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E-TYPES / THE MYSTIC TIDE

E-TYPES: In the mid-'60s, this group from Salinas, CA, (near San Jose) played a pleasant blend of British Invasion-inspired pop/rock and a touch of garage. With prominent keyboards, three-part harmonies, and original material with minor-keyed shifts, they sounded something like a mix between the Zombies and the Turtles. Very popular within their (pretty limited) stomping grounds, they made no impact whatsoever on a national level, issuing four singles on small labels (most of them with producer Ed Cobb, who also handled the Standells and the Chocolate Watch Band). Certainly they were a promising outfit, capable of offering strong original material (most of which, oddly, was penned by a friend who wasn't in the band, Larry Hosford). They didn't have enough time to convert that promise into truly significant work, however. They disbanded in 1967.

THE MYSTIC TIDE: Of the many garage bands who released unrecognized and obscure singles in the mid-'60s, the Mystic Tide were one of the very best. The Long Island group released four singles on their own labels in 1966 and 1967, mostly for distribution at their own gigs (and apparently they didn't sell too well there, either). While the production on these is fairly raw, the group had genuine original talent, pursuing a dark, psychedelic vision with overloaded distorted guitar breaks. Their tunes (all written by guitarist Joe Docko) combined the minor-key melodies of British Invasion groups like the Zombies with the raunch of acts like Them. Unlike most other American groups following this path, however, they added a mysterioso (at times vaguely Middle Eastern) element that echoed the innovations of groups like the Doors, the Velvet Underground, and the very early Pink Floyd and Soft Machine, though the Mystic Tide most likely didn't hear any of these groups. Their sound and outlook were perhaps too foreboding for even local success, and the group disbanded in 1967, ironically finding a much greater audience when their singles were reissued for psych/garage collectors in the '80s.

"E-TYPES VS. MYSTIC TIDE"

1983        LP     EVA RECORDS    12037    MONO

MADE IN FRANCE     ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER

 Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

Other (Price Code): EV 102(on rear, top right)

LABEL: EVA - BLACK LABEL w/RED LOGO - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) EVA 12037   (rear)  12037 MONO EV 102       

Catalog on labels: 12037  EVA 12037 A / 12037  EVA 12037B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): EVA 12037 A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): EVA 12037 B

On labels: rim text reads "Tous droits......Made in France"

Due to unavailability of certain master recordings, surface noise may be evident on certain tracks.

MONO   33 TOURS

Rights Society / Publishing: SACEM, SACD, SDRM, SGDL

On back cover: Tracklist

E-TYPES Vs. MYSTIC TIDE     LOS ANGELES Vs. NEW YORK   PUNK Vs. PSYCHEDELIC    1966 Vs. 1967

F.G.L.........France.......

Montreuil Offset   Imprimé en France

tracklisting

E-TYPES Side A: I CAN'T DO IT - LONG BEFORE - PUT THE CLOCK BACK ON THE WALL

4TH STREET - SHE MOCES ME - THE LOVE OF THE LOVED - BIG CITY - BACK TO ME

MYSTIC TIDE Side B: FRUSTRATION - PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY

RUNNING THROUGH THE NIGHT - I SEARCH FOR A NEW LOVE - YOU WON'T LOOK BACK

grading

RECORD EX (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ (please, see pictures and read above description)