Brainbox UK 1969 LP Parlophone PCS 7094, Rare Psych LP
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Brainbox UK 1969 LP Parlophone/EMI Records Catalogue Number PCS 7094
Original UK issue with flipback sleeve and one EMI boxed logo on label. Complete with original EMI inner sleeve
Holland's Brainbox were founded by Jann Akkerman in the mid-'60s. While H.P. Lovecraft kept changing members around the drummer, this band would release a record with totally new people in 1972, entitled Parts. Yet the original Brainbox do have qualities somewhat resembling the earlier H.P. Lovecraft, and their eponymous album is a worthwhile collection of musically diverse and eclectic performances. The decent liner notes call this "progressive pop," and in some respects it is, though they shift gears from the Simon & Garfunkel classic "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" to the 17-minute plus original "Sea of Delight," and take lots of other directions in between. Brainbox start the album with "Dark Rose," a blend of Jethro Tull meets the Mothers of Invention. Brainbox ups the ante by sliding into Tim Hardin and a very credible cover of "Reason to Believe" they pull off a chameleon-like change on this to become folk rockers. Casimirz Lux has a very appealing voice with a bit of Stewart's rasp, making "Reason to Believe" a highlight of the album. The liner notes credit Jimmy Smith for writing "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," but the tracking properly gives it to Jimmy Reed and it's as bluesy as you can get here, the band changing styles yet again and showing their grasp and appreciation of American music. From progressive rock to folk-rock to blues-rock to the folk-pop of Simon & Garfunkel.
The album is a dense amalgam of sounds and themes from England and America, but is reverent in its borrowing and presentation. Brainbox's rendition of "Summertime" sounds like Deep Purple adding heavy keyboard sounds and slowing up the Billy Stewart 1966 hit reinvention of the Gershwin tune from Porgy & Bess. The album ends with the epic 17 minute Sea of Delight
Tracklisting:
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Side 1
1. Dark Rose
2. Reasons To Believe
3. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
4. Scarborough Fair
5. Summertime (From "Porgy And Bess")
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Side 2
1. Sinner's Prayer
2. Sea Of Delight
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Sleeve VG++ (minor wear here and there, corner dink)
Record EX-- (2 light scuffs and a couple of discoloured areas, plays great)
P&P UK £5.00 (signed for) Overseas at cost
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