COVEN 
Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls We’ve reissued a lot of “cult” albums at Real Gone Music.
But of all the releases we’ve put out, this is the cult-iest of
them all. That’s because it’s actually an occult album, the first
record to bring Satanic themes to rock music. The upside down
crosses, the “devil’s horns” hand’s signs that are commonplace
with metal bands both past and present…they all started here.
 Coven even had a bassist named Oz Osborne…and the
first track on the album was entitled “Black Sabbath,”
 for, er, heaven’s sake! So there’s no question that this 1969
album dealt with the devil first. But perhaps a little history is
in order… Formed in the mid-‘60s by then-teenaged vocalist
“Jinx” Dawson, drummer Steve Ross, and the aforementioned
Mr. Osborne in the mid-‘60s, Coven began attracting attention
while opening for bands like Alice Cooper, the MC5, and The
Yardbirds both for its dark psychedelic sound and for its wholehearted,
unrepentant embrace of sex and Satan. During each performance,
Dawson—whose vocals are somewhat reminiscent of Grace Slick
with a snarl—would extend her fingers in the now-familiar devil’s
horns gesture while a roadie would be hung on an upside-down
cross. The band caught the eye of Chicago-based producer
Bill Traut, who had formed a label named Dunwich (natch…catch
the H.P. Lovecraft reference?). Traut brought songwriter
Jim Donlinger on board to contribute material, and ushered Coven
into the studio to record Witchcraft. The result was a truly
one-of-a-kind record. While subsequent bands exploited demonic
imagery and occult themes for commercial success and sensationalism,
Coven were true (un)believers. Thus, the last track on the album,
"Satanic Mass," is a full Black Mass, the only recording of its kind,
while the double-gatefold album jacket—which we have faithfully
reproduced—not only displays a picture of a naked Dawson splayed
 across a ritualistic altar surrounded by hooded members of the band
and its associates, but also includes the full text of a Black Mass
along with lyrics to the unabashedly Satan-worshipping songs. In the
 end, Witchcraft was a little too far ahead of its time; coming out in
1969, at the height of hysteria about Satanism whipped up by the
Manson Family murders, the album generated a firestorm of reaction,
which turned into an inferno when Manson himself was photographed
holding a copy of the record. The album was recalled, Dunwich
withdrew support, and the band bounced around a couple of other
labels before going on hiatus in 1976. But Coven remains a crucial,
if underrecognized, influence on hard rock and heavy metal. Now,
at last, Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls receives its
 first-ever legitimate vinyl reissue with full artwork intact and a crimson
vinyl pressing limited to 1200 copies. Whether approached as a
 cultural artifact, a totemic fetish, a camp classic, or just really cool
music, it will cast a spell on you.

Contains; 

Black Sabbath
White Witch of Rose Hall
Coven in Charing Cross
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Pact with Lucifer
Choke, Thirst, DIe
Wicked Woman
Dignitaries of Hell Portrait
Satanic Mass

NEW SEALED re-issue LP recreating the 
original controversial artwork on "crimson" colored vinyl. 
Super Limited Edition! 

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