LINDA PERHACS Parallelograms LP psych folk MASTERPIECE Original Kapp first press, QUIET vinyl! Start Price USD 399.00 Current Price USD 399.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 29, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location Monrovia, CA See more about 'LINDA PERHACS Parallelograms LP psych folk MASTERPIECE ' Description It’s a pleasure to start off this week’s auctions with Linda Perhacs’ Parallelograms, an immensely in-demand LP that is universally considered to be a masterpiece of psychedelic folk.  Here’s a quote about the album from The Acid Archives: “Parallelograms is the unquestioned queen of the hill of female psychedelic albums. Fans of the genre are as unanimous in their praise of this album as mainstream critics are for Joni Mitchell's Blue, almost to the point where it's unthinkable that anything else can be better. There are many reasons for this. To begin with, no other female folk/folk-rock album is so genuinely psychedelic without also being unmusical (i.e. freakouts like Erica Pomerance, Amanda Trees). More importantly, though, this is a just plain solid piece of singer-songwriter music, mixing lovely and versatile vocals with evocative lyrics, creative and melodic songwriting, and an accessibility that makes it the kind of album that can draw mainstream fans into the world of odd collectables. Linda's arrangement ideas are ace, too. An essential album.”    There are two label variations and this one is the original, multi-colored label.  While the Acid Archives opines that the second (black label) pressing may sound better, this first pressing happens to be quiet and it includes some sound effects that are missing on the later pressing.  (I own a copy of the black label press, and it is clearly noisy compared with the one I’m offering for sale.)  Released in the U.S. on Kapp in 1970.  The cover is in VG (the top seam and a small part of the bottom seam have been very carefully repaired with tape) and the record is in E+ condition.  (Click on the “me” icon above for info on my grading system.)    This week I am mainly listing FOLK, SINGER-SONGWRITER (SSW) and related albums.   This includes psych folk, acid folk, soft folk, soft rock, traditional, folk rock, progressive folk, troubadour, ethnic folk, even a bit of country.  To see more rare and collectable items, click on the “View seller’s other items” button above.      Payment and Shipping Information   Winner pays postage (in the U.S., this would be about $4.58 for one LP sent by Media Mail).  Package insured upon request.  Winners outside of the U.S. will be notified of postal fees, but an approximate cost for one LP to many countries is $15.60 by airmail (but Canada and Mexico will be less than this for most single LP packages).  If you bid on and win more than one item, you WILL save on postage!  Note: I do not gouge on postage and packaging costs.  Record will be carefully packaged in a strong, oversized LP mailer.  In addition to money orders and checks, I also accept PayPal.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.  E-mail: david.o@jjldj.com.  International Customers: please DO NOT use the Checkout (Pay Now) option, or you may end up paying more for postage than is necessary, as eBay tends to calculate shipping and handling on the high side.  Instead, wait for me to contact you with an invoice and the correct total amount due.  I will do my best to contact you within a day of the auction’s end.       Place a Bid!