TCCDM Pulls One Out..."The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union" - Beacon Street Union (1968)

"The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union" - Beacon Street Union (1968)

"The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union" is a fine, inexpensive, psychedelic square that checks plenty of boxes.  Tasteful fuzz guitar and keyboards decorate the songs giving off garagey acid vibes.  And the bass (Wayne Ulaky) is dancing all over the place.  It's all very groovy and very much a snapshot of the times.  Out of Boston, Beacon Street Union is representin' the Bosstown Sound just dandy.   

The opening track begins with a spoken pronouncement that is both corny and incredibly cool.  And then BSU is off.  Nothing dangerous, but hard not to like.  Side two is the stronger, for sure.  Side one would be equally strong but for two back-to-back sore thumbs.  Not really bad per se, just out of place.  Overall, however, "The Eyes Of…" is an under-appreciated square still flying under the radar.  

"The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union" - Beacon Street Union (back)

"The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union" - Beacon Street Union
(inside gatefold)

Favorites include:
"Mystic Mourning"
"Green Destroys The Gold"
"Blue Avenue"

I picked this one up at an A-OK Record Swap a couple of months ago.  The seller brought a full table of records all sportin' nice buyer prices.  A $14 tag on this one was more than fair.  Sadly, this was the only psych record I found in his stash.  The band's follow-up album "The Clown Died In Marvin Gardens" is pretty good, as well.  And both can usually be found for less than $20 which is great if you're a psych collector.  My copy has "C. Stevens" etched in the deadwax and I could not find another on Discogs showing this exact press.

MGM label

Cat #
SE4517
SIDE A  DEADWAX
SE-4517  SiDE 1  MGS-1272  13  C. STEVENS  1
SIDE B  DEADWAX
SE-4517  SiDE 2  MGS-12.73  12  L7

"Green Destroys The Gold" - Beacon Street Union / "The Eyes Of..." (1968)

TRACKS:
A1  "My Love Is" 4:07
A2  "Beautiful Delilah" 2:09
A3  "Sportin' Life" 3:09
A4  "Four Hundred And Five" 2:09
A5  "Mystic Mourning" 5:58
B1  "Sadie Said No" 2:46
B2  "Speed Kills" 1:55
B3  "Blue Avenue" 2:50
B4  "South End Incident" 3:53
B5  "Green Destroys The Gold" 4:00
B6  "The Prophet" 4:33

PERSONNEL:
John Lincoln Wright - vocals, percussion
Paul Tartachny - guitar, vocals
Robert Rhodes - keyboards, bass
Wayne Ulaky - bass, vocals
Richard Weisburg - drums

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Charlie said…
I had this LP in high school. I remember it well. Unfortunately, I no longer have a copy. Unusually, for me I don't know what happened to it.
July 28, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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