PROMO! 1968 ORIG = Byrds Springfield EVERGREEN BLUE SHOES Rural Psych WEST COAST
Sold Date:
August 12, 2018
Start Date:
August 9, 2018
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$24.50
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RARE 1968 WEST COAST HIPPIE ROCK ARTIFACT! MINTY CLEAN VINYL ..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. The Ballad Of EVERGREEN BLUE SHOES ..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. USA - AMOS RECORDS - 7002 M- CLEAN VINYL ! ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL RARE Original 1968 first pressing ...in old styled unipack gatefold cover which for 1968 represents an eye-popping artwork as adorned by the group and their girlfriends frolicking around naked deep within the rural hillside So here's a seldom seen, odd hippie rock album with rural flavor, and featuring some male/female vocal harmony, organ, and some fuzz guitar. Their material runs the gamut from minstrel folk/prog to harder rock. Many/most racks run together, and generally tend to sound better when left that way. Somewhere behind the proceeds of this Lp lurks Kim Fowley... and this album attempts to be to folk-rock what St. John Green was to psych the year before. In both instances, the proceedings are topped off with a layer of Kim Fowley-inspired muck. The over-the-top sci-fi/horror imbued into the former album arguably complemented the music being presented. Here though, Fowley's weapon of choice is the over-the-top horror of a tent revival. Even though the musicians here are probably more talented than St. John Green (and certainly better known). The band is mired in a gimmickry that Fowley would have us believe is genius. Tired of paying his bills as a sessions bassist, by 1968 Battin was ready to try to make it with a real rock band. Recruiting long time friends Al Rosenberg and Clarence White, he decided to put together an outfit that would play a mixture of Byrds-styled folk-rock and West Coast psychedelia. White quickly dropped out of the project, leaving Battin and Rosenberg to recruit drummer Chester McCracken, along with keyboard player Ken Kleist, guitarist Lanny Mathijssen. Playing at a Topanga Canyon club named 'The Corral' the band began attracting considerable word of mouth publicity, which led the small Amos Records to sign them to a recording contract. credits batcat/ochs fan/rym Walking Down the Line CONDITION: The cover: rated "EX" (excellent) PROMO circle at top right ...still VERY collection worthy for a 50 year old obscure relic...
still is stiff and solid all over old style unipack gatefold retains
great orig colors, ... no seam splits, no bends, no writing, no delete
marks. The vinyl is still with lots of shine, rated a top copy, M- clear and plays with excellent clear audio fidelity ...both AMOS labels are clean... A cool addition to anyone's music library! SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people... EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING All imperfections are noted both cover & record
Produced by Jim Post, 1969's "The Ballad of Evergreen Blueshoes" offered up an odd hodge-podge of musical genres. Battin (here spelled as 'Battyn') and Rosenberg were responsible for the majority of the 12 songs, which bounced all over the musical spectrum. Jug, rural-rock, pop, psych, hardrock, etc. were frequently dumped together on tracks such as 'Life's Railway To Heaven' and 'Amsterdam in 1968'. Connected by a series of spoken word segments, the results were frequently maddening, though these guys simply had too much talent to turn in a dud. 'The Hedge Hog's Song', and their cover of Dylan's 'Walking Down the Line') were all quite good. Amos also saw fit to release a truly bizarre cover of 'Johnny B. Goode' b/w 'Walking Down the Line' as a 45rpm. As a small label, Amos lacked much promotional clout, effectively guaranteeing the set would enjoy limited sales. (The back and inner sleeves are pretty funny - wonder if they had to wonder about ticks while prancing around naked in the woods?)
(side 1)
Life's Railway To Heaven
Line Out
Amsterdam in 1968
Everything's Fine Right Now
Johnny B. Goode
(side 2)
The Hedge Hog's Song
The Raven
Mrs. Cohen's Little Boy
Moon Over Mt. Olympus
Jewish Teahouse
The Everblue Express (Skip Battyn - Kim Fowley) - 4:54
