Al Manfredi - Blue Gold (LP, Comp, Num, 145) Mint (M) / Mint (M)

Summary: Vinyl, LP, Compilation1, Blue Gold, Al Manfredi, 2019, US

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    US  
Released:  2019-03-01
Genre:       Rock
Style:         

Comments:
New & Sealed. No. 0414/1000
 

Notes:

Download card for WAV files with bonus tracks included.

A1. Al Manfredi - Of The Sea
A2. Al Manfredi - I Don't Live Today
A3. Al Manfredi - Five Six
A4. Al Manfredi - Blue Gold
A5. Al Manfredi - Foggy Night
A6. Al Manfredi - Empty Of Your Possession
B1. Al Manfredi - What A Way To Be Laughing
B2. Al Manfredi - Let It Alone
B3. Al Manfredi - Never Have You
B4. The Lost And Found - To Catch The Sun
B5. The Lost And Found - Don't Move Girl 2:04

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 6 59457 51741 0
Matrix / Runout NA5174A1
Matrix / Runout NA5174B1

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Phonographic Copyright (p) Now-Again Records
Copyright (c) Now-Again Records

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Al Manfredi, born in Los Angeles to a musical family of Italian immigrants, found regional success with his garage rock band Lost & Found while still a teenager in the small SoCal beach town of San Clemente. The tragic deaths of two of the band’s members in the late 60s shook Manfredi to his core. He gave up the band scene completely, retreating to his family’s music store and working on his music in private, multi-tracking demos of growing prowess and slipping in and out of addiction.

In 1973 he chose six of his favourite songs and exactingly produced and recorded an album, which he custom-pressed in minute quantities. His dreams of securing a record deal faded, but he spent the rest of his life bringing children into the world, surfing, teaching music, and recording his original songs.

This little-known West Coast rock masterpiece was rediscovered and celebrated by Acid Archives founder Patrick Lundborg and others around the time that Manfredi died in 1995. This version of the album, overseen by Manfredi’s son Exile, and with Manfredi’s story told by Ugly Things’ founder Mike Stax, presents the complete package of an incredible lost and found artist.