ESP 1054 Pearls Before Swine / One Nation Underground
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
MONO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
MONO
Recorded at Impact Sound Studios, N.Y.C., May 6 to May 9, 1967.

Released with a color poster showing the full panel of Bosch' painting.
This entry is for the following variation:
Sepia, unbordered and untitled cover.
Printed spine starting with ''ESP 1054''.
Brown and white labels stating ''Printed in U.S.A.''.
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
Early editions of this first issue came with Poster

Give not that which is Holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn ye on, and rend ye. - Matt.7:6
All compositions except PLAYMATE © 1967 by United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd. (ASCAP)
This Album Dedicated to: CIRCE, ST. MATTHEW, MIKE MOSSOP (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA), and DICK SUMMER (WBZ-Boston)
Front Cover: Detail From THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by HIERONYMUS BOSCH (Dutch 1460 - 1516) Musea del PRADO MADRID

THIS VERSION: Stereo, sepia cover with no band name or other text on front cover. Back cover, spine, and labels say "Stereo". "Made in USA" on labels.
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
Give not that which is Holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn ye on, and rend ye. - Matt.7:6
All compositions except PLAYMATE © 1967 by United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd. (ASCAP)
This Album Dedicated to: CIRCE, ST. MATTHEW, MIKE MOSSOP (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA), and DICK SUMMER (WBZ-Boston)
Front Cover: Detail From THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by HIERONYMUS BOSCH (Dutch 1460 - 1516) Musea del PRADO MADRID
this version with black Label and bordered sleeve.
Give not that which is Holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn ye on, and rend ye. - Matt.7:6
All compositions except PLAYMATE © 1967 by United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd. (ASCAP)
This Album Dedicated to: CIRCE, ST. MATTHEW, MIKE MOSSOP (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA), and DICK SUMMER (WBZ-Boston)
Front Cover: Detail From THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by HIERONYMUS BOSCH (Dutch 1460 - 1516) Musea del PRADO MADRID
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO

Give not that which is Holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn ye on, and rend ye. - Matt.7:6
All compositions except PLAYMATE © 1967 by United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd. (ASCAP)
This Album Dedicated to: CIRCE, ST. MATTHEW, MIKE MOSSOP (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA), and DICK SUMMER (WBZ-Boston)
Front Cover: Detail From THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by HIERONYMUS BOSCH (Dutch 1460 - 1516) Musea del PRADO MADRID

ESP-1054 Stereo on the rear cover, ESPS-1054 on the labels.
156 5th Avenue address on the rear cover.
Off-white labels with Pearls Before Swine logo above center hole.
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
MONO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
MONO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
MONO

Give not that which is Holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn ye on, and rend ye. - Matt.7:6
All compositions except PLAYMATE © 1967 by United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd. (ASCAP)
This Album Dedicated to: CIRCE, ST. MATTHEW, MIKE MOSSOP (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA), and DICK SUMMER (WBZ-Boston)
Front Cover: Detail From THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by HIERONYMUS BOSCH (Dutch 1460 - 1516) Musea del PRADO MADRID

THIS VERSION: Second edition mono, black and white cover with band name.
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
Released with a printed inner sleeve and a color poster showing the full panel of Bosch' painting.
This entry is for the following variation:
Coloured, texted and bordered cover.
Printed spine starting with "Printed in U.S.A.".
Black and white labels stating "Printed in U.S.A." at the bottom.
Stereo caption on front.
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO ?
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
Rear jacket has dark brown printing.and black labels with white printing.

156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
STEREO ?
STEREO ?

similar to One Nation Underground, but labels lettering and drawing is brown on both sides as well as back cover (identical otherwise), and matrix is different.

Printed spine starting with "Printed in U.S.A.".
Brown labels stating "Printed in U.S.A." at the bottom.
Stereo caption on front cover.
"Printed in U.S.A." at the bottom of back cover.

Recorded May 6 to May 9, 1967
156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
STEREO
STEREO
Off-white label with black text.

STEREO
290 West End Ave, NY NY 10023
STEREO ?
290 West End Ave, NY NY 10023
STEREO
All compositions except PLAYMATE © 1967 by United International Copyright Representatives, Ltd. (ASCAP)
This Album Dedicated to: CIRCE, ST. MATTHEW, MIKE MOSSOP (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA), and DICK SUMMER (WBZ-Boston)
Front Cover: Detail From THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by HIERONYMUS BOSCH (Dutch 1460 - 1516) Musea del PRADO MADRID

Green labels stating "Made in Poland".
Bordered sleeve with blue 'stereo' caption.
Includes fold-out full color poster
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, "One Nation Underground", original pressing folk-psych rock lp on ESP-1054, stereo... Included are the hard to find 3 page promo package signed by general manager and ESP owner.....
Test Pressing
 TEST PRESSING of Pearls Before Swine "One Nation Underground" LP (ESP Disk, ESP-1054, 1967, Mono).  The record has some mild light marks but looks rarely played and still has a glossy sheen. 
New LP

2009
Recorded at Impact Sound Studios, N.Y.C., May 6 to May 9, 1967.

Front cover: detail from The Garden Of Delights

© & ℗ 2009 ESP-Disk' Ltd.

Limited and numbered edition of 1000 copies.
The first twenty copies were hand-numbered and signed by ESP founder Bernard Stollman.
Comes with printed inner sleeve and a digital download of the album.
New LP

2009
2009 limited edition pressed on red vinyl.
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Tom Rapp, an 18 year-old draft resistor and college dropout living in Eaugallie, Florida, sent a small unsolicited reel of tape to ESP. Bernard Stollman invited him to bring his musicians to New York, where they recorded their acclaimed debut, One Nation Underground in 1967. Less than a year later, they released the equally strong follow-up, Balaklava. Classics of the genre, which certainly would have seen wider attention had ESP survived past 1968, these recordings are getting a well-deserved second chance, thanks to a thorough remastering, under the supervision of Tom Rapp.

Personnel

Roger Crissinger (org, hpsc, clavioline)
Wayne Harley (autoharp, bj, mand, vib, oscillator, harmony vo)
Tom Rapp (g, vo)
Lane Lederer (bag, ehr, h, sarangui, cel, finger cymb, vo)
Warren Smith (d, per)
Swine Chorus (harmony vocal group)

Track Listing

1. Another Time
2. Playmate
3. Ballad To An Amber Lady
4. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse
5. Drop Out!
6. Morning Song
7. Regions Of May
8. Uncle John
9. I Shall Not Care

Impact Studios, NYC, May 6-9, 1967

* part of ESP-Disk' ESP 4003.

Press Quotes

Psychedelic-folk debut from one of the most erudite, literate minds in rock, Thomas D. Rapp (and the first of his ever-changing Swine). Although the songs here lack some cohesion, this is still a stunning piece of work, from the nightmarish sleeve art -- the "Hell Panel" from Hieronymus Bosch's 15th century painting "Garden of Delights" -- to the strange yet powerful songs. - Peter Kurtz

“…an omni-present 'n' undisputed semi-masterpiece it is and almost a perfect album if there is such a thing…” Benbenek

(ESP-Disk')