The Lemon Pipers "Green Tambourine" lp original 1968 Buddah Records
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NM disk | VG+ cover with no blemishes, writing, seam splits or corner bends. Any blemishes will be noted. I'll go with disc & cover Grading like this:
NM ~ Looks as if it just came from a store, and was opened for the first time. Maybe played a few times if ever, no evidence of play or wear whatsoever. COVER - just about perfect in every way, often still in shrink wrap, with no major ring wear, staining or easily visible flaws. Seams and spine are just about perfect.
VG+ ~ Shows slight signs of wear, light scuffs or scratches may be present but they should not affect playback other than faint surface noise. COVER - may have a minor flaw here and there, maybe very minor ring wear if any, seams & spine intact but not pristine.
VG ~ Looks a bit used, light scratches, no gouges, still plays well, some surface noise will be heard, but will not significantly disrupt the music. COVER - will have more obvious ring wear or marks/staining, seams may have cracking, or splits.
[all lps are original and from my personal collection. Most have not been played since the first month of buying them. Very little wear to the lp & cover, with most still having the shrink wrap on, this not being one. All disks/covers will be clear plastic sleeve covered and mailed in a professional, cardboard mailer with additional cardboard if needed & media mailed that day. If curious about any other lps let me know your wants.]
Green Tambourine is the first album by the American band The Lemon Pipers. It was released in early 1968 (see 1968 in music) after the band's bubblegum single of the same name had topped the charts in the US.
The album revealed the wide division between the musical tastes of the band and the commercial demands of the band's label, Buddah Records.[2] Five bubblegum tracks written by Brill Building songwriters Paul Leka and Shelley Pinz[2] shared space on the album with folk-rock ("Ask Me If I Care"), blues-rock ("Straglin' Behind," "Fifty Year Void") and psychedelic tracks ("Through With You," running over than nine minutes and bearing influences of The Byrds, particularly their John Coltrane-infused song "Eight Miles High"). Leka was the album's credited producer.
"Turn Around Take a Look" and "Green Tambourine" were released as singles in advance of the album. "Rice is Nice" was released by Buddah as a single after the album's release.
The album's liner notes, written by Buddah General Manager Neil Bogart, described the band as "five very intelligent young men with a solid sound and a real interest in all kinds of music. They perform folk ballads, soul, psychedelic, blues, country and western and write much of their own material." (Wikipedia)
Unlike the majority of bubblegum bands, the Lemon Pipers' albums are actually quite good, not least because they were one of the few bubblegum bands who were a proper band with their own songwriters (although outside writer/producers did provide the two hits, the inescapable "Green Tambourine" and the actually even better "Rice Is Nice," a sweet, harp-laden depiction of a wedding day). Even the album tracks are pretty groovy, like the Cat Stevens-like character sketches "Shoeshine Boy" and "The Shoemaker of Leatherwood Square," which effectively use trippy string sections and playful harmonies. The snottier folk-rock of "Ask Me if I Care" and the far-out "Fifty Year Void," to say nothing of the nine-minute freakout "Through With You," give Green Tambourine a harder edge than most bubblegum albums, though it's still closer to, say, the Cyrkle than Cream. Seek it out, bubblegum snobs: you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised. (ALLMusic)
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