Grand Theft - Self-Titled (1972 Mercer Island, WA) | Hard Rock / Psychedelic Rock | Full Vinyl Rip

This is Grand Theft, the 1972 self-titled private press LP by the Seattle-area trio Grand Theft. Band is from Mercer Island, Washington and the album is self-released as GT-1, this is one of the most infamous Pacific Northwest underground records of the era. Recorded in quadraphonic sound, issued with no real cover art, and pressed in a tiny run, it was never meant to be taken seriously. That’s part of what makes it so great. Grand Theft was a side project by members of the Seattle folk-rock band Bluebird. After recording Bluebird material, the trio had leftover studio time and decided to cut a loud, intentionally over-the-top hard rock satire. The album was recorded in one take, straight to a Scully two-track machine, with no overdubs. The engineer set the board using the same settings used on Led Zeppelin sessions, the guitars were intentionally detuned, and the whole thing was designed as semi-controlled chaos. Yes, it was a joke. A parody of Grand Funk-style hard rock excess. But the joke landed harder than expected. Only 1,000 copies were pressed, it was later bootlegged worldwide, and over time the record became a full-blown grail taken very seriously by collectors who didn’t know the backstory. One track from this LP, “Scream (It’s Eating Me Alive)”, was later used by Lance at Permanent Records to open Brown Acid Volume 3, which helped introduce this record to a whole new audience. 🎧 This rip comes from my personal vinyl copy. If you’re into Pacific Northwest underground rock, private press heavy psych, or records that were never supposed to exist but somehow did, this one 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 00:00 Scream (It’s Eating Me Alive) 04:42 Closer To Herfy’s 15:02 Log Rhythms / Meat Midgets 22:35 Depression City R F D 26:36 Closer To Herfy’s (Reprise) Sounds Like Grand Funk Railroad Sir Lord Baltimore Bang Leaf Hound Blue Cheer Pacific Northwest heavy psych and proto-hard rock #GrandTheft #PacificNorthwestRock #SeattleRock #MercerIsland #PrivatePress #HardRock #PsychedelicRock #HeavyPsych #Quadraphonic #RareVinyl #VinylRip #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper #AcidArchives #BrownAcid