I REALLY NEED TO SELL THIS AND OTHER ITEMS - "life" is making these tough decisions necessary... I just dropped the opening bid to $139.99 - against my wishes to leave it at a $169.99 reserve.

This is an INCREDIBLY RARE 45 rpm record from 1968...and when I say "INCREDIBLY RARE"...I mean "INCREDIBLY RARE"!!! The basics are: Label (UNI), artist (The Lollipop Shoppe) and songs ("You Must Be A Witch"/"Don't Close The Door").

I will let Wikipedia tell the rest of this garage rock/psychedelic cult band's incredible story and journey into 'culthood'!

The Lollipop Shoppe was an American band formed in , in 1966.

In 1964, () recorded his first , a original with a group known as the Lords, but the band proved to be short-lived, and in 1966, Cole formed the Weeds. The Weeds consisted of Cole, Eddie Bowen (), Ron Buzzell (guitar), Bob Atkins (), and Tim Rockson (). After releasing a single, "It's Your Time". on the local Teenbeat Club label, the group headed to San Francisco, where they had been promised a gig at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium. Upon arrival, however, they learned that nobody associated with the Fillmore knew anything about the gig. It was around this time that the band members, who were all of draftable age, decided to relocate to Canada. As it turned out, however, they only had enough gas money to make it to Portland, Oregon, where they began to perform on the local club circuit, gaining a cult following. The Weeds eventually attracted the attention of (a subsidiary of ), who signed the group to a recording contract. Without the knowledge or consent of the band their new manager, , changed the band's name to The Lollipop Shoppe to assimilate into the trend of music.

The band's actual recordings, including the 1968 , are in actuality a mix of garage rock and . The album and its single, "You Must Be a Witch" – later included on the – are regarded as garage rock classics for its hard-edge musical stance, and is still prized by record collectors, though neither made the charts. Two of The Lollipop Shoppe's songs appeared in the film, . The group toured and released one more single, "Someone I Knew" b/w "Through My Window", before breaking up in 1969. They reunited as The Weeds for a 1971 single on the Portland, OR NWI label, "Stop" b/w "No Good News", but soon disbanded for the final time. All of the band's recordings have been reissued on the compilation, The Weeds – AKA The Lollipop Shoppe, in 2007 on Way Back Records.

Australian garage band covered "You Must Be a Witch" on their 1988 EP Bloody Convicts.

Pittsburgh garage band covered "You Must Be a Witch" on their 1993 LP Learn to lose.

Memphis synth punk band covered "You Must Be a Witch" on their 2000 LP Memphis Is Dead.

The recently covered "You Must Be a Witch" during their Rhapsody Originals set.

I have lots of other sports collectibles I will be listing - programs, media guides, photos, baseball cards, hockey cards, etc...  If you have any questions, please send me a note!   

 

Happy bidding!