Planet of the Apes.. A Musical Trip (1974)

                                 

A very long time ago as a child,
I was into all the P.O.T.A. stuff. {the Movies, the TV Show, the MEGO dolls, etc...}
My Mom took me, my sis, & a few close friends to a local theatre
to see a performance of people dressed up as the apes.
I can remember the lead ape & other performers (in brown tights!) singing and dancing,
and running around the theatre stirring up the audience,
along with background projections of scenes apropos to the songs...   :  /

At the end of the performance, we went outside to the front of the theatre,
and they were selling dozens of these promotional LP's.
Needless to say, Mom bought me one,
and I proceeded to play it all throughout Kindergarten...lol
I don't remember the fate of that original purchase LP,
but by the 1st Grade, the album was gone...

several years after,
i would mention this strange LP to people, and what it was about...
...and they would give me the deer in the headlights look,
thinking that it must've been very weird...

It would be a total of 30 years & Ebay later,
that 2 or 3 copies of this ultra rare LP would surface again,
I wound up paying close to $100 for this copy,
...which I present to you, here ... YT Streaming

more detailed info on this LP {...need to scroll down a little..}


June 2019 UPDATE:

If you have been following the dialogue
in the comment section of this post over the last few years,
you'll know that i have been Honored by ALL of the Musicians on this 1974 LP,
who were kind enough to Contribute some Rare Information about the events & circumstances that 'led to/became of' this obscure POTA LP at that time...
(including the Gig at the legendary Max's Kansas City in NYC)

These Rare Pictures below, are some local newspaper clippings/personal photos of the aforementioned events of Late 1974 into Early 1975

..and i would again  like to Thank Guitarist Roger Briggs
for contributing these photos (and more) ...