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AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO THE CONSTANT SOUND VINYL RECORD, CDs & MEMORABLIA WE WANT TO BUY...
We will buy or trade most CDs, vinyl LP, 7”, 12” records and memorabilia from most countries, especially the following...
USA
vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo 12" vinyl, promo CD album...
Top release decades
1960s...
Top music labels
Elliott-Ferguson Inc....
Top barcodes
Top catalogue numbers
CR-9108/CR-9109...
Top titles
The Constant Sound...
Top wanted titles
Other artist names
Constant Sound...
Related artists
Allyn Ferguson, The Constant Sound...
A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...
 | THE CONSTANT SOUND The Constant Sound (Genuinely rare &
undiscovered 1967 US demo-only 12-track mono LP of lost West
Coast Sunshine Pop Psych, reportedly one of just three known copies
to exist outside of private collections. This album is sohardto find it
has yet to hit the online market. A glowing review in Patrick
Lundborg’s “The Acid Archives" appears to be its only point of
reference thus far for Psych collectors worldwide. The labels state
'Plays Both Mono-Stereo' & 'For Demonstration Only', complete with a
unique pasted sleeve with gold embossed lettering. See 'more info' for
condition & full background details of this extreme oddity & genuine
one-off discovery...)
Tracklisting: A1 Time
A2 Come Out In The Sun
A3 Dancing Patterns
A4 Avalon
A5 Playtime
A6 Calico Bus
B1 The Constant Sound
B2 Ride A Pink Horse
B3 Peaceful Meadow
B4 Take A Look At Yourself
B5 Candy Egg
B6 Catch The Sun
Obtained from the vast personal archive of a former band leader & manager to the stars, Vic Lewis, the history of this record is mysterious to say the least, but its providence is sound. With songs apparently penned by George Wyle & production courtesy of the 'Elliott-Ferguson Inc.', aka Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson, this was obviously a record at the time with ambitions for release.
Musically, The Constant Sound is tightly arranged & consistently excellent, with perfectly tuned male/female vocal harmonies. It is classic sounding Californian Sunshine Pop, a la The Mamas & Papas, Lovin' Spoonful, The Seekers, 5th Dimension, with top flight orchestrations. Allyn Ferguson went on to pen the Charlie's Angels & Starsky & Hutch themes, no less. What's more, Psych collectors should note the reverb & delay drenched 'Dancing Patterns' & references to San Francisco hot spots in 'Avalon' & 'chemicals' on 'The Calico Bus'...
Patrick Lundborg states in his acclaimed 'Acid Archives' tome:
"A circa 1967 demo LP from a mystery band who deliver a dozen well-written, well-arranged & well-performed tunes in the California sunshine style, recalling Birmingham Sunday in particular. Unknown albums in this style aren't many, & this is likely to blow the mind of any genre fan, as it delivers on all the key areas & has no obvious weaknesses. The band's opening theme song is great, but perhaps the most remarkable thing is 'Avalon', an obvious tribute to Chet Helms' acid-rock palace, where these easy-breezy LA sounds were hardly the favored music. Housed in a gold-embossed title sleeve with no other clues except a 'Elliott-Ferguson Inc' producer credit, this may have been some famous guys sending out a test balloon under an alias; in any event it has to rank as one of the Holy Grails for collectors of '60s sunshine pop & lyte-psych. Only two copies are known to exist" [PL]
How many copies of this record were produced we cannot say, but how it ended up with Vic Lewis, a jetsetting big band leader from Britain with a love of the West Coast, is clear. Vic was also an in-demand manager, agent & talent scout. Rubbing shoulders with major Hollywood stars of the day, he also befriended & collaborated with many up & coming vocalists & arrangers of the era including Allyn Ferguson. Suffice to say, the record has remained stored in pretty much near mint condition in Vic's archives all its life... until now.
We hope the next owner will be as excited as we were to find this curio. It is very rare to find an undiscovered late sixties US album in this day & age that would easily appeal to Beat & Psych collectors. Suffice to say, we have just the one copy to offer. | | THE CONSTANT SOUND The Constant Sound (Genuinely rare &
undiscovered 1967 US demo-only 12-track mono LP of lost West
Coast Sunshine Pop Psych, reportedly one of just three known copies
to exist outside of private collections. This album is sohardto find it
has yet to hit the online market. A glowing review in Patrick
Lundborg’s “The Acid Archives" appears to be its only point of
reference thus far for Psych collectors worldwide. The labels state
'Plays Both Mono-Stereo' & 'For Demonstration Only', complete with a
unique pasted sleeve with gold embossed lettering. See 'more info' for
condition & full background details of this extreme oddity & genuine
one-off discovery...)
Tracklisting: A1 Time
A2 Come Out In The Sun
A3 Dancing Patterns
A4 Avalon
A5 Playtime
A6 Calico Bus
B1 The Constant Sound
B2 Ride A Pink Horse
B3 Peaceful Meadow
B4 Take A Look At Yourself
B5 Candy Egg
B6 Catch The Sun
Obtained from the vast personal archive of a former band leader & manager to the stars, Vic Lewis, the history of this record is mysterious to say the least, but its providence is sound. With songs apparently penned by George Wyle & production courtesy of the 'Elliott-Ferguson Inc.', aka Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson, this was obviously a record at the time with ambitions for release.
Musically, The Constant Sound is tightly arranged & consistently excellent, with perfectly tuned male/female vocal harmonies. It is classic sounding Californian Sunshine Pop, a la The Mamas & Papas, Lovin' Spoonful, The Seekers, 5th Dimension, with top flight orchestrations. Allyn Ferguson went on to pen the Charlie's Angels & Starsky & Hutch themes, no less. What's more, Psych collectors should note the reverb & delay drenched 'Dancing Patterns' & references to San Francisco hot spots in 'Avalon' & 'chemicals' on 'The Calico Bus'...
Patrick Lundborg states in his acclaimed 'Acid Archives' tome:
"A circa 1967 demo LP from a mystery band who deliver a dozen well-written, well-arranged & well-performed tunes in the California sunshine style, recalling Birmingham Sunday in particular. Unknown albums in this style aren't many, & this is likely to blow the mind of any genre fan, as it delivers on all the key areas & has no obvious weaknesses. The band's opening theme song is great, but perhaps the most remarkable thing is 'Avalon', an obvious tribute to Chet Helms' acid-rock palace, where these easy-breezy LA sounds were hardly the favored music. Housed in a gold-embossed title sleeve with no other clues except a 'Elliott-Ferguson Inc' producer credit, this may have been some famous guys sending out a test balloon under an alias; in any event it has to rank as one of the Holy Grails for collectors of '60s sunshine pop & lyte-psych. Only two copies are known to exist" [PL]
How many copies of this record were produced we cannot say, but how it ended up with Vic Lewis, a jetsetting big band leader from Britain with a love of the West Coast, is clear. Vic was also an in-demand manager, agent & talent scout. Rubbing shoulders with major Hollywood stars of the day, he also befriended & collaborated with many up & coming vocalists & arrangers of the era including Allyn Ferguson. Suffice to say, the record has remained stored in pretty much near mint condition in Vic's archives all its life... until now.
We hope the next owner will be as excited as we were to find this curio. It is very rare to find an undiscovered late sixties US album in this day & age that would easily appeal to Beat & Psych collectors. Suffice to say, we have just the one copy to offer. | | THE CONSTANT SOUND The Constant Sound (Genuinely rare &
undiscovered 1967 US demo-only 12-track mono LP of lost West
Coast Sunshine Pop Psych, reportedly one of just three known copies
to exist outside of private collections. This album is sohardto find it
has yet to hit the online market. A glowing review in Patrick
Lundborg’s “The Acid Archives" appears to be its only point of
reference thus far for Psych collectors worldwide. The labels state
'Plays Both Mono-Stereo' & 'For Demonstration Only', complete with a
unique pasted sleeve with gold embossed lettering. See 'more info' for
condition & full background details of this extreme oddity & genuine
one-off discovery...)
Tracklisting: A1 Time
A2 Come Out In The Sun
A3 Dancing Patterns
A4 Avalon
A5 Playtime
A6 Calico Bus
B1 The Constant Sound
B2 Ride A Pink Horse
B3 Peaceful Meadow
B4 Take A Look At Yourself
B5 Candy Egg
B6 Catch The Sun
Obtained from the vast personal archive of a former band leader & manager to the stars, Vic Lewis, the history of this record is mysterious to say the least, but its providence is sound. With songs apparently penned by George Wyle & production courtesy of the 'Elliott-Ferguson Inc.', aka Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson, this was obviously a record at the time with ambitions for release.
Musically, The Constant Sound is tightly arranged & consistently excellent, with perfectly tuned male/female vocal harmonies. It is classic sounding Californian Sunshine Pop, a la The Mamas & Papas, Lovin' Spoonful, The Seekers, 5th Dimension, with top flight orchestrations. Allyn Ferguson went on to pen the Charlie's Angels & Starsky & Hutch themes, no less. What's more, Psych collectors should note the reverb & delay drenched 'Dancing Patterns' & references to San Francisco hot spots in 'Avalon' & 'chemicals' on 'The Calico Bus'...
Patrick Lundborg states in his acclaimed 'Acid Archives' tome:
"A circa 1967 demo LP from a mystery band who deliver a dozen well-written, well-arranged & well-performed tunes in the California sunshine style, recalling Birmingham Sunday in particular. Unknown albums in this style aren't many, & this is likely to blow the mind of any genre fan, as it delivers on all the key areas & has no obvious weaknesses. The band's opening theme song is great, but perhaps the most remarkable thing is 'Avalon', an obvious tribute to Chet Helms' acid-rock palace, where these easy-breezy LA sounds were hardly the favored music. Housed in a gold-embossed title sleeve with no other clues except a 'Elliott-Ferguson Inc' producer credit, this may have been some famous guys sending out a test balloon under an alias; in any event it has to rank as one of the Holy Grails for collectors of '60s sunshine pop & lyte-psych. Only two copies are known to exist" [PL]
How many copies of this record were produced we cannot say, but how it ended up with Vic Lewis, a jetsetting big band leader from Britain with a love of the West Coast, is clear. Vic was also an in-demand manager, agent & talent scout. Rubbing shoulders with major Hollywood stars of the day, he also befriended & collaborated with many up & coming vocalists & arrangers of the era including Allyn Ferguson. Suffice to say, the record has remained stored in pretty much near mint condition in Vic's archives all its life... until now.
We hope the next owner will be as excited as we were to find this curio. It is very rare to find an undiscovered late sixties US album in this day & age that would easily appeal to Beat & Psych collectors. Suffice to say, we have just the one copy to offer. |
AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY
We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards
on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified
or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I.,
ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.
MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:
Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills &
flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material;
press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other
clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing;
original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting
paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying:
original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere
invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.
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