WEIRD '78 private OUTSIDER PSYCH LP: BOBBY BROWN (signd
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- TITLE: Bobby Brown Live
- FORMAT: LP
- RELEASE DATE: 1978
- LABEL/Location: Destiny
- CATALOGUE #: 4001
- LABEL DESCRIPTION: see Scan
- COVER INFO: thick cardboard; AUTOGRAPHED
- PRODUCER: self-produced
- INSTRUMENTS: voice (6 octaves, with effects!), bizarre homemade instrument comprised of smaller homemade instruments (strings, percussion, keyboard, harmonica, etc) with electronics
- NUMBER OF TRACKS: 9 (8 originals)
- CUTS: Hawaii; In Search Of A Dream; Let Me On Board; My Dog Is Every Bit As Good As Me; The Waterfall Of Love; Lonely Boy No More; Mother Nature We’re Guilty; I Don’t Wanna Be No Macho Joe; Motherless Child
- DESCRIPTION: Here it is, folks – one of the all-time OUTSIDER CLASSICS - OUT OF THIS WORLD, MONDO-BIZARRO, ULTRA-SPACY PRIVATE-PRESS SPIRITUAL-PSYCH MONSTER by ENGIMATIC CALIFORNIA MYSTIC HIPPIE ONE-MAN BAND! Whew, that’s a mouthful – but well worth saying! Apparently recorded live in his van(?!?) before a small audience (he had hoped to make the record from a performance when he opened for Fleetwood Mac, but the recording quality sucked, so he chose this more "intimate" venue instead!). A true "real people" wonderama"!
As you can imagine, this one comes with a story – though not much is known about the artist. I do know he was Carol Kleyn’s boyfriend at the time (he thanks her on the album cover, too!) – and he’s weirder than she is! According to John McCormack of "Sacramento News & Review":
"From the late 1960s thru the 1980s, Brown toured up and down the California coast, performing live and selling records out of his van….[He] remains a figure shrouded in mystery. Attempting to reconstruct a history of this Sacramento musician is like putting together an old jigsaw puzzle that, over time, has come to lose many of its pieces. Most of what is known about Brown comes either from firsthand, and usually clouded, accounts of his performances or from the detailed liner notes that Brown meticulously scribed on the back covers of his records".
Anyway, you gotta hear this one to believe it! First, you have Brown’s voice – an INCREDIBLE 6 octave range from blow-out-your-speakers bass to eunuch-inspired falsetto - DREAMY, EARTHY and ETHEREAL all at once! I’ve seen it described as "a lysergically drenched Nick Drake". Then the music – ULTRA-SPACY with oddball electronic effects – created on an AMAZING homemade instrument (originally, it was comprised of approximately 50 smaller homemade instruments - 311 total strings, flutes, percussion, etc, inspired by and using parts of guitar, Irish harp, koto, dulcimer, flute, sitar, drums and thumb piano, to name a few – but he reduced the number and size for this performance). The whole thing is done "one man band" style with no overdubbing, and the effect is like Moondog on acid with a bit of anabolic steroid thrown in for good measure.
This thing has gained CULT STATUS among outsider music collectors – and add to it the GREAT AUTOGRAPHED COVER and you have an STUNNINGLY WEIRD WACKED-OUT PSYCHEDELIC GEM – DON’T MISS OUT!
CONDITION (See GRADING GUIDELINES below for further details)
- VINYL: VG++
- COVER: VG+/++
- LABELS: NM
- Guidelines reflect TYPICAL factors determining grade - variations are noted in the description.
- Please note I DO NOT USE EXCELLENT (EX) as a grade.
- Please note my VG and G grades for vinyl generally are BETTER THAN GOLDMINE'S
- Flaws for ALL covers graded VG or less, and labels graded VG+ or less, are noted in the description.
- Vinyl graded VG or less is appropriately spot play-graded to assure sound quality.
- Grades below G are not listed, as I typically do not sell merchandise in such condition.
- Intermediate grades (e.g., NM-, VG/VG+, G+) are used, as applicable.
- MINT Factory Sealed; cover virtually flawless
- NM+ (Near Mint Plus) - Factory sealed with minor cover flaws, OR an otherwise mint LP recently opened by me and played in spots for demonstration purposes
- NM (Near Mint) - vinyl, cover and labels nearly flawless
- VG+ (Very Good Plus) - what many refer to as "excellent"; pretty close to NM. Full or nearly full-gloss vinyl with a few minor surface or sleeve marks; possibly one or a couple small, light scuffs or scratches (if basically inaudible) on an otherwise NM piece. Expect minimal or very slight (at worst) surface noise in spots. Cover has very slight general wear, OR minimal wear and a couple of very minor flaws (noted as applicable in the description)
- VG (Very Good) - Vinyl still very shiny, has a few light scuffs, sleeve marks and hairline scratches. Expect only slight surface noise in spots
- VG- (Very Good Minus) - Vinyl still shiny or very shiny, has a few light scuffs, surface marks and/or small scratches, plus some sleeve marks and hairline scratches. Expect slight surface noise that's noticeable but NOT overwhelming.
- G (Good) - Vinyl typically still shiny (sometimes very shiny); has some scuffs and some surface marks, generally a few or some light scratches, plus lots of sleeve marks and hairline scratches. Expect some surface noise throughout that's noticeable but NOT overwhelming - NO skips, sticks, heavy scuffs, deep scratches, excessive noise, or loud pops or clicks (unless noted in description) SHIPPING AND PAYMENT INFORMATION
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