East of Underground questions
mannybolone
Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
I ported this over from announcements where the thread got exiled (OG: http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=941122&an=0&page=0#Post941122)I'm still hoping someone can answer how it is that East of Underground ended up crazy uber obscure whereas the Black Seeds/Sound Trek album turns up more often (and for decidedly far, far, far less money) even though there's only a year between them?Actually, two more questions to ask:1) EoU didn't win the talent contest? Soap did? I'm hella confused.2) EoU was the first annual talent contest, Black Seeds won the 2nd...as there a third in 1973 with an album somewhere out there by the Special Services Agency? Headz wanna know. And I think James' critiques were all spot on.
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You joking dude? These are legit questions and I'm not affiliated with the CD.
Of course. Everytime I think "I don't need a graemlin"
it comes back to haunt me. I didn't understand the move
of the other thread. I blame Mark Latency.
And I want to hear Soap.
Soap is dope
I don't care who won - I still wanna hear Soap.
That said, I'm confused by what James wrote. I thought the winning band got first billing? That's what happened with Black Seeds - Sound Trek got the B-side but no cover mention.
Either way, we got some sick music.
Prove that by posting
Found a copy at ARC 2 years ago for $10.00.....CoolChris made me an offer I couldn't refuse and it wound up flying back to S.F.
Gave it a good listen before it departed.
For once, you'll just have to take my word for it.
Mediocre is being kind.
Rockadelic waking up with his psych raers cracked into pieces at foot of bed.
A brooding menace that belies the cool exterior...
Now you listen to me, you smooth talking son-of-a-bitch. Let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is. Johnny Paycheck will never get this record. I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork.
I didn't know this was what Shadow and Cut used for the intro to the Product Placement set either.
Are the photos on the back cover from the original LP? Is this the photoshop zoomfest people were referencing before? I've seen the OG before at a friend's but I didn't take as much time with it as I should have, I really didn't know it was such a big deal of a record.
fucking great record, i need to pick up the reissue
I imagine part of the problem is that the group was composed of individuals from across the country. You can almost always tell what city a 45 is from, and that makes the task of tracking down names significantly easier.
I agree with this. Forgettable is the right word. The black seeds were better and I didn't buy that given the opportunity....
It's a double-LP with a gatefold cover. Each side (front & back) has a different cover.... so it kind of has two covers. So it's not really apparent what the title/artist is at first view. Then you open it up and the inner cover is a montage with pics & liner notes... I forget what they say tho.
This album is rare but I don't believe there's 10-15 known copies as was claimed on that other board.... I would bet there's that many copies passed through the hands of just posters here and friends of posters.
Probably where those numbers came from
Naw, the person who mentioned those numbers, I am sure he is not relying on soulstrut.
I'm just pessimistic when people talk about so-and-so number of copies in existence.
When a record goes for four figures you usually see copies coming out of the woodwork to cash in....not the case with EOU unless I missed something?
You're not missing something - I think your point is a good one, especially if you look at similar, $1000+ albums like that Billy Wooten LP or Stark Reality.
I think it's true. No reason at all to doubt that. BOth albums say they were recorded in Frankfurt but as I'm suggesting, the level of quality dropped b/t the first and second and I'm wondering if they switched studios.
i would say there are wayyy more than 10-15 copies around.
if i found it, there are definatly more.
seems like everybody in chicago has a copy.
some guy wrote me a long time ago saying he had found a couple copies but i lost his pm. not sure if he was legitimate, i'd never heard of him.
Considerably.