Sold Date: September 17, 2016
Start Date: September 10, 2016
Final Price: $410.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 8
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 This is an auction for one ultra rare LP record titled 

1975 Columbus OHIO Private Press

signed upside down on front cover by artist (see pic)

Side 1

November Edger

November

You Maybe Religious

Nightly Drift

Side 2

Old Man

Junkie’s lament

Twelth St. Shuffle

Richer You Get

Dash In The Rocks

cover grade G+

 record grade VG

 Any questions about this item or condition please email me. I will do my best to answer any and all questions.

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ONLINE REVIEWS

"Another private pressing, this time one that first saw the light of day on in 1975. Despite the somewhat controversial cover, this is an album which is generally regarded as one of the finest heavy acid psych albums of its time. One reviewer described it thus: 'Side 1 opens and closes with extended, awesome moody psychers which will blow you away. Poe, heroin and Jim Morrison all help shape Stephen's outlook, which results in one of the more distinct late autumnal moods [ever] manifested on vinyl. Good vocals, some howling fuzz and occasional use of Moog in typical '70s acidhead fashion'.”

“Don L. Patterson (aka One St. Stephen) wrote the music and lyrics, was lead vocalist, played electric guitars, directed and produced the album 'One St. Stephen' in March of 1975. The music was originally intended for a film Don was developing with the working title 'The Devil's Reservation'. Due to a famous Jazz musician with the same name, Don used the alias of One St. Stephen. The music was recorded at the legendary Owl Studios (Columbus, Ohio), using the same 8-channel analog recording deck that was used to tape the audio at Woodstock in 1969. Because everyone who heard the LP wanted a copy, Don pressed a very limited amount from Queen City Record Company (Cincinnati Ohio). He also designed the album sleeve and label. The response by regional disc jockeys was phenomenal. The album got a lot of regional air play. A few months later, Don was offered a recording contract from two major record companies in New York City. Don was asked to tour. Don was never interested in the world of rock and walked away from a music future. Since then, the album has been sought by many record collectors around the world and bootlegged several times on CD and vinyl in Europe. “

“One of the finest examples of mid-70's US psych-acid music. Great vocals with some Jim Morrison 'colour', heavy and sometimes fuzzy acidelic guitar work and excellent musicianship overall.”

"What can you tell me about the cover artwork? I know you firstly wanted to use another cover, that was a lot different... How many copies of LP were released?

Over the course of the next month, everyone that heard the music, wanted a copy. My twisted arm, forced me to talk to Queen City Album company in Cincinnati about pressing LP discs. Planned to do 5000 LPs. There were a lot of people who loved the music and wanted a copy.

I had a week to design a cover and a label.

The original cover was of coffee table shot from above (camera looking down). On the coffee table was a photo of me as a eight year old, dressed in a military uniform for a Catholic Military Academy (St. Aloysius, New Lexington, Ohio) that I went to for one year, (1958 -- worst year of my life and eventually contributed to my becoming a devout atheist). Several color pictures of former and current girlfriends (semi-clad, sexy and attractive). An ashtray with a smoking joint, on the side of a mirror with several lines of coke, several tabs... you get the idea. Great design for a 1975 psychedelic album.

The back cover was a photo of me from 1973 in Akron, Ohio, taken by Steve Finelli. A group of us artistic types had started a co-op coffeehouse called the Earthwood on Grant Street, in Akron. Uh oh. The hippies had moved in. Several doors up the street was a more conservative watering-hole social club. We must of scared them. They hired a rent-a-cop. He gracefully posed with me and picture was taken.

With LP design submitted, I ordered 5000 copies of the One St. Stephen LP.

Several weeks went by, the first 1000 copies came in. I opened the first case and freaked. The cover had been completely airbrushed white by Queen City (my photo as an eight year old enlarged to fill the cover). I called Cincinnati and asked why. They responded that they worked for other, more conservative people and several religious organizations. My cover promoted drugs and sex. A no no.

I cancelled the next 4000, thus, there were only 1000 copies of the original One St. Stephen LP ever made."

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