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Here's Sunshine / Larry 'Sunshine' Rice

artistLarry 'Sunshine' Rice

titleHere's Sunshine

price£19.99

genrefolk & roots

formatLP

countryUSA

record labeltime-lag

release year2011

catalogue numbertime-lag 053

cover conditionNew

recording conditionNew

description: ltd edition of 500 on deluxe 180gm wax. Essential anhd official reissue of this seminal rarity.. review: top quality official reissue of this wonderful album. this project is a bit different from other time-lag reissues, as the original isn’t exactly a mega-rarity. that’s not to say that they’re easy to find, but our motives for the reissue have more to do with the fact that this great lp has been seriously overlooked by so many, and feels very ripe to reach some new ears. this one’s got a pretty wild backstory too, being a rather undiscussed piece of 60s texas underground history : in 1966 larry ‘sunshine’ rice was feeling burnt by the increasingly superficial hippy scene in san francisco, so headed to dallas, texas, the “center of darkness” and the place he was raised, with a vision to transform minds. a random gig doing psychedelic light shows at a local bar led to a job managing a new “hip” church... and so the ‘satori house’ was founded. through this outlet sunshine held experimental light & sound worship sessions, began hosting underground rock concerts, launched a free press, and just about any & all other activities towards the goal of turning on dallas. it was, of course, a great success while it lasted... which was not long once a federal drug bust (total set-up) went down, and the higher-ups in the parent church organization got wind of just exactly what their cash had been backing. during the extended trial that followed sunshine split the city for tiny justin, texas and founded ‘the church of changes’ texas’ first marijuana church, claiming grass as their sacrament and legal right... it was at this point that a series of truly unlikely synchronicities led to a record deal & recording session, but by the time “here’s sunshine” was released in the summer of 1969, sunshine was back in california living as a fugitive. he never showed up at his meeting with the bigwigs at blue thumb records who were planning to release his follow up album, thus quickly and purposely ending his connection to the music industry.... if that’s got your head turned, you'll almost certainly dig the music... it’s a mystical and convoluted folk trip, executed with the lonesome single-mindedness of a true searcher. warm intense vocals are delivered in a magically loose, flowing style. tim buckley comparisons pop up, and that’s not totally off the mark if you replaced any avant / jazz leanings with more of a tripping-in-the-desert vibe. lyrically things get truly bent, venturing into some deeply surreal & glassy-eyed zones. there are a few grasps towards religious ponderance, but it’s very far from a “xian” album. stream of consciousness broodings on nature, work, love, god, satan, sex, hallucinations, and so forth. it’s a totally solo recording centered on understated but effective acoustic guitar, and fleshed out via overdub with rather unusual use of electric bass, organ, banjo, mandolin, and harmonica. things get especially psychedelic when the bass comes in, either as an ultra-minimal echo-drenched pulse or a flowing tonal improvisation. the hyper compressed and reverb saturated production somehow suites the material perfectly, and the combination of elements creates quite an immersive, mirage-like and exploratory space. this one is far stronger, more hallucinogenic, and has gobs more personally then most of the over-hyped, mega-bucks coffee house folk strummers passed off as loner / downer / acidfolk these days. this record’s got a real spirit of it’s own, that with repeated listens will sneak right into your mind before you even know it... and i’m sure that’s the way sunshine intended it... beautiful exact reproduction art packaged in a lovely heavy 60s style cover and pressed on 180gm audiophile vinyl. includes an insert with new notes from the artist, as well as a short except from his book ‘morning glory’ which was written in 1968 and tells the story behind the album, but has yet to be published. one time vinyl only edition of 500 copies. more by the artist >

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