Euphoria & West Coast Pop Art Experiment (1969 LA) | Baroque Psych / Sunshine Pop | Vinyl Stream

Two Los Angeles records, same era, very different approaches. A Gift From Euphoria came out on Capitol in 1969, written and recorded by Hamilton Wesley Watt Jr. and William D. Lincoln. Baroque psych meeting sunshine pop meeting early country-rock - orchestrated arrangements sitting next to raw psychedelic edges, which shouldn't work as well as it does. This copy is the Jackpot Records RSD 2026 reissue, limited to 1000 copies, cut all-analog from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. AAA cuts from Gray tend to be worth hearing on their own terms, and the Capitol master tapes for this one have plenty to work with. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Vol 1 is a different situation entirely. This copy is an original US white label promo in mono - the WLP mono of Vol 1 is one of the more sought-after pressings in the LA psych world. The band was built around Bob Markley, a wealthy socialite who financed the project, and the Bhatt brothers. The results are strange and genuinely experimental in a way that a lot of records calling themselves experimental weren't. 00:00 Intro 00:00 RSD 'A Gift From Euphoria' LP 00:00 'West Coast Pop Art Experiment - Vol 1' US WLP Mono 00:00 Close Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ Full vinyl rips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn #Euphoria #AGiftFromEuphoria #RSD2026 #PsychedelicRock #CountryRock #VinylRip #KevinGray #AAA #JackpotRecords #1969Rock #FolkRock #VinylPiper #MorningStream