Puff - Puff (1969 Boston, US) | Psych Pop / Bosstown Sound | Full Vinyl Rip

Puff is the debut and only album from Puff, released 1969 on MGM Records, catalog SE-4622. US original promo pressing, yellow promo labels. Recorded at Mayfair Recording Studios, New York City, produced by Alan Lorber. The band was essentially the Rockin' Ramrods - a Boston garage band active since 1963 - rebranded and psychedelicized by Lorber for the MGM Bosstown Sound campaign. Lineup is David-Allen Ryan on bass and vocals, Vin Campisi on guitar, Jim Mandell on organ, piano, flute, and vocals, and Robert Henderson on drums and vocals. All songs written by Ronn Campisi - Vin's brother - who was never a member of the band. Ryan would later turn up in Sha Na Na. The Bosstown Sound was Alan Lorber's attempt to market Boston as the next San Francisco for MGM - Ultimate Spinach, Beacon Street Union, and Orpheus were the flagship acts, but Puff got swept up in the same campaign. The underground rejected most of it on principle, which wasn't entirely fair to the music. This record is softer and more experimental than the Ramrods had ever been - jazz flute, orchestral touches, and pop arrangements that owe more to the British Invasion than to San Francisco. It rewards patience. I Sure Need You on Side B runs over six minutes and is the best stretch on the record - the second half drops the vocals entirely and opens up into dual flute work and studio effects. Changes closes the album as the most psychedelic moment here. Photographed at Phil's Thrift Shop Fur Annex - which tells you something about where this record came from. 🎧 This is a full vinyl rip from my original promo pressing. 🔥 Standout tracks include: I Sure Need You, Changes, and Go With You. 🎸 Sounds like: Ultimate Spinach, Beacon Street Union, The Left Banke, H.P. Lovecraft 🎧 Vinyl Finds Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9oSXuMGglp1N8SlbZUEtCJ7 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ 💿 Tracklist 00:00 Dead Thoughts Of Alfred 2:08 Rainy Day 4:55 Vacuum 7:09 Walk Upon The Water 9:31 Who Do You Think You Are 12:02 Of Not Being Able To Go To Sleep 17:16 When I Wake Up In The Morning 20:21 Trees 23:25 It's My Way 26:16 I Sure Need You 32:47 Go With You 35:44 Changes #Puff #BostownSound #PsychPop #MGMRecords #VinylRip #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper