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SUPER! 1968 "PEAK IMPRESSONS" the FREEBOURNE ~ PROG PSYCH ACID PINK FLOYD PIPER
Sold Date:
December 8, 2024
Start Date:
December 1, 2024
Final Price:
$565.00
(USD)
Bid Count:
24
Seller Feedback:
22208
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ULTRA RARE ((ORIGINAL)) 1968 FIRST PRESS Psych & Prog Rock Masterpiece For 1968 TEENS..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. The FREEBOURNE "Peak Impressions" ..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. USA - MONITOR RECORDS - MPS(C) 607 Stereophonic Tiny local North East 1968 adventurous acid trips LP excursion by multi-talented TEENS. One unique performed album "PEAK IMPRESSIONS" and they vanished!
Whatever amount of the small pressing that were located over the years are safely tucked away in private collections ...
Here we have a considerably RARE '68 original, best to not sleep on, only if you wish...
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The FREEBOURNE were a youthful Boston-based psych outfit whose five members, despite their tender years, all had considerable experience of playing a wide range of styles in earlier combos. Adapting their name from the movie Born Free and discovering the freewheeling creative delights of LSD, they signed to Monitor in early ’67 and concocted a set of highly psychedelic originals which were laid down at A&R Studios in NYC.
FREEBOURNE are notable for the virtuosity of the musicians whose ages ranged from just 17 to 19 and yet three of whom were precociously-talented multi-instrumentalists: keyboards, harpsichords, cellos, winds, flutes and recorders – not just standard rock front-line. It’s also remarkable for the variety and creativity of the material. Youthful enthusiasm ensured that nothing was left out and nothing left understated, and most tracks move through bewildering sequences of keys, metres, instrumentation and vocal styling that give their definitively psych outlines a distinctly progressive edge. This is a fun and interesting LP to listen to right through several times to get the whole effect.
The lyrics are mostly trippy psych
fun-sense, while the music is invigoratingly original. Leading off with a hearty piano riff, the opening Images offers Byrdsy harmonies, pulsating bass and rippling guitar scales before switching into a baroque piano and trumpet waltz. Land Of Diana prefigures 70s prog, starting as a jazzy 5/4 and shifting into a bluesy shuffle after distinctly proggy organ and guitar dynamic episodes. Visions Of My Own sets a homely acoustic guitar and trilling flute against what sounds like a chorus of PDQ Bach’s infamous Dill Piccolos before mutating without warning into a military snare-drum march. Peak Impressions And Thoughts is all "Piper"-era Floyd with swirling Farfisa, spiky Syd-style guitar, fluid bass and crashing cymbals building to a furious final crescendo. Yellow Sky is definitive Brit-psych with wah-wah guitars, churchy keyboards and lots of tempo changes. The most conventional track, Hurtin’ Kind Of Woman, is a soft blues shuffle with jazzy guitar and energetic Hammond organ work. Despite the multifarious musical landscapes visited here, only on the last two tracks does the band outstretch itself, with the ridiculously sombre harpsichord and cello, sub-Beach Boys harmonies and cod-poetic spoken voice outro of A New Song For Orestes and the lengthy and self-indulgent cod-classical cadenzas and duet of the closing But I Must Return To Frenzy.
A fine nine-out-of-ten psych artifact from '68 that will reward repeated listening.
Again, Original 1968 local east coast rarity ... whatever amount of first pressings existing have all but vanished into private collections... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONDITION:
The cover: rated: near EX (excellent) to M-
generally is clean (see photos) the highly prone-to-wear cover has but light edges wear, yet even so, only minor and pretty insignificant with such rarity involved,etc. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
The vinyl: Rated: near M- has been well handled over the past 56 years ... final collection copy ... both "MONITOR" labels are clean A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
