION: STILL FACTORY SEALED ...a top shelf CLEAN and NEVER opened first printing ... with 4 sharp corners and that dark cover with NO shelf wear, and even IF found, the thing is , it is impossible to find without dreaded shelf wear ...here, pretty much a perfect copy ...very nice...no complaints...no bends, no writing, no split seams
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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