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diary of mr gray SCARCE box set with all inserts + 78 + 2 vinyl records all NM


Extremely Rare and obscure Canadian private Press Box set from the early 70's credited to Yank Berry but masterminded by Larry Cohen who previously played with "Stone Circus". Incredible packaging including 2 Lp's, a 78rpm , a picture Sleeve single and tons of Inserts. (See pictures)
Musically a very odd orchestrated Pop Psych Concept LP. 
Below is a detailed description courtesy of the great Acid Archives site:
An odd release by a somewhat infamous charlatan whose story may remind one of an upscale Palmer Rockey. A "Yank Barry" search produces stories about Federal scams and imprisonment, friendship with Muhammad Ali, claims to writing "Louie, Louie," of Vietnam activism, of being a CEO and creator of a large corporation, etc. The opening track here, "Mr Gray", is the same song as on the Stone Circus album (on Mainstream) but this very similar version is credited to... you guessed it, Yank Barry. The packaging of this release is stunning: a faux brown leather box that opens like a book with gold leaf printing with black & white photos on the inside. The contents consist of various inserts (pictures, sheet music, notes, cards, lyrics), a one-sided 7-inch 78 labeled as "Introduction To The Diary Of Mr. Gray" and two full length albums -- one is in stereo with lyrics (Acts 1 & 2), the other the instrumental version (Acts 3 & 4) in quadraphonic. Musically, it's pop psych with heavy orchestration. I find it interesting with two or three memorable tracks. Sort of a glitzy, poor man's version of the Sidetrack album. Yank Barry was only the vocalist on this work, which was masterminded by ex-Stone Circus member Larry Cohen aka Jonathan Caine, and the material was released again, now credited to Stone Circus, in 2001 ("Diary Of Mr Gray", Mcconnell, Canada)

2 Near Mint minus (nm-) vinyl records / 1 nm- 78 record / vg box has been nicely repaired / inserts are very nice vg++ to nm / please see pictures.
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( My grading scale:  M(int) / VG+ / VG / VG- / G )