THE FARM LP mega RARE 1st OZ 1969 on Rebel - SURF Psych
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Description
12” Vinyl LP THE FARM The Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun
1ST pressing 1969 Australian issue
REBEL label # DG/270/S2222
CONDITION
VINYL : A difficult album to grade and if this wasn’t the hideously rare 1st pressing (and one of only 1000 ever printed I believe) I would think twice about listing it.However as it is much sought after by serious surf collectors world-wide I’ll do my best to give the vinyl an honest appraisal having played it completely through both sides twice :
1. Visually it is scuffy both sides, in fact it has what appears to have a few divots in it on Side 2 however the reasonable thickness of the record helps out a lot.
2. Lead-in hiss both sides.
3. Intermittent background noise with some tracks providing a surprisingly clear sound.
4. Some pops here and there with a few skips on Tracks 1 & 2 of Side 2 only.
5. Apart from ‘V12 Cadillac’ and ‘The Cruzer’ all other songs track along without any major nuances of note.
6. Most songs track along fine and the sound belies the vinyl’s appearance, in fact some give out a great sound.
Overall it is not an easy one to classify as it varies from partially –G to G, G+ mostly and even a VG+ and on the basis that any copy is better than none I leave it in your hands though to my mind this is still very worthwhile in grabbing and should not disappoint.
COVER : VG+ / some light creases / no writing or splits / light ring-wear / some minor wear at centre spine and corners / more than acceptable for this rarity.
DESCRIPTION
The original Australian limited issue of this Holy Grail of surf soundtracks which rates right up there with Morning of The Earth, Crystal Voyager and the like …. but incredibly more difficult to lay your hands on !Chock-full of weird and wonderful psych gems … to hear is to enjoy !!
REVIEW
The rad '70s surfing movie soundtrack , fully psychedelic, with tripped out grooves, synth experiments, and heavy rock jamming all part of the mix….really fantastic. The music for the legendary 1970 Australian surf documentary The Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun was done by a hippy band called Farm from Santa Barbara who themselves were part of the SoCal surf scene. Their lead guitarist, Denny Aaberg, even wrote a novel about his surfing days called Big Wednesday that was eventually made into movie starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Gary Busey! Other members later on played with such bands as the Surf Punks in the '80s and the Beach Boys in the '90s... and weirder still, The Captain from Captain and Tennille is on here somewhere too. But this is like none of that, needless to say. Farm's sound was more of a special surf/soundtrack/psych hybrid... There's plenty of glorious mellow jazzy groovers on here, with organ that reminds us a bit of Bo Hansson's stuff, as well tracks like the heavy electric blues of "Zan Ho Zay" and the gorgeous folky acoustic guitar intricacy of "Innerspace". Mostly instrumental, but for two charming vocal cuts, "Crumple Car" and "The Eater", this is surf-psych at its peak for sure. A lot of the record was constructed around live jams, including the soundtrack's finale, the 13 minute improv "Coming Of The Dawn", a track Farm recorded in real-time response to a projection of the film's most awe-inspiring "inside the pipe" sequence. The filmmaker had rigged up a waterproof camera contraption that he was able to strap to his back and use to shoot while riding his board, one of the innovative techniques that made it a groundbreaking surf movie.TRACKS
Cyrstal Shingles
Animal
Windensea
Crumple Car
Tobies Oats
Zan Ho Zay
Snake Charmer
V12 Cadillac
The Cruzer
Ground Shuffle
Inner Space
Outeriff
Coming Of The Dawn.
A NOTE ON PACKING & POSTAGE
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SHIPPING COSTS
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* Packaging and postage within AUSTRALIA for this item is :
Regular – US$6.00 (AUD$7.00) as a rule of thumb 2 or 3x LP’s within Australia is AUD$10.00
Registered – US$8.15 (AUD$9.50)
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P.S.
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