Sold Date: February 9, 2015
Start Date: January 30, 2015
Final Price: £33.00 (GBP)
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COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH Together 1968 UK VANGUARD 1st (SVRL) PRESSING COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH
Together

1968 UK VANGUARD (SVRL 19006) FIRST PRESSING
SEEN LITTLE PLAY
SUPERB SOUND QUALITY WITH AN INCREDIBLY IMMEDIATE, CRISP, CLEAN AND SHARP *STEREO* CUT

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK VANGUARD LABELS
MATRIX: SVRL 19006 1Y▽1 420 11 4 / SVRL 19006 ZY▽1 420 11 4
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE

Together, Country Joe & the Fish's third album, was the group's most consistent, most democratic, and their best-selling record. Unlike their first two albums, which were dominated by Country Joe McDonald's voice and compositions, Together featured the rest of the band -- guitarists Barry Melton and David Cohen, bassist Bruce Barthol, and drummer Chicken Hirsh -- almost as prominently as McDonald. That's usually a formula for disaster, but in this case it gave the album more variety and depth: McDonald tended to favour droning mantras like the album-closing "An Untitled Protest," which worked better when contrasted with the likes of Melton's catchy anti-New York diatribe, "The Streets of Your Town," and the group-written "Rock and Soul Music." Songs like the latter cast the group as a soul revue, true, and they couldn't quite pull that off, but Together had the charming quality of unpredictability; you never knew what was coming next. Unfortunately, what came next in the band's career was a split. Barthol was out by September 1968, Cohen and Hirsh followed in January 1969. Thereafter, McDonald and Melton fronted various Fish aggregations, but it was never the same, even when this lineup regrouped for Reunion in 1977

Side One:
Rock And Soul Music (6:51)
Susan (3:28)
Mojo Navigator (2:23)
Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine (2:19)
Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer - The Street Of Your Town (3:39)
Side Two:
The Fish Moan (0:27)
The Harlem Song (4:19)
Waltzing In The Moonlight (2:13)
Away Bounce My Bubbles (2:25)
Cetacean (3:38)
An Untitled Protest (2:45)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a couple of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both sides retain their original deep glossy sheen with nothing but a few light, inconsequential marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT
Plays beautifully throughout with great sound quality - immediate, crisp, sharp and fresh and my play-check at volume found little to fault - just a couple of ticks on Side Two - nothing really
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Just slight rub to the laminated surfaces - nothing else to fault - all edges are crisp, sharp and unworn

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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