SOWER - rare SEALED private press psych on GRAND TRINE

$

201

ALL OF MY ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL PRESSINGS

UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE!

Artist / Title: Sower / "Sower"

Label / Number / Details: Grand Trine Records / no number / 1977

Vinyl Condition: Sealed

Jacket Condition (details): Sealed

TRACKS: River Road; Bellybutton Breakdown; Lie Low; Down The River; Smile Back; Reborn; Waiting for the Rock To Roll; Song For The Singer; Green Fields; Burnt Norton.

PERSONNEL: Kelly Cargo (vocals & guitar); Charles Maxwell (vocals & guitar); Rick Pruitt (lead electric guitar), Joe Ferwerda (drums), Rayha Radha (flute), Rob Mabee (violin)

DESCRIPTION: I found a few of these several years ago & popped one open to see what it was like, musically. Look at the scan of the back cover & it's pretty easy to imagine what the music of Sower is all about! The songwriting duo of Kelly Cargo (vocals & guitar) and Charles Maxwell (vocals & guitar) forms the core of the group - they are accompanied by electric guitar (Rick Pruitt), drums (Joe Ferwerda), flute (Rayha Radha) and violin (Rob Mabee) on most tracks - the lack of bass give the music a floating, unrooted feel. Aside from a couple of stoner-country type tracks, Cargo & Maxwell infuse their wasted, acid-tinged folk-rock songs with a healthy dose of hip intellectual references (one song contains a spoken-word quote from T. S. Eliot - another incorporates a Buddhist chant) and damaged psych-rock moves. Basically a laid-back, gentle sort of psych / folk / rock LP with odd instrumentation that draws from some rather unlikely sources (one of the tunes here sounds like they were trying to do a cover of 'Ventura Highway' after ingesting a peyote button or 2). It is possible - though I cannot substantiate this - that Kelly Cargo is somehow related to New Mexico's former Republican governor, David Cargo. This is a sealed copy of a very rare and odd private issue psych LP from New Mexico.

S H I P P I N G (rates below quoted for 1 LP - multiple winners please contact me!) 

1 LP within US: Media Rate : $2.00 Priority: $5.00; Postal Insurance (within US only!) Up to $50 - $1.30; Up to $100 - $2.20; Up to $200 - $3.20.

International Postage:

CANADA - 1 LP via Air Mail - $5.50

UK, France, Germany, Netherlands - Air Mail - $10.00 (Double LPs are $12.00 by Air)

Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, etc. - Air Mail - $11.00

Japan - Air - $12.00

ELSEWHERE (Thailand, Mexico, Australia, etc.) PLEASE ASK!

M A I L I N G: I generally can get to the post office 2 days a week, tops. Please be patient!! By the same token - most of my LPs get to their destination very quickly!!

P A C K I N G: I put the LP outside of the jacket and seal both in a plastic sleeve so that the LP cannot move around while in transit. I use recycled LP boxes and extra corrugated cardboard fillers for added strength. ALL LP boxes are clearly marked FRAGILE and DO NOT BEND. Believe me, this helps!!

V I N Y L G R A D I N G

MINT: no visible or audible flaws, essentially a new record. Not a grade I use unless I have cracked the new, sealed LP myself.

NEAR MINT: A record that has one or 2 tiny INAUDIBLE flaws, usually just a light paper scuff.

VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+): Not a perfect LP, but one that has been handled or played infrequently & with great care. Allowable flaws include light warping, or a few light scuffs or scratches that do not affect play (no clicks or pops).

VERY GOOD (VG): Still an enjoyable LP, but one that has visible signs of wear (slight warpage, or light scratches or scuffs) that produce SLIGHT AUDIBLE EFFECTS such as light, intermittent clicks, pops, etc. My VG does not include LPs that have loud or extended clicking / popping that overwhelms the music!!

Anything in worse than VG condition is not worth selling UNLESS it is an unusually rare LP. In these cases, I will list the flaws I see and hear individually and grade (VG- or G+) appropriately.