Mike Tingley - The Abstract Prince (1968) (2012)

Artist: Mike Tingley
Title Of Album: The Abstract Prince
Year Of Release: 1968/2012
Label (Catalog#) :O-Music[OM 71035]
Country:: USA
Genre: Baroque Pop, Psych Folk Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks+cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 31:41
Full Size: 211Mb(+3%)(covers)

A real gem of early pop-psych-folk. It´s the solo LP of this Californian artist, released in Holland in 1968. The basic rock instruments with something like a strings ensemble, often creating an amazing wall-of-sound, constrasting with the unusual melodic lines that Tingley used in several tracks. Sometimes flutes, layered vocals, tablas and acoustic guitars are used to give the desired psychedelic (or folky in a few cases) sound. This album is standing between the psychedelic era of the Byrds, Syd Barrett and Sgt. Pepper.
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Originally released in 1968. "A great late '60s orchestral baroque pop album with psychedelic sounds all over it." "Guy from Southern California packs up his life and guitar to follow a Swedish exchange student back to her home land in 1967. It doesn't work out. He goes as far as he can with whatever funds he has left, guitar in hand. It's Holland. Having never performed outside his bedroom, he plays coffee shops for tips. Spotted by a member of prominent Dutch band, Blues Dimension who brings his label's A&R guy, he's asked if he wants to record an LP. He records a lush, baroque, orchestral pop sike album. It's released on a Decca in Holland. He appears on national TV and radio, along with supporting on a few tours. With royalties earned on the album he returns to Southern California and heads to Hollywood with the imminent release scheduled on Decca Records in the USA. It doesn't happen. Not the plot of a new movie. This is the abridged story of the lost, barely known treasure that is Mike Tingley, 'The Abstract Prince'."

Tracks:
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01. A Real Fine Time — 2:45
02. Begin The Sun — 2:50
03. Connected To Nothing — 1:39
04. Emotions And May — 2:54
05. Monotony’s Message — 3:27
06. See The People — 2:11
07. Abstract Prince — 2:54
08. Of Sand — 1:25
09. Of Soul And Deed — 2:54
10. I Weep — 3:13
11. It’s Time To Leave Her — 2:44
12. Crossroads — 1:54

Personnel:
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Mike Tingley (Michael Nelson Tingley) — vocals, guitar
Jan Hollestelle — bass
Cees Kranenburg — drums
Bert Paige — arranger, conductor
Orchestra

All thanks to original releaser