Saturday 25 March 2023

Randy Johnson - The Gift of Randy Johnson (Excellent rare 1970 US Baroque Psychedelic Pop LP released on Amaret)

 

Here we have an obscure offering by a mysterious “contemporary troubadour” as the album puts it.
Mr. Randy Johnson - he’s intense, vibrant and sincere with his musical statements.
This is a cool album if your looking for some psychedelic strangeness.
The album starts off innocently enough with the fine orchestrated baroque gem ‘Beauty’.
After that, the fun starts…‘Gift Of Music’ is a wild mix of brass and psychedelic effects, an album highlight for sure.
Randy even works in the sitar – check out the killer psych induced ‘Garden Of Love’.
Both ‘Candles and Cake’ and ‘And I Say I Love Her’ brim with tempo change ups and catchy pop moves with the former being another album standout with the addition of a short fuzz solo.
‘Hans Polka’ la la’s around with slight fuzz work and charming psych-pop melodies.
A fun, enjoyable psychedelic set.
(Reviewed on rateyourmusic by recorddigger)


Listen : A1. Beauty

B3. Candles and Cake

The whole album : The Gift of Randy Johnson 


Another little gem not to be missed !!!

 

Record : EXC
Cover : VG to VG+ (white sticker with "JOHN" written in red on front cover, two stamps "WCBN" on back cover - 5 inches tear on top seam - bent corners - see pictures)
Price : 100,00 Euros (+ postage costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL only to etienne.reyser@gmail.com
Contact : etienne.reyser@gmail.com  

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