'71 Rare BRITISH Orig BLACK WIDOW III Hard Underground Prog Psych Satanic
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$ 40
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Apr 28, 2024
Sold Date
Apr 21, 2024
Start Date
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USA
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- RARE 1971 BRITISH~only
- ORIGINAL U.K. UNDERGROUND
- HIPPIES PROG PSYCH
..|/\|...............................................|/\|.. - =BLACK WIDOW =
- LP #3
- BLACK WIDOW
- ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- "Made In England" - orange C.B.S. Records - S 64562
- Rare original 1971 UK first pressing with laminated cover...Black Widows' third album changed direction from the satanic themes into a more melodic layered progressive unit with plenty to offer...
With the band's leader Jim Gannon leaving the line up after their second album, Black Widow re-grouped quickly. This they did by bringing in replacement John Culley and calling upon the talented Francis Monkman (Curved Air) to help out on keyboards unaccredited. Deciding to simply call the album "Black Widow III", they set about putting together some new songs without their former principal writer.
The album kicks off promisingly with an 11 minute three-part piece called "The Battle", a suite portraying the folly of war (a popular theme at the time and of course today). There is an early hard-dark Uriah Heep feel to the first section "The Onslaught", mainly through the high harmonies and guitar/organ driven heavy rock. Lyrically, the song lyrics fade out with "And now the battle's over, time to count the dead." - Noticeable how far removed such thoughts are from the devil worshiping antics of their first LP "SACRIFICE". "The BATTLE" develops nicely through some building guitar work backed by harmonies.
- A fine epic that starts a large portion of side one off with.
After that, tracks such as "King of Hearts" has a good progressive structure, with altering themes and tempos flowing nicely. The song has light edge, yet it is well put together. The album closes with a further long epic "Old Man" which doesn't have the same type of structure of "The Battle", and will nevertheless be of interest to progressive fans.
In all, a much better album with a lack of commercial success that caused BLACK WIDOW to be cut from C.B.S. - Their 2nd best LP next to "SACRIFICE"
- 1. The Battle (10:54)
a) The Onslaught
b) If a Man Should Die
c) Survival
Accident (4:12)
Lonely Man (4:51)
The Sun (4:30)
King Of Hearts (6:41)
Old Man (9:10)-
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: "EX" (excellent) extremely fragile lightly laminated, most originals are worn IF found at all. Quite probably the best =1971= original one can hope for! Front & back cover been in careful hands = look! There are no delete marks, no split seams, and no writing ...Delicate improbable find, yet CLEAN 1971 COPY !!!
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- The vinyl: Rated: "EX" (excellent) nice , plays clean/enjoyable ... both orange C.B.S. (stereo) labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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