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·       THE PAISLEYS – COSMIC MIND AT PLAY –  INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1970 PRIVATE PRESSING ON THE GROUP’S PROPRIETARY ‘PEACE’ LABEL –  ORIGINAL 1970 PEACE STEREO LP 944S-2809

 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 

 

·       ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST COVETED PSYCH ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE – A PROVERBIAL ‘HOLY GRAIL’ OF PSYCHEDELIC GENRE, INDEED.

 

 

·       ORIGINAL WHITE ‘PEACE’ LABEL WITH THE INVERSE (ROTATED CLOCKWISE BY 90 DEGREES) BLUE PEACE SYMBOL

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER (THE FIRST TIME WE SEE ONE)

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

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When this LP was given to me by a friend in the mid '80s, I assumed it to be the work of a too-obviously-named retro band - possibly British and possibly linked with England's "Groovy Cellar" scene - something I had never actually heard anything from, just read about and invented - probably for the better. (I didn't have much to go on: A plain black and white cover with no info and cheap Letraset 'The Paisleys' monogram on the back with a bootleg looking UK-pressed label). The music, however, certainly suggested otherwise: high American country accents singing keyboard-heavy Prog Beatles with a side long title-track that had a baseball play-by-play. Then there was the hand drawn trip cover of (of course) Paisleys, cartoon faces and squiggly lines - Creepy in a sort of Flash Graphics/International Artists sort of way. Not at all mod. No internet back then so in my mind they could've been from anywhere at any time.

 

The truth is this upper midwest-based band was doing some pretty far-out sounding Anglo-Pop in the '70s when virtually no-one else was. It's a bizarre album; quite likeable in its own weird way.

 

The band approaches Psychedelia in an earnest, honest style. The lyrics are reminiscent of Tommy Hall/Roky Erickson's in some regards as they are quite explicitly 'instructional' or 'journalistic' with regards to Cosmic experience. Tellingly, the most interesting tracks have a curious 'futuristic' feel to them, setting The Paisleys quite apart from whatever their influences may have been (I can only really detect Abbey Road Beatles, particularly on one track: The Wind). They were clearly on to something, following it doggedly.

 

It's hard to contemplate this band's historical place in whatever scene they came up in. With their name and music, The Paisleys clearly were in step with day-glo Nuggets-era happenings, even if those happenings were already 4 or 5 years old by the time they themselves recorded. However, if they actually were self-consciously 'retro' at this early point in the Rock Era they certainly weren't copying anyone in particular. Most crucially, there is a wacky sense of humour throughout 'Cosmic Mind At Play' that sets it apart from heavier offerings, a gentle giggle throughout making it a friendlier soundtrack than some. It's certainly one of the more unusual records out there - one that stands utterly alone on several counts.

 

Fans of the Elevators and The Golden Dawn would do well to seek out this lesser known offering of late vintage heartfelt American Psychedelic Music. Despite some crummy reviews out there (thanks, Internet) that are being rehashed in some odd places, this album is actually really good and quite noteworthy for even having been made at all.

 

(EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW OF THE ALBUM)

 

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·       CONDITION:

 

·       THE RECORD

 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

 

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·                               THE COVER

 

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 4 (back side)

 

-         Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.

 

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

 

-         The laminated cover has a few air 'bubbles' and wrinkles in lamination (this is a common problem with most laminated 50’s and 60’s covers  (nothing significant)

 

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (BARELY VISIBLE)

 

 

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

 

 

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