Strictly limited to 1 per customer
This record will be released on Record Store Day (April 20th) 2024. RSD releases will be available in our physical location on Record Store Day. Anything still in stock will be available to order online here at 5am PST / 8am EST on Sunday, April 21st.
• Cut from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray
• Includes liner notes & photos by Peter Sando
• All Analog Process (AAA)
• High quality vinyl release
• Limited edition of 1500 for RSD 2024
If you’re as obsessed with unfairly unheralded bands as we are, bringing out a proper, well-deserved official re-release to change that course is always an honor. Case in point, Jackpot Records proudly announce GANDALF’s 1969 self-titled release as one of our proudest moments. Working alongside band member Peter Sando from the original master tapes, it is time for the rest of the uninitiated to catch up with this beautifully crafted haunting psych-pop record (fans of THE LEFT BANKE, KALEIDOSCOPE, THE MILLENNIUM, and THE ZOMBIES, take note!).
Recorded at Century Sound in Manhattan with Grammy-winning producer Brooks Arthur (who engineered Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl”), the production of the album was created on the spot in the studio with arrangements being thrown about and the incredibly haunted vocals being recorded directly from the band’s PA using a Binson Echorec to make this innovative sound (Pink Floyd later used the same echo unit to great effect). Add to that sitars, vibes, B3 organs, harpsichord, minor tragic guitar chords, and bass drones aplenty, and you’ve got the recipe for an album that bears listening to with eyes closed, music cranked, mind open.
So get in on the beauty of this record, and as Sando says on the liner notes: “Put the needle in the groove, sit back, and take the trip with GANDALF.” Enough said.
Track listing
Golden Earrings
Hang On To A Dream
Never Too Far
Scarlet Ribbons
You Upset The Grace Of Living
Can You Travel In The Dark Alone
Nature Boy
Tiffany Rings
Me About You
I Watch The Moon
