Pip Proud OZ Reissue LP De Da De Dum Mint Half A Cow HAC238 Acid folk psyche OZ reissue LP released in 2020 on Half A Cow Records. Cat: HAC238.
The Adelaide-born Philip Proud taught himself his own idiosyncratic guitar style as a teenager; moving to Sydney in his late teens, he began to write poetry, novels and songs.  In 1967, encouraged by stockbroker/art patron Michael Hobbs, Pip Proud recorded De Da De Dum at home. No-one knows how many copies were pressed, on Pip’s own independent Grendel label, but it was not more than 50. In early 1968, artist Gary Shead made a documentary about him, also called De Da De Dum. Interest was growing in this unique and unusual 20-year-old. Bob Cooley at an Australian sub-label of UK’s Polydor heard the De Da De Dum album and asked Pip to re-record it. This became Adreneline & Richard, modelled on the earlier LP but missing two songs: ‘I Love You Best When You’re a Leaf’ and ‘The Sun Was Yellow’. The one thing the critics all agreed on was that Pip Proud was an original, although some thought they heard traces of Dylan or Melanie two other artists who played guitar, sang and offered poignant observations on the world. In subsequent decades the name of Syd Barrett has also come up, although Barrett was two years away from releasing any solo material when Pip first recorded.

Tracks : Latin versions/ Crossed the Atlantic/ Into Elizabeth’s eyes/ I love you best when you’re a leaf/ The sun was yellow/ De da de dum/ Purple boy gang/ Adrenaline and Richard/ The tennis player/ When each descends/ An old servant/ Laughter and laughter.   Record and cover are Mint and brand new.

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