'STARGAZER' SHAWN PHILLIPS PARLOPHONE **DEMO** 1967. EX
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SHAWN PHILLIPS
'STARGAZER' / 'WOMAN MIND'
DEMONSTRATION NOT FOR SALE COPY
VERY RARE EARLY PSYCHE ROCK
GREAT SOUND!!!
THE 'B' SIDE IS EVEN BETTER!!
ON PARLOPHONE R5606
FROM 9.6.1967
WHITE& GREEN DEMO COPY
CONDITION:
'A' SIDE: EXCELLENT CONDITION, SHINEY VINYL VERY VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS,SLIGHT CRACKLE ON PLAY-IN GROOVES NOT ON DISC
'B' SIDE: I SURFACE MARK OTHERWISE EXCELLENT / Nr. MINT
LABELS: BRIGHT& COMPLETELY CLEAN
SLEEVES: COMES IN REPRO TOP POP 'LISTEN NOW' SLEEVE PLUS ORIGINAL 'FRAN THE FAN' GREEN PARLOPHONE SLEEVE
Shawn Phillips (born February 3, 1943) helped define folk-rock in the 1960s and progressive-new-age rock in the 1970s.
...an artist of such raw talent, ambition and good will... Phillips' main attraction is still his voice. Reedy and flexible, with a remarkable falsetto, it is a potent dramatic instrument.
Shawn Phillips has twenty albums to his credit and a host of associations with some of the most respected names in the industry including Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J. Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bernie Taupin, and many others, yet he is virtually forgotten except by his cadre of loyal fans, despite remaining active through today. The Texas-born singer/songwriter was called "The best kept secret in the music business," by the late rock impresario Bill Graham.
Beginning in the 1960s, Phillips made noteworthy contributions to popular music. As a session player he contributed to several Donovan LPs including Fairytale, Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow, performed at the Isle of Wight festival in front of half a million people, sang on the Beatles' "Lovely Rita (Meter Maid)" song, and was cast to play the lead in the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar (he had to withdraw due to his heavy recording and touring schedule.) In February 1969 Phillips wrote and performed, with The Djinn, the music for the controversial Jane Arden (director) play Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven at the Arts Laboratory on Drury Lane.
Throughout the 60s Phillips worked the folk music scene in Los Angeles, New York Greenwich Village, and London. In 1967 he released the much heralded ‘Stargazer’ on Parlophone now something of a collectors item and then Phillips moved to Positano, Italy, where he remained throughout the 1970s, writing some of his most well known work. This period produced the albums Contribution, Second Contribution, Collaboration and Faces'.
THE RECORD WILL BE SUPPLIED IN AN EXTRA WHITE SLEEVE AND PLASTIC COVER
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