Mercury Records Collection: Philips PHS 600-252: H.P. Lovecraft

PHS 600-252: H.P. Lovecraft

Label Type :	light purple Philips
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	PHS600252A- M1 MR
	SIDE-B	PHS600252B- M1 MR

Comments

Inside The Groove

H.P. Lovecraft's first LP album, full in garage/psychedelic moods.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Although their 2nd LP (H.P. Lovecraft II, PHS 600-279) is more highly acclaimed, this 1st LP also is full of good Garage/Psyche moods. Listen to interesting cover versions of “Let's Get Together”, “I've Been Wrong Before”, “That's The Bag I'm In” and more. But the most important track should definitely be “The White Ship”, which made H.P. Lovecraft famous among Garage/Psyche fans.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2-40616	Wayfaring Stranger (G. Edwards)	2:35
A-2	2-40611	Let's Get Together (C. Powers)	4:35
A-3	2-40619	I've Been Wrong Before (R. Newman)	2:46
A-4	2-40617	The Drifter (T. Edmundson)	4:11
A-5	2-40615	That's The Bag I'm In (F. Neil)	1:46
SIDE-B
B-1	2-40610	The White Ship (G. Edwards - D. Michaels - T. Cavallari)	6:37
B-2	2-40614	Country Boy & Bleeker Street (F. Neil)	2:35
B-3	2-40612	The Time Machine (G. Edwards - D. Michaels)	2:05
B-4	2-40613	That's How Much I Love You, Baby (More Or Less) (G. Edwards - D. Michaels - T. Cavallari)	3:55
B-5	2-40618	Gloria Patria (Traditional)	0:26

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

H.P. Lovecraft:
Tony Cavallari (l-g, vo), Gene Edwards (g, b, el-b, vo),
Dave Michaels (org, harpsichord, p, cl, recorder, vo),
Jerry McGeorge (b, vo), Michael Tegza (ds, tympani, perc, vo).

with orchestra which consists of:
Len Druss (cl, piccolo, english horn, bs, ts), Paul Tervelt (frh), Jack Henningbaum (frh),
Ralph Craig (tb), Herb Weiss (tb), Clyde Bachand (tuba),
Bill Traub (reeds), Eddie Higgins (vib), Bill Traut (bell).
Recorded probably in July 1967.

All tunes arranged by H.P. Lovecraft.
Horn arranged by Eddie Higgins.