Year/Genre: 1970, Psych Rock
Matrix #: V-36025
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great

Cultural Facts:

1. This record leans into the late-’60s/early-’70s “rock opera” craze—when bands and producers tried to prove rock could do the big, theatrical storytelling that used to belong to Broadway and classical music.

2. One reason these concept records keep getting rediscovered is they document a brief moment when the album (not the single) was treated like the main art form—listeners bought into the idea of sitting with a whole narrative start to finish.

3. The “world’s first” style tagline is part of the era’s culture of bold claims and myth-building—half marketing, half genuine belief that rock was inventing new traditions in real time.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $18–24
EX: $14–18
VG+: $10–13
VG: $6–9

1/3/26 CC