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Legendary late-\u201960s teen garage psychedelic album from Boston. In the winter of 1968, a young rock group from Lynn, Massachusetts, was commissioned by a Boston advertising firm to record an album and a jingle for a famous local Candy company. The resulting LP was offered as a mail-order premium inside Waleeco candy bars, marketed through Fleetwood Recording Studio in Revere and issued on its own custom label. Its fate was extraordinary: in 1974, Fleetwood reportedly discarded scores of unopened boxes of the LP. Fortunately, the original master tapes survived. The 1968 mastering process of the original album had compromised the stereo image by combining the channels into mono. This reissue, sourced from the original \u00bc-inch master tapes, restores the striking separation: instrumental tracks often occupy the left channel while the right carries the music through Fleetwood\u2019s distinctive plate reverb. Musically, Waleeco is remarkably diverse, blending folk, classical, rock and West Coast psychedelic influences into a richly atmospheric whole. The driving \u201cFeelin\u2019 Much Better\u201d and \u201cFour & Twenty Miles\u201d showcase the band\u2019s garage\/psych\/folk-rock sound, while Rick Doyle\u2019s fluid, understated fuzzy guitar work runs throughout the album. Quieter pieces such as \u201cWhen You\u2019re There\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m So Happy\u201d reveal the group\u2019s thoughtful lyrical side, creating a distinctly introspective mood. Keyboard-led tracks including \u201cPrelude for the Town Monk\u201d and the haunting \u201cDark Street Downtown\u201d demonstrate an adventurous approach to melody and dynamics, while \u201cPortrait in Grey\u201d builds from a subdued instrumental opening to a dramatic crescendo before fading into silence. Even their sole cover, \u201cMidnight Hour,\u201d is transformed into an almost unrecognizable, soft, dreamy ballad. The album closes with \u201cSatori,\u201d a psychedelic instrumental that shows the group\u2019s adventurous studio experimentation. Long sought after by collectors, *Waleeco* stands as a remarkable time capsule of the first psychedelic era. *Sourced from the original masters *Original artwork in hard cardboard sleeve *Four-pannel insert with liner notes and cool photos \u201c\u2026one of the better Bosstown artifacts\u2026\u201d – Aaron Milenski (Acid Archives)<\/p>\n
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