Craig Smith Maitreya Kali - Apache / Inca (1971–72 US) | Psych Rock / Folk Rock | RSD 2025 Vinyl Rip

This is the 2025 Record Store Day deluxe edition of Apache and Inca by Craig Smith, also known as Maitreya Kali. Two full LPs plus a bonus 7 inch, all pulled from the material he recorded in the early 70s during his loner folk and outsider psych period. This set finally gives these sessions a proper wide release with clean mastering and quiet vinyl. Craig Smith’s story is one of the wildest in the 60s and 70s Los Angeles scene. He wrote songs for The Monkees, Glen Campbell, and Andy Williams, played in Penny Arkade, traveled across Asia, and then came back to California with a completely different worldview and identity. The music on Apache and Inca reflects that chapter. Sparse acoustic psych, fragile vocals, tape hiss, and a mood that feels both spiritual and wounded at the same time. Musically, this sits somewhere between Skip Spence’s Oar, Perry Leopold, and early Leonard Cohen, with hints of Fred Neil and the loner folk scene collected on late 60s and early 70s private press records. Most of the arrangements are simple, but the emotion is heavy. This is outsider folk rock in its purest form. The 7 inch included with this RSD edition adds two more tracks from the same era, rounding out the picture of Craig’s Maitreya Kali years. This is everything in one package, and it sounds great. 🎧 This rip comes from my personal RSD 2025 copy. Flat vinyl, solid pressing quality, and the quietest versions of these songs that I have heard. If you are into loner folk, acoustic psych, or the more fragile corners of the LA underground, this is essential listening. 📷 More vinyl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ 🎧 Full vinyl rips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 💿 Tracklist Apache 00:00 Ice and Snow 03:19 Black Swan 06:02 Color Fantasy 09:45 Voodoo Spell 11:43 Salesman (Sold to The Monkeys) 14:33 Music Box Sound 17:22 Love is Our Existence 19:48 One Last Farewell 22:18 I'm Walkin' Solo 24:41 Silk and Ivory 27:40 Swim 30:18 Revelation Inca 33:28 Lights of Dawn (Nesmeth plays cowbell) 36:19 Thesis 39:00 Knot the Freeze 51:08 Jesus Owns 52:40 Sam Pan Boat 55:52 Fearless Men 59:24 Cheryl (Share All) 01:02:25 Country Girl (Sold to Glen Campbell) 01:05:09 Old Man 01:08:45 King 7 inch 01:08:56 Cheryl 01:12:38 If I Were A King #CraigSmith #MaitreyaKali #Apache #Inca #RSD2025 #LonerFolk #PsychedelicFolk #OutsiderMusic #LosAngelesPsych #PennyArkade #RareVinyl #VinylRip #VinylCollector #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper