Muere Kevin Ayers a los 68 años.

Es la noticia triste del dia para los amantes de la buena música en general. Pocos sabíamos de este hecho cuando hoy se ha puesto a circular por Internet y las redes sociales de este suceso, un varapalo para muchos amantes de la buena música tanto setentera como imperecedera, porque hay cosas en el mundo de la música que no tiene fecha de caducidad, y la de Kevin Ayers forma parte de ese privilegio.

Para saber de Kevin Ayers, ésta es una buena referencia.

Kevin Ayers era todo un músico y cantante poco dado a la ortodoxia y a la necesidad de notoriedad. No es que fuese un gran seguidor de su música, pero sí he seguido de cerca varios de sus primeros discos post-Soft Machine: "Joy of a Toy", "Shooting at the Moon", "Whatevershebringswesing" y "Bananamour", sin olvidarme de su álbum en vivo, grabado un 1 de junio de 1974 en compañia de otros artistas de la nueva vanguardia musical: Nico, Brian Eno, John Cale y Mike Oldfield. Sobre todo, destacar cómo un jovencísimo Mike Oldfield entraría a formar parte de aquella fugaz banda de acompañamiento fundada por Kevin Ayers para las sesiones de grabación de varios de los discos mencionados y participar en varias de las giras del grupo, tocando tanto el bajo como la guitarra eléctrica.



Varios medios nacionales e internacionales se han hecho eco del deceso del artista, dos dias después de haberse producido el mismo. Vaya desde estas líneas mi más sinceras condolencias a su familia y a sus seguidores en todo el mundo.

Enlaces relacionados:

Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
Mojo
Mondo Sonoro
El Pais

"V", el primer recopilatorio de Virgin Records

Con temor a equivocarme, creo estar ante el primer álbum recopilatorio firmado por la compañía discográfica Virgin Records, fundada por Richard Branson, Simon Draper y Nik Powell en 1972, después de un periodo funcionando como una tienda de discos en una pequeña y céntrica calle de Londres.

El doble LP ha sido producido por Simon Draper. La peculiar fotografía que ilustra la portada en sus varias ediciones europeas ha sido montada por Michael Joseph, bajo la supervisión de Trevor Key como autor conceptual y diseñador de la misma. El misterio de la mano con seis dedos, dos de los cuales se alzan haciendo el signo de la victoria, podría entenderse o interpretarse de muchas maneras y es mejor dejarlo en manos de los grandes entendidos en este tema, pero no deja de ser realmente curiosa dicha imagen. En la contraportada podemos ver en su parte central y en un recuadro la ilustración de un conejo blanco y el mensaje "So What!" sobre su pata haciendo igualmente el signo de la uve. El sentido de dicha frase también vale para hacer un posterior análisis.

Centrándonos por fin en su contenido, "V" como se llama a secas, es un álbum de doble carpeta desplegable (gatefold) con dos vinilos y con el característico diseño del sello realizado por Roger Dean adornando las galletas de ambos discos. Al abrir la carpeta, la lista de los contenidos se muestra de forma artística, incluyendo dentro de un recuadro alusivo a cada uno de los grupos y artistas involucrados en el mismo la canción o canciones incluidas, todo ello preciosamente ilustrado por Julia Fryer y Nick Darke.

Al tiempo de escribir este artículo, me estoy acordando del exhaustivo análisis realizado por un ilustre colaborador del fanzine "Orabidoo" de José Cantos hace ya bastante tiempo. Me asombró la cantidad de información y ojalá lo hubiera usado si hubiese conservado el número donde apareció, no para descontextualizar parte del texto sino para sacar mis propias conclusiones para el papel que este artículo del blog debería desempeñar.

Puestos entonces a hacer una valoración del mismo, puedo decir, al poseer personalmente dos ediciones como las que habéis visto en la foto de más arriba (británica original y española), que es un álbum completo, un compendio de los varios estilos a los que Virgin Records ha querido arriesgarse a publicar bajo su propio sello con algo de acierto por su parte. Varios de los artistas recogidos han tenido éxito por varios motivos y otros, sin embargo, pasaron más desapercibidos para la mayoría. El objeto de este recopilatorio es precisamente dar a conocer parte del catálogo de Virgin en aquel momento con una muestra de varios de sus grupos y artistas contratados, tanto si gusta como si no al comprador del mismo. En el riesgo está la clave y tanto Richard Branson como Simon Draper sabían por completo a lo que se exponían, pero gracias a las impresionantes ventas de algunos de sus primeros lanzamientos comerciales (entre ellos, el ineludible "Tubular Bells" de Mike Oldfield y el excelente "Phaedra" de Tangerine Dream) pudieron expandirse y convertirse hoy en dia en una de las grandes empresas del pais británico, convirtiendo asimismo a Branson en todo un millonario aventurero y excéntrico como pocos.

La lista de las canciones es tan variopinta como la de los artistas que lo integran, si bien algunos de ellos son bastante reconocibles:

DISCO 1:

Cara A:

1. Robert Wyatt - Yesterday Man (3.07)
2. Mike Oldfield - Don Alfonso (versión extendida) (6.04)
3. Ivor Cutler - Go And Sit Upon The Grass (2.20)
4. Tangerine Dream - Overture (11.06) (parte de la banda sonora de la producción de "Tirano Edipo" de Sófocles para el Festival de Chichester)

Cara B:

1. Kevin Coyne - Marjory Razorblade (8.30) (grabación en vivo en el Hyde Park de Londres)
2. Kevin Coyne - Looking For The River (3.06)
3. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Mirror Man (4.42)
4. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Upon The My-O-My (4.00)

DISCO 2:

Cara C:

1. Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Extract From The Messiah (1.45)
2. Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - A Worm Is At Work (1.48) (ambas canciones extraidas del álbum Desperate Straights de la unión de ambas formaciones)
3. Tom Newman - Sad Sing (2.17)
4. Tom Newman - Superman (3.30) (ambas canciones extraidas de su álbum "Fine Old Tom")
5. Chili Charles - Semba (3.20)
6. Jabula - Baile (They Are Gone) (4.33) (la sección de percusión de este grupo tuvo un notable protagonismo en el álbum "Ommadawn" de Mike Oldfield)

Cara D:

1. Clearlight Symphony (Cyrille Verdeaux) - Extract From Part 1 (4.00)
2. Hatfield And The North - Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut (incorporating "Oh What A Lovely Lifetime") (6.08)
4. White Noise II (David Vorhaus) - Extract From White Noise II (4.00)
5. Steve Hillage - Pentagramaspinn (5.45)

El sampler de Virgin fue editado tanto en el Reino Unido (VD 2502) como en otros paises europeos, incluyendo España (bajo el epígrafe "Las Cosas Del Virgin Sound"). En la base de datos de Rate Your Music figuran dichas ediciones.

UK: Virgin 2LP: VD 2502
Francia: Virgin/CPF 2LP: 940 801/2
Alemania: Virgin/Ariola 2LP: 88 588 XBT
Italia: Virgin/Orrizonte 2LP: ORL 8309/10
España: Virgin/Ariola 2LP: 88588-XH
Yugoslavia: Virgin/RTB 2LP: LP 5518/19-VD2502

Algo más tarde, se publicaría una edición japonesa con un tracklist y portada diferentes bajo el nombre genérico "Virgin Sound" (Y-96, 1975)

July - July (1968, Major Minor)

July were a psychedelic rock band from Ealing, London that were professionally active between 1968 and 1969. The band's music was a blend of psychedelic rock and pop, marked by lush harmonies, acoustic guitars, keyboards, and intricate lead guitar work. Although none of the band's records managed to chart in the UK or the U.S., July are today best remembered for their songs "My Clown", "Dandelion Seeds", and "The Way", which have all been included on a number of compilation albums over the years.

There is some dispute regarding the band's origin: according to encyclopaedia author Colin Larkin, the Allmusic website, and a number of other sources, the band's origin can be traced back to a late 1950s skiffle group named the Playboys, which later transitioned into a rhythm and blues band and changed their name to The Thoughts, before finally becoming The Tomcats. However, in a 2009 podcast interview the band members themselves disputed this history, calling it "a misunderstanding". According to the band, they initially formed in the early 1960s as The Dreamers and began playing music that was influenced by The Shadows and the Everly Brothers amongst others. The Dreamers soon changed their name to The Tomcats, however, due to the national success that Freddie and the Dreamers were enjoying at the time, and they also transitioned into playing harder rhythm and blues music, influenced by the likes of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. The original Tomcats' line-up included guitarist and singer Tom Newman, bassist Alan James, lead guitarist Peter Cook, and drummer Chris Jackson, but this incarnation of the band broke up in 1965. Alan James has stated that it was Newman's father who suggested The Tomcats as a new name, which the group then used.

Meanwhile, another London based R&B group, named Second Thoughts, came together in 1965. Second Thoughts included conga player, flautist and keyboardist Jon Field, guitarist Tony Duhig, lead singer Patrick Campbell-Lyons, and future member of Thunderclap Newman John "Speedy" Keen among its members. Like The Tomcats, Second Thoughts also broke up in 1965, with singer Patrick Campbell-Lyons departing to form the psychedelic rock band Nirvana with Alex Spyropoulos. Soon after, a new line-up of The Tomcats came together, featuring members of the original band and ex-members of Second Thoughts: Newman on vocals, Duhig on guitar, Field on flute/keyboards, James on bass, and Jackson on drums.[ The Tomcats then relocated to Spain and enjoyed success there during 1966 as "Los Tomcats", playing gigs in Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands, as well as reaching the Spanish charts with a string of EPs.

After returning to London, Newman and his friend Pete Cook (who had been in the first incarnation of The Tomcats) began writing new material for the group that was less R&B influenced and more psychedelic in nature. The band changed their name to July in 1968 and secured a recording contract with Major Minor Records soon after. The band, who were by now managed by Spencer Davis, released "My Clown" b/w "Dandelion Seeds" as their first single in 1968, but it failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. The band also issued a self-titled album in 1968, but this too failed to reach the charts. Newman was later (in a 1975 interview) to recall the description by one reviewer who said that "it was the worst album they'd ever heard and a complete waste of plastic". In the years since its release, the July album has become a much sought after rarity among collectors of British psychedelia. A second single was released, coupling the non-album song "Hello, Who's There?" with "The Way" but again, this release was a commercial failure.

July disbanded in 1969, with Duhig going on to play in the band Unit 4 + 2, before hooking up with Field and vocalist Glyn Havard to form Jade Warrior. Newman released a number of solo albums (Fine Old Tom, Faerie Symphony, Live at the Argonaut, Aspects, Bayou Moon, Tall Scary Things, Snow Blind...) and also produced several albums for other artists, including Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Platinum, Amarok, Tubular Bells II, and Heaven's Open).

In the years since the band's demise, the July album has been reissued a number of times by different record labels. There have also been two compilations released by the band: the 1987 LP Dandelion Seeds, which features all of the tracks from the July album and both sides of the "Hello, Who's There?" single; and 1995's The Second of July, which contains previously unreleased alternate versions and outtakes. In addition, songs by July have appeared on a number of various artists compilations, including The British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 2, It's Only a Passing Phase, Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, Vol. 1, The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol 3: 1965–1970, Acid Drops, Spacedust, & Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionery, and Insane Times: 25 British Psychedelic Artefacts from the EMI Vaults.

In 2009, Tom Newman, Pete Cook, Chris Jackson, and Alan James reformed July.

(C) Wikipedia.

Tracklist:

A1 My Clown - 3:23
A2 Dandelion Seeds - 4:29
A3 Jolly Mary - 2:20
A4 Hallo to Me - 2:59
A5 You Missed It All - 2:51
A6 The Way - 3:23
B1 To Be Free - 2:49
B2 Move on Sweet Flower - 3:25
B3 Crying Is for Writers - 2:36
B4 I See - 2:40
B5 Friendly Man - 3:09
B6 A Bird Lived - 2:39

The eponymous album was issued as vinyl long-play by Major Minor and Epic labels in 1968, on CD during 2005 and 2008 by Air Mail and Rev-Ola labels, and lately reprinted in 180-gr vinyl in this year by different houses: Guerssen (Spain), Essex and Sweet Dandelion (both UK).

Available as digital archives on main online shopping centers: Amazon, iTunes, 7Digital and also from LastFM. Available for online listening through legal streaming music applications like Deezer and Spotify.

Pink Floyd - Live in San Tropez (1970)

Extraordinaria y única grabación del concierto de Pink Floyd en el Festival de Música de San Tropez el 7 de agosto de 1970.

Los temas interpretados en dicho evento fueron:

- Atom Heart Mother
- Embryo
- Green Is The Colour
- Careful With That Axe, Eugene
- Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun
- Cymbaline.

Ver dicho concierto en Google Videos.

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine, la película (1968)

Me sorprende Internet cada vez más. No creo que esto que he acabado de encontrar vaya a durar mucho tiempo, pero quién sabe. Si no les importa a lo que queda de los Beatles (Paul y Ringo), pues puede permanecer en la red por tiempo indefinido.

Todos sabemos que "Yellow Submarine", o al menos los que somos fans de los Beatles (que seremos muchísimos), es una gran película de animación de 1968 basada en la homónima canción del cuarteto de Liverpool, incluida en el álbum "Revolver" de 1966. Fue dirigida por el animador canadiense George Dunning, y producida por United Artists y King Features Syndicate. Los mismos Beatles aparecen sólo casi al final de la película, mientras que los Beatles animados fueron doblados por los siguientes actores:

- John Clive - John
- Geoffrey Hughes - Paul
- Peter Batten - George
- Paul Angelis - Ringo (y también prestó la voz de George, tras el arresto policial de Batten por su deserción de la Armada Británica durante el periodo de la grabación)

La historia nos lleva a un mundo imaginario llamado Pepperland.

Pepperland es un alegre paraíso musical bajo el mar, protegida por la Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, el cual cae bajo un ataque sorpresivo por los Blue Meanies (Malines Azules), quienes odian la música. Su ataque consiste en encerrar a la banda en una burbuja, paralizar a los ciudadanos y convertirlo todo en un color azul grisáceo.

El anciano alcalde de Pepperland, antes de caer paralizado, envía a Joven Fred en un abandonado submarino amarillo para buscar ayuda. Fred llega a Liverpool, donde encuentra y sigue a un deprimido y cabizbajo Ringo y lo persuade para que lo ayude. Ringo procede a reunir a sus "amigos" John, George, y finalmente Paul. Los cinco viajeros parten a Pepperland en el submarino amarillo, pasando a través de varios episodios, tras los cuales habrán de encontrar la manera de vencer a los Meanies y devolver la música, la magia y el esplendor de antaño a los habitantes de Pepperland.



Este film fue vanguardista, excitante, algo realmente nuevo en el mundo de la animación y con un éxito muy grande. El argumento narra las peripecias de unos Beatles dibujados, sobre un universo irreal de fantasías psicodélicas, con seres y espacios evocadores de esta estética. Toda esta mezcla consiguió entusiasmar a los seguidores como nunca otra película lo había hecho.

Se ha sabido recientemente que será reestrenada en el 2012, con ocasión de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres de ese mismo año. Disney será la encargada de llevarla a las pantallas consiguiendo los derechos y lanzarla en 3D Digital. La película será dirigida por Robert Zemeckis, utilizando la misma técnica que en sus películas "Polar Express", "Beowulf" y "Los Fantasmas de Scrooge". Miedo me da lo que pueda hacer como buen fan que soy... prefiero el original por supuesto, pero habrá que esperar a su estreno...

Una cosa que quizás no sepa la mayoría es que los mismos Beatles no estuvieron muy entusiasmados de participar en la tercera película, tras al fracaso de la producción para televisión del road-movie "Magical Mystery Tour", no así el álbum con las memorables canciones de ese film (I Am The Walrus, Hello Goodbye, Fool On The Hill, entre ellas), pero al oir las voces de ellos imitadas por los actores, aceptaron hacer un cameo en live-action al final y cantando nuevamente la canción "All Together Now" que se oiría durante la escena del primer viaje de los Fab Four animados en el submarino amarillo.

Ver el film: Yellow Submarine (Google Videos)

Enlaces relacionados:

- RTVE.es: Disney y Zemekis harán una versión de la película Yellow Submarine
- El Pais: Disney prepara un remake de la película
- Rolling Stone: Disney, Zemeckis Plot Remake of the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”

Pink Floyd - The Last Gadgets Of Oxyminus (1969)

Bootleg concert containing two live sets 17 Sep 1969, (1-7) Amsterdam Concertgebouw, London, January - August '69 (8 - 10).

Seven of the recorded tracks also surface on the Amsterdam '69 ROIO. Several species... should read Grantchester Meadows (excellent version, imho). The jazzy Biding my Time is transformed into heavy metal by Dave's rocking solo, really great. Excellent version of Cymbaline, imho. ASOS doesn't contain the lead vocals by Dave (this one is quite bad quality). The first Green is the colour is sang by Roger, the second is by Dave. Quite good quality, what makes this ROIO great is the great mood it can create. Also the performances are very strong. - Zaphy

Format: CD
Catalog: WPOCM 0989do33-2 World Production Of Compact Music
Matrix Disc: OPTICAL MILAN ITALY WPOMD 033
(P) 1989 Made in Italy

Tracklist:

1. Several Species... 7:02
2. Biding My Time 4:32
3. The Grandvizer's Garden Party (III, Exit) 1:13
4. Sleep (=Cymbaline) 12:10
5. Labyrinth 3:00
6. Green Is The Colour 3:21
7. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 2:35
8. A Saucerful Of Secrets 6:36
9. The Narrow Way 4:27
10. Green Is The Colour 6:04





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Pink Floyd - The Man And The Journey (1969)

Live at the Concertgebow, Amsterdam, Sept. 17, 1969.

Label: Great Dane Records
Cat. nº: GDR CD 9207
Country: Italy
Date release: 1992
Not for sale - For promotional use only

The Man and the Journey is the name of a conceptual music piece performed at Pink Floyd live shows in 1969. It consists of several of their early songs coupled with material that would appear on Soundtrack from the Film More and Ummagumma, as well as unreleased songs. The material was incorporated into two album-length suites, The Man and The Journey. The concerts also included visual performance elements such as the sawing and construction of a table and consumption of afternoon tea onstage.

The concept was first performed 14 April, 1969 at the Royal Festival Hall in a show billed as The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes - More Furious Madness from Pink Floyd. A truncated version of the show was recorded 12 May, 1969 for the Top Gear radio programme. The 17 September performance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is the most widely bootlegged of the shows on the tour because it was broadcast by radio station VPRO. Plans for an official live album release of The Man and the Journey were considered, but abandoned due to overlap of material with Ummagumma.

To most fans, the work is either entirely unknown or at least unrecognized as the genesis of Pink Floyd's 'themed pieces'. The band themselves have seldom made reference to it in later interviews. Yet the unique combination of quadraphonic sound effects, abstract program music, and recursive themes — all of which can be traced to The Man and The Journey — were to become further developed in the band's most enduring music.

Tracklist:

Part I: The Man

1. "Daybreak, Pt. I" ("Grantchester Meadows", from Ummagumma) 8:09
2. "Work" (Percussion and vibraphone with musical sawing & hammering) 3:50
3. "Teatime" (Pink Floyd were served tea on stage at this point)
4. "Afternoon" ("Biding My Time", from Relics) 5:15
5. "Doing It!" ("The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entertainment)" [6:12 onwards], from Ummagumma, or in some performances it was replaced by a unique combination of "Up the Khyber" [from More] and an early "Heart Beat Pig Meat" [from Zabriskie Point]) 3:49
6. "Sleep" ("Quicksilver", from Soundtrack from the Film More) 4:40
7. "Nightmare" ("Cymbaline", from More) 8:57
8. "Daybreak, Pt. II" ("Grantchester Meadows" instrumental reprise, with alarm clock sound effects) 1:13

Part II: The Journey

1. "The Beginning" ("Green Is the Colour", from Soundtrack from the Film More) 4:49
2. "Beset By Creatures of the Deep" ("Careful with That Axe, Eugene") 6:18
3. "The Narrow Way" ("The Narrow Way, Part 3", from Ummagumma) 5:09
4. "The Pink Jungle" ("Pow R. Toc H.", from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, or in some performances a unique instrumental, similar to "Nick's Boogie") 4:49
5. "The Labyrinths of Auximines" (Part of "Interstellar Overdrive", from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, a riff commonly played during the middle, not the main riff) 6:34
6. "Behold the Temple of Light" (A few seconds of this piece is heard on Ummagumma just before "The Narrow Way, part 3", greatly expanded here) 5:28
7. "The End of the Beginning" ("A Saucerful of Secrets, Pt. IV - Celestial Voices" [8:38 onwards], from A Saucerful of Secrets) 6:14





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Eric Burdon & The Animals - Winds Of Change (1967)

Winds of Change fue un álbum lanzado en Septiembre de 1967 por Eric Burdon & The Animals.

La banda original, The Animals, se disgregó el año anterior para reorganizarse de nuevo con nuevos miembros, salvo el vocalista principal Eric Burdon y el batería Barry Jenkins, quien se unió al primer grupo cuando John Steel abandonó The Animals en el mes de febrero de 1966. Con esta nueva formación, junto con el guitarrista Vic Briggs, el bajista Danny McCulloch y el violinista John Wider, Burdon comenzó una transición desde el sonido original del mítico grupo, a caballo entre el blues y el rock de los sesenta, para recalar hacia un estilo más sicodélico, un sonido que ya era bastante frecuente en los círculos "underground" hasta hacerse más popular, gracias al surgimiento de grupos como Pink Floyd o The Syn.

El disco abre con el sonido de las olas batiendo en el primer corte, que da título al LP, "Winds of Change". "Poem by the Sea" es una pieza hablada interpretada por Eric Burdon, junto con una serie de instrumentos convenientemente tratados en el estudio de grabación, con efectos de eco y resonancia. "Good Times" y "San Franciscan Nights" fueron los temas más populares del álbum, de forma que el segundo entró como single en el mercado, llegando a alcanzar el puesto nº 10 de las listas de ventas casi a finales de 1967, unas semanas después del lanzamiento del álbum.

La canción "Yes I Am Experienced" fue escrita por Burdon a modo de respuesta hacia el disco de su admirador y también amigo Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced?", publicado en los comienzos de aquel año.

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After the original Geordie Animals collapsed in 1966, Tyneside blues boy Eric Burdon formed a new version and embraced psychedelia in a rather big way. Consequently, Winds Of Change is the sound of him sledgehammering his doors of perception into matchwood, whereupon he also puts the windows in, and then causes the drains of perception to back up.

How else to explain this completely uninhibited brain spillage on death, hassles with his old lady, how he really digs all kinds of music and why you really want to move to San Francisco right away, played in lumpen-baroque hippy-rock style?

Gloriously, and despite the presence of Dylan/Simon & Garfunkel producer Tom Wilson, it seems there was no steady hand on the tiller here - the church bell on the Hammer film knock-off The Black Plague sounds like the bell on an old London bus, for example, while loopy bongoid rap Man-Woman could have been sung by Lorenzo ‘Love Power’ St Dubois off The Producers. But you can’t legislate for this kind of unhinged variety. A triumph.

Ian Harrison (© Mojo)

Sello discográfico: MGM
Fecha lanzamiento: Sept. 1967
Nº Catálogo: E 4484 (USA) / CS 8052 (UK)
Productor: Tom Wilson

Pistas del LP:

Side 1

1. Winds of Change (4:00)
2. Poem by the Sea (2:15)
3. Paint It, Black (6:20)
4. The Black Plague (6:05)
5. Yes I Am Experienced (3:40)

Side 2

1. San Franciscan Nights (3:24)
2. Man - Woman (5:25)
3. Hotel Hell (4:20)
4. Good Times (2:50)
5. Anything (3:20)
6. It's All Meat (2:50)

Cómpralo / Buy it:

- Amazon
- Ciao.es
- CD Universe
- Price Minister
- HB Direct
- Play.com (UK)
- 3-MP3
- Go Music

Tyrannosaurus Rex - My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... (1968)

My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows is the debut album by British rock band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later known as T. Rex), released in 1968. The record features Marc Bolan on vocals and guitars, and Steve Peregrine Took on backing vocals, drums, pixiephone, and percussion. It also features disc jockey John Peel, who reads a Bolan-penned fairytale for the album's closing track, "Frowning Atahuallpa (My Inca Love)", which includes what must be one of the earliest "Hare Krishna" chants on a British pop record (two years before George Harrison's My Sweet Lord).

The album's music is much influenced by Tyrannosaurus Rex' psychedelic contemporaries, and marks, for Bolan, a rejection of the electric guitar–led freakbeat music he'd been playing with his previous band, John's Children.

Recordings of the songs "Mustang Ford" (single release, titled "Go Go Girl") and "Hot Rod Mama" (live) by John's Children exist.

Released: July 5, 1968
Recorded at Advision Studios, London
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic folk
Length: 33:18
Label: Regal Zonophone, LRZ 1003 (mono), SRZ 1003 (stereo).
Producer: Tony Visconti

Actually, a decent second-hand LP may have a "nice" value for collectors if looking at eBay stores, but first try at your local record fairs or second-hand record shops, then other towns secondly.

The new 180-gram vinyl LP contains the bonus track "Debora" plus a lyric sheet, available at Aural Exploits shopping web.

Track Listing:

1. Hot Rod Mama
2. Scenscof
3. Child Star
4. Strange Orchestras
5. Chateau In Virginia Waters
6. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
7. Mustang Ford
8. Afghan Woman
9. Knight
10. Graceful Fat Sheba
11. Weilder Of Words
12. Frowming Atahuallpa

Bonus: Debora (from A-side 7" single c/w "Child Star", Regal Zonophone RZ-3008, 1968 - rereleased on Fly label, 1972), and included in the recent remastered edition with added tracks.




Lyrics

This will be my last post before my little holidays I start tomorrow. I'll be back in September. See ya!

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The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Nightmare (1968)

From the lost treasure Peter Sykes' 1968 head-trip film "The Committee", here is The Crazy World of Arthur Brown performing the jazzy, jarring 'Nightmare' and a Jimmy Smith-like Hammond organ groover filmed at a party scene in the LSE.