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DAVE PEEL AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE WITH JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO -- AS BOTH SINGERS, PLAYERS AND CO-PRODUCERS THE POPE SMOKES DOPE ORIGINAL 1971 APPLE RECORDS STEREO LP SW-3391
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL APPLE LABEL WHOLE GREEN LABEL ON ONE SIDE, SPLIT WHITE LABEL ON THE OTHER
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
THREE BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
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
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
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The Pope Smokes Dope managed to push the buttons of almost everyone in authority around the world back in 1972, with the result that it was ultimately banned almost everywhere except the United States, Canada, and Japan. David Peel the Lower East Side open the album with the upbeat Everybody s Smoking Marijuana -- which starts out with a goof/homage to Country Joe the Fish -- and the vicious Merle Haggard/ Okie from Muskogee parody/answer song The Hippie from New York City, both still as laugh-out-loud funny in the 21st century as they were back when, and leading into the catchy and delightful Ballad of New York City. And from there, listeners plunge into a phantasmagoria of countercultural images, sensibilities, phrases, and humor, and this album is arguably the finest piece of musical agitprop ever to emerge from the 60s counterculture even if it took till 1972 to appear . Under John Lennon and Yoko Ono s production the duo also plays and sings on at least one track, possibly as many as three -- op. ed. , Peel is presented without compromise with the most rudimentary of guitar and percussion accompaniment, none of it amplified, yet it does hold together as a coherent and cohesive statement, musical and otherwise. It s funny where it should be, serious in all the right places, scary sometimes, and the result is a listening experience that s ultimately laugh-provoking and savage. Some elements of the album recall Lennon and Ono s Sometime in New York City, but there s a much greater resemblance to the Country Joe the Fish Rag Baby EPs from mid- 60s Berkeley, only with some more subtle edges and quietly sophisticated attributes -- and other parts of this album will recall the work of rival/contemporary Lower East Side denizens the Fugs. Perhaps the high point so to speak is F Is Not a Dirty Word, in which Peel goes through the origins and usages of the word in question, and he s not only etymologically correct throughout but musically adept and engaging -- and damned funny. And he almost tops himself with The Birth Control Blues, an account of youthful ingenuity and improvisation concerning the subject at hand set in an early- 60s rock idiom -- specifically recalling Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow -- that evolves into a stunning spoken word piece with musical accompaniment. And after all of that, The Pope Smokes Dope is almost anticlimactic, except that it s so outrageous a song and filled with such irreverent conceits that it carries listeners to the end successfully.
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CONDITION:
RECORD
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a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The record is apparently 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
COVER
COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.
- Cover has two corners slightly dinged nothing significant
- Cover has a light wrinkle crease in one of the corners. nothing significant
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
- No split seams
- No ring wear
- No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners
- No saw-marks or indents
- No dirt/dust rubbing stains friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers
