Vinyl: ORIGINAL Relatively Clean Rivers LP, rural hippie psych, 1976, shrink + insert

Original Relatively Clean Rivers LP from 1976 on the Pacific label.

Fold-over slick gatefold cover still in the shrink. Still has the original insert.

Rural commune hippie psych. Absolutely one of the very best psych LPs of the 1970s. The music is laid-back acoustic instruments and pristine harmonies similar to the Laurel Canyon sound, but with trippy backward sounds and other psych effects.

I really, realllly like this record. The fidelity of this one is amazing for vinyl. Stunning playback. I found the self-penned tunes to be hooky the first time I heard them. The production, arrangements and musicianship are all first rate.

Cover: Bump LL corner (see photos), but otherwise NM.

Labels: NM

Vinyl*: EXC+

Sound**: NM

* Most records have production marks where someone touched or moved the vinyl while it was still semi-soft. These marks look like smudges, but are not scratches or "paper scuffs" and do not sound. Untouched vinyl from newly-opened records have these marks. I only downgrade if the marks are excessive and/or unsightly or if they are audible in any way.