This Is THE MAGIC MIXTURE ORIGINAL 1968 HEAVY RUBBLE UK ACID PSYCH LP Saga HEAR

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Always liked this one, as far as Saga label rarities go.  The Magic Mixture were heavier and punchier than most of their label brethren, like the Five Day Week Straw People and certainly the Blackbirds, who were German anyway.  The Magic Mixture’s sound was closer to the crunchy Chocolate Soup sound of the Apple, and on opener “(I’m So) Sad” you can hear the difference – it’s a punchier sound, dominated by freakbeat mod soul organ.  The equally crunchy “I’m A New Man” chugs along like something off the Tomorrow album until the disembodied floaty vocal chorus ascends into the ether.  And that acid guitar solo RAWKS!  The trippy wah-wah-saturated “Living On A Hill” is the album’s psychiest slow-burner, and the hypnotic “Urge To Leave” is another highlight, like a jazzy cousin to the Classics IV’s “Spooky” and the Doors’ “Riders on the Storm.”  And you also gotta hear the Magic Mixture’s apocalyptic take on the Animals’ “When I Was Young,” with careening-off-the-edge-of-a-mountain drums, raspy Pink Floyd organ and coughing acid guitar.  The cover lets  you know right off that these guys were the freaks on the label – you can barely see WHO they are behind the upfront pulsations of the orange lava lamp.  It’s a far cry from the overt Swinging London fop and dandy sleeves of the Five Day Week Straw People, or the Saga label sampler for that matter.  The Magic Mixture were Saga’s headiest and heaviest bunch.  And more than any other on the label, this one stands the test of time, and still blows minds today.

Original 1968 pressing on the UK SAGA label.  Cover’s in VG+ shape, has some creasing and some staining on the back, all seams intact.  Vinyl has some noticeable scuffs, nothing deep, but because it’s a Saga pressing (and they’re never all that great even when new), it plays VG to VG+ at best with some crackle and the obligatory random pops that plague all Saga LPs.  Still very enjoyable though, and OH SO RARE as an original press!

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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal. 

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

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