SF Hippie Psych Artifact Unknown Test Press HEAR LISTEN

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Artist: A.C. Bhaktivedanda Swami, Radha Krishna, Sam Kirtan
Album: His DIvine Grace (2-6-69)
Label: None, test pressing with no cover and handwritten labels, says "GOPI-108-1"
Record Condition:
Visual VG with many light superficial marks, but plays VG+ or better, nice heavy pressing, well recorded. Cover Condition: VG+ (comes in a library-style sleeve with writing on it, I'm guessing this copy came from either a private library or a radio station based in the San Francisco area)



Listen to the soundclip!



Listen to the soundclip!

Rare test pressing that I'm not quite sure what to make of - this was recorded in the height of the psychedelic, hippie era of Haight-Ashbury, at 518 Frederick Street, the Krishna temple where so many artists like the Grateful Dead went and were influenced by Eastern ideas. There are four (unlabeled) tracks on here, three are droning Krishna songs and one is spoken word. Not a "psych" record per se but certainly an interesting and unique artifact of the era and place. From everything I've been able to find, and my instincts, these recordings were not released publically, but I don't profess to know every Krishna record out there so I can't be 100 percent sure. I've recorded full soundclips of each side above, check it out.

I am a DJ and collector and grade conservatively on the simple scale of Sealed, NM, EX, VG+, VG, VG-, and G. All items are original first pressings unless otherwise noted. All audio clips, photos and label scans are taken from the copy of the record for sale and are not altered in any way. All unsealed records are cleaned on a VPI 16.5 using purified water.

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