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THE SURPRISE PACKAGE FREE UP - ORIGINAL 1969 LHI LEE HAZLEWOOD INTERNATIONAL STEREO LP S-12005
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL RED LHI LABEL WITH MAROON BAND ALONG THE RIM OF THE LABEL AND A WHITE MEDALLION MOTIF
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.
FOUR BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP TWO ON EACH SIDE
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL UNIPAK-STYLE COVER ONE SIDE OF THE GATEFOLD OPENS, THE OTHER ONE IS A SINGLE-PLY CARDBOARD
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction. What you see is what you ll get. GUARANTEED
The Surprise Package were a Seattle, Washington group consisting of Fred Zeufeldt drums, backing vocals , Michael Rohers piano, organ, bass, backing vocals , Greg Beck guitar, backing vocals , Rob Lowery lead vocals .
Their only album was released in early 1969 on tiny LHI label owned by the famous arttist/producer Lee Hazelwood. The record mostly contained trippy and quite intense music with lots of Hammond organ pasages, loud and fuzzed-out guitar parts and solid drumming. It can be easily described as a stylistic combination of Vanilla Fudge, The Doors and especially Iron Butterfly.
It worth noting that a nearly 16 minutes-long title track s structure was very similar to In A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Excellent freaky improvisations in some parts.Very Essential for acid heads. Unfortunately, the album and also single with cover of MacArthur Park went almost completely unnoticed. Soon after the band changed its name to American Eagle and 1970 released an eponymous LP for Decca records.
EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW
Tracks:
01. New Way Home Greg Beck, Rob Lowery, Michael Rogers - 0:00
02. 100 Vision Rob Lowery, Michael Rogers - 3:52
03. Breakaway Michael Rogers - 11:11
04. Supporting Cast Michael Rogers - 14:47
05. Social Disease Greg Beck, Rob Lowery - 17:47
06. Free Up Michael Rogers - 20:22
Personnel:
Rob Lowery - lead vocals
Michael Rogers - Hammond B3 organ, piano, bass, vocals
Greg Beck - guitar, vocals
Fred Zeufeldt - drums, vocals, leader
Lee Hazlewood - producer
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 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.
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
THE 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 has JUST A HINT of 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.
- Cover has one corner slightly dinged nothing significant
- Cover has a light wrinkle crease in one of the corners.
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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1 The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release, NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description top section, the text in red letters . 2 Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone instead, please read the entire description before bidding 3 Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. 4 We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing information in the final 24 hours of the auction. 5 All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language 6 This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.
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