1971 UK TRANSATLANTIC MARSUPILAMI "ARENA" Stunning PROG PSYCH 2nd LP ACID LP
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$ 85
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Jul 16, 2023
Sold Date
Jul 9, 2023
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- RARE 1971 British ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS
- TRANSATLANTIC RECORDS - TRA 230
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- "Made In England" TRANSATLANTIC = TRA 230
- RARE and WANTED = PLAYS CLEAN!
- 52 years young !
Grainy fragile U.K. 1971 HIGHLY RATED legendary UNDERGROUND early PROG PSYCH ESSENTIAL, heads up to keepers of the flame of early Pink Floyd thread, Hawkwind, Krautrock, and universal 1970 era grooves with the way-out freak beat onward adventures... Not a decided dull moment either side ...
- The amazing and complex album, "ARENA" by Marusupilami was in-line or even ahead of where the competition was at the time it was made in 1971.
- As you likely know or will know, this is a concept album about the Roman culture .
- Musically and lyrically it is heavy, dark (mostly), and quite adventurous. More than anything though this is a near perfect example of early English progressive rock (though recorded in the Netherlands.)
"Prelude to the Arena" (subtitled "the undertones of violence in a drifting generation") starts quite violently with BLACK SABBATH style dramatic Vocal chords by the theatrical exclamations of Fred Hasson (Il Baletto Di Bronzo meets Leafhound) alternating calm and rock section risings with Hammond swirl organ, ripping guitar expressions & whirling flute. Both bass-work and often furious drumming are pretty stellar throughout all the jamming within.
- Quite a nice opener, "Peace of Rome" ("they manufactured death to keep the peace") starts with a back and forth between vocalizations and flute. Then there is a section of sung spoken narrations about the Roman concepts with lovely flutes and another fluent rock section with organ.
- "The Arena" ("the fighting, the killing, the mother of fornication") begins with more dramatic narration over Hammond organ blasts and then some extended organ over subdued drumming, bass, and female background vocals.
- The flutes come in and the sound is quite eerie and a bit exotic. In the middle there is a great section of keys, flute and whispered female vocal, the calm before - the chaos that follows.
- The latter half of this song features some truly fine prog rock moments, great guitar work, mellotron, vocals, and overall memorable textures.
Side 2 begins with "Time Shadows" ("lay low the past, the future brings hope"). Starts very weird with echoed vocal and organ, then acoustic and flute join and vocal. Soon a brisk bass and complex drum beat grabs the weirdness and pulls it along, then some keys joins in. This might sound like a musical car wreck yet quite fulfilling. About half way through we get winds (ala Hawwind) and electric guitar trading licks with an urgent flute and rhythm section behind. The last minute gets pretty crazy with freaked-out sax and guitar laying down some very heavy rock.
- "Spring" is a great closer and another good hippie rock moment. After yet another insanely dramatic beginning the track suddenly jumps into the most delightfully melodic passage of flute, piano, and gentle early classic UK Prog like rhythms - moving into a vocal weirdness section with cathartic wailing to edgy strings and keys. The lead guitar solo is good enough though by no means jaw dropping yet going all around this are group special effects. The sounds are VERY busy and ambitious, and somewhat difficult. This will be just too bizarre for some to enjoy, but others will feast on the eccentricity of the album. After several minutes of strangeness it slips back to early British 70's melody providing a pleasing and memorable ending.
"Arena" is an album that puzzle will puzzle at first but most experienced prog - psych listeners will find a bit challenging based on always an entertaining listen. MARSUPILAMI overall sound is typical of the period - full of late sixties influences - but unique enough to be worthwhile. They occasionally sound like In Search of Space era Hawkwind ...The instrumental proficiency and variety will keep the average "Prog/Psych Head" well interested.
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Prelude To the Arena (5:23)
Peace Of Rome (7:01)
The Arena (12:55) -
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Fred Hasson / lead vocals, percussion
Time Shadows (11:16)
Spring (9:16)
Total Time: 43:51
- Dave Laverock / electric, acoustic & bowed guitars, percussion, vocals
- Leary Hasson / piano & electric piano, organ, Mellotron, tubular bells
- Jessica Stanley-Clarke / flute, vocals
- Richard Hicks / bass
- Mike Fouracre / drums, timpani, percussion - CONDITION:
- The cover: VG++ to EXcellent) grainy VERY fragile & beautiful artistry 52 years printing (1971) ... there are only small bits of past use detectible ... highly collectble - goood luck finding better.
- There are NO split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks !
- Probably the BEST COPY AROUND!
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- The vinyl: Rated: AWESOME CLEAN near M- both sides are brightly shiny; with MINTY clean AUDIO ... very enjoyable playback from start to finish .... Both UK "Transatlantic" labels are clean
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