A to Austr Holygound RI Psych EX
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A TO AUSTR LP ,VERY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND LIMITED EDITION (1995) RE-RELEASE FROM HOLYGROUND (JUST 500 NUMBERED COPIES THIS IS NO 211) OF ULTRA RARE LEGENDARY UK ECLECTRIC UNDERGROUND PSYCH-PROG-FOLK LP FROM 1969/70 ON THIS REALLY SOUGHT AFTER LABEL
(Holyground U.K. 010101) 1995
With an origional issue of only 99 copies, this is one of the rarest records to emerge from the UK. The elaborate packaging and the general care which went into the record betray, if nothing else, at least a heartfelt love of recorded music as a means of self-expression. Being a low-budget enterprise, a fact which is never really masked throughout the production, A-Austr went for diversity rather than sales figures. The music is strongly eclectic, with more influences than can be listed. No less than 15 tracks within a broad spectrum of styles can hardly be unanimously satisfying. In general the music is gentle and even folky, without drawing upon traditional material. At its best it's nothing less than brilliant. The highlights include almost all the songs which do not try to be "progressive" or severely emotional, but which instead opt for a simpler approach, thereby succeeding to convey a subtle and almost mythical atmosphere. it's near to impossible to dig up an original.
Many of the musicians on this album later figured on the Astral Navigations album. The Holyground label was owned by Mike Levon and Dave Wood and based in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
the band:
BRIAN CALVERT / MIKE LEVON / CHRIS COOMBS / BRIAN WILSON
TED HEPWORTH / DENISE CALVERT / YVONNE CARRODUS
tracklisting:
BIRD / JUDY / MINI / PRELUDE TO CHANGE FOR ARTHUR / THUMBQUAKE & EARTHSCREW
CHANGE FOR ARTHUR / BETWEEN THE ROAD / HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT
IT'S ALRIGHT / CONTINUUM / ESSX QUEEN (SHE DANCES) / D MINOR MINUET
A CURSE ON YOU / WHAT DID YOU GO? / GRAIL SEARCH
EX/EX condition, cover/vinyl. Check my other auctions, I have numerous similar items this week.
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