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H.P. LOVECRAFT

GEORGE EDWARDS, DAVE MICHAELS, TONY CAVALLARI, MICHAEL TEGZA

Featuring two strong singers (who often sang dual leads), hauntingly hazy arrangements, and imaginative songwriting that drew from pop and folk influences, H.P. Lovecraft was one of the better psychedelic groups of the late '60s. The band was formed by ex-folky George Edwards in Chicago in 1967. Edwards and keyboardist Dave Michaels, a classically trained singer with a four-octave range, handled the vocals, which echoed Jefferson Airplane's in their depth and blend of high and low parts. Their self-titled 1967 LP was an impressive debut, featuring strong originals and covers of early compositions by Randy Newman and Fred Neil, as well as one of the first underground FM radio favorites, "White Ship." The band moved to California the following year; their second and last album, H.P. Lovecraft II. A spin-off group, Lovecraft, released a couple LPs in the '70s.

"H.P. LOVECRAFT"

<reissue, originally published 1967>

LP        PHILIPS  RECORDS       STEREO  822 577-1

PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS     EARLY-80s REPRESSING

SINGLE COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

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LABEL: PHILIPS  - BLUE LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: 822 577-1

Catalog on labels: 822 577-1  822 577-1.1 / 822 577-1  822 577-1.2

 Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 822 577 1 1Y 1 ℗1968 670 111

 Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 822 577 1 2Y 1 ℗1968 670 04 1 12

On labels: rim text "All Rights.........Prohibited"

℗1968         Made in Holland

STEMRA(boxed)

All tunes.................

Horns arranged by............

A&R director...........

A Dunwick Production

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits + Notes

Printed in The Netherlands

tracklisting

Side 1: WAYFARING STRANGER - LET'S GET TOGETHER

I'VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE - THE DRIFTER - THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN

Side B: THE WHITE SHIP - COUNTRY BOY & BLEEKER STREET - THE TIME MACHINE 

THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, BABY (More Or Less) - GLORIA PATRIA

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

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

This is one of the best second-division psychedelic albums, with strong material that shows the immediately identifiable Edwards-Michaels vocal tandem at its best. According to the LP notes, the songs were largely inspired by novelist H.P. Lovecraft's "macabre tales and poems of Earth populated by another race." It's more haunting than gloomy, though, with deft touches of folk, jazz, and horns...(AllMusic)