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....RARE 1970 ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL....
SWIRL VERTIGO TOP COPY CATAPILLA USA -VERTIGO SWIRL - VEL 1006 PROMOTIONAL PLAYS CLEAN RARE and highly sought 1970 ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL features the very first CATAPILLA, a full blown progressive sound ...
CATAPILLA, the British underground progressive crew from the early 70 s released two interesting albums of experimental prog-rock, without symphonic traces as in other bands of the moment such as AFFINITY, CRESSIDA, or SPRING.
The band had a line-up of six to seven people performing to excellent extents on winds, keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals, bass, and drums and features a unique female vocalist.The cover art on this album seems to symbolize the attitude of the band and their music - conventional music and establishment styles being nibbled away by brave unconventional music - commercially brave as this their debut and Changes which followed, even being released on Philips own dizzy experimental record label Vertigo failed to reach a mass audience, both albums remain highly collectable rarities.
The attractive gatefold sleeve pictues a nibbled apple, leaving just the core on the reverse.
But down to the album, the music is far from boring - much of it consists of hypnotic grooves and jams, the vocalist allowing the musicians a lot of space to improvise between verses.
The first track Naked Death deals with a theme common on both albums, disenchantment with society and the environment in general With tasty, silent and naked hands, the breaking days ways their commerce, the routine grey face broke on fools we lay down bound to all these rules and Staying impotent, settling down, just means that death, comes fast around ....you get the picture..? not exactly optimistic, but such pessimistic lyrics were common at the time, Past dustbins filled with stray cartoons, garbage cans and rusty bins, the stream of life calls, we divide, the time and fear that we deny .
At over fifteen minutes the track features some nice guitar riffs and winds solos, the music is reminiscent of Colosseum in style, jam-like, and Anna Meek s wild vocals comparisons with a posh Julie Driscoll could be valid here are an acquired taste, but fit in with the music perfectly.
There could be style comparisons made here with Curved Air who came some years later to great commercial success, proving much early seventies obscure music was very ahead of its time in my opinion.
The next track, a short song called Tumbleweed is on the theme of a woman musing how her children could turn out Cooking up a daydream about being somebody s auntie.
Planning, living out of fantasies of having a child of your own.
And if the child had his mother s eyes and his mother s nose, he s got the same dimpled smile as his grandad , The vocals are more restrained on this simple song.
Elsewhere Promises kicks into a tastey jaazy/rock/prog groove, the song is about broken promises and disillusionment Promises you made to me, of freedom love and luxury, are now part of an history s back numbers.
The liberties that you are taking Ensure that people s shaking, would eventually whip us from this slumber.
Anna s voice is given full rein on this track as she screeches her way through those angry lyrics...
Side 2 brings us to the 24 minute Embryonic Fusion , a rather grand title but is exactly that, it features some great moments.
The piece is too structured to be a jam, and features some nice wind solos and wailing vocals from Anna, and characteristically dramatic lyrics A thunderous cave crashed by lightning, its measure outmost wild.
Under this fury, the rose has grown, a rose, so rich, so pure.
The track has various changes of tempo, from a swaying rhythm in the opening, punctuated by short guitar solos, with complex chord changes, the band beats in swirling whirls throughout most of the piece which then slows down to a slower tempo giving Anna s full range to improvise her oos and aahs between verses - Her rich perfume, in vitrum expansive royal to take, to take away his own bay billboard.
It s a beast, come and take her honey, but please go away, away, to see, go away to see .
We then kick into a faster groove and nice solos for the remainder of the album, and rounds off with a rousing finale, overall a very entertaining album and an interesting example of early seventies experimentation in the underground prog/rock genre.
- Robert Calvert / winds- Hugh Eaglestone / winds- Malcolm Frith / drums - Anna Meek / lead vocals - Thiery Rheinhart / wind instruments - Dave Taylor / bass- Graham Wilson / beefy guitars Naked death 15:38 Tumbleweed 3:54 Promises 5:42 Embryonic fusion 24:08 CONDITION: The Cover: thick gatefold cover is in sharp, clean shape, rated EX excellent contains a unique transparent song titles PROMO sticker on front that raises the value as a unique 70 pre-release item...
bright orig colors...no bends, no writing and no split seams ...
The Vinyl: top clean over both sides, rated a smooth M- and play grade you will expect to find clear audio...
Both Vertigo labels are clean, promotional text on side two of label A cool addition to anyone s music library SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for head people...
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Thanks GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG ,VG , VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean trashed VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING
