The Growing Concern LP-self titled-Mainstream-1968
  $   124

 


$ 124 Sold For
Jul 11, 2005 Sold Date
Jul 4, 2005 Start Date
$   10 Start price
12   Number Of Bids
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This is a 1968 release on Mainstream records by THE GROWING CONCERN,self titled.This is a STEREO copy.The record is in Excellent playing condition with no skips or surface noise-clean and scratch free.A beautiful copy of a very rare album.The album cover is split on the top spine and has some corner wear-also has remnants of a price sticker on the top front.For awhile this Mainstream release didn't attract a great deal of attention within collecting circles ... perhaps it was simply a little too poppy for peoples' tastes?  That's certainly changed in recent years.Like so many acts signed to Mainstream, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of bibliographical information on this outfit.  What little we know is largely pulled from the LP liner notes, which in typical Mainstream fashion don't really have a great deal of detail.  Sporting a unique two girls, five guys line up the liner notes credit singers Mary Garstki and Bonnie MacDonald, lead guitarist Pete Guerino, keyboardist Dan Passaglia, bassist John Pedley, vocalist Ralph Toms and drummer Ralph Williams.All hyperbole aside, this 1968 release is simply a wonderful slice of mid-60s' psych.  The set features a mix of six originals penned separately by Passaglia and Pedley and Toms, rounded out by four covers (Fred Neil, Stephen Stills, The Yardbirds, etc.).  Musically the sound is probably best described as a mixture of folk rock melodies with plenty of fuzz guitar and waves of reverb (courtesy of Guerino - check out his meltdown performance on "Other Side of Life"), and occasional splashes of Left Banke-styled harpsichord added to the mix.  It's always difficult to provide an adequate description of music, but having listened to this LP dozens of times an apt comparison might be to The Mamas and the Papas had they dropped the cloying top-40 moves in favor of a decidedly more psychedelic orientation. Exemplified by tracks such as the opener Hard Hard Year", "Edge of Time" (which opens and closes with an almost religious bit of accapella work from Garstki and MacDonald), and a cool cover of The Buffalo Springfield's "Sit Down I Think I Love You", every one of the ten tracks boasts an attractive combination of pretty melodies, great vocal harmonies and nifty psych touches.  Male/female harmonies have seldom sounded as good.  The album also deserves credit for the underplaying political and social commentary.  Tracks such as "Mister You're a Better Man Than I" and "What Kind of Life" reflect an activist agenda, but for once the message is subtle and soft spoken, making it all the more effective.  One of the few LPs we'll come right out and say is a "must own" for psych fans.Winner pays $3.50 shipping


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