DARIEN SPIRIT- ELEGY TO MARILYN- UK ORIGINAL LP + 3D LIPS- GREAT COPY
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UK ORIGINAL 1973 "OLD STYLE" LARGE HATTER LABEL, PRESSED BY B&C, CHARISMA CAS1065
THIS COPY HAS THE ULTRA RARE 3D LIPS
IN GREAT CONDITION, THE COVER IS EX AND IS NICE AND CLEAN WITH SHINY LAMINATE NO REAL WEAR, TEARS OR WRITING ON, JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT CREASES AROUND THE EDGES. NICE SHINY LAMINATE. THE DISC IS NEAR MINT AND LOOKS BARELY USED AND RETAINS A LOVELY SHEEN.
UK P&P - £3.50
EUROPE - £6.50
REST OF WORLD - £8.50
WILL COMBINE P&P FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES.
Darien Spirit – Elegy To Marilyn
A British folk-rock band notable mainly for the presence of bass guitarist Dennis Cowan, who arrived fresh from the dissolution of Bonzo Dog Band and went on thereafter to end up in the original band for The Rocky Horror Show. Darien Spirit were a breath of fresh air, a brief, bright spark in the Paper Bubble, Whistler, Driftwood, Hunter Muskett, Hobo mould of the jangly melodic melancholic style of typically 'English' folk soft rock, with lovely haunting earnest songs faultlessly executed with acoustic guitars, bass, drums, piano and some lovely atmospheric swirling strings. Leaving behind only one criminally ignored album, “Elegy To Marilyn”. They also released a couple of non album singles, both of which flopped. The songs of main writers Jack McAllister and Harry MacDonald have that wonderful summery naive early 1970’s quality and who knows given a couple more years, to refine their song-writing, they could have gone on to much greater things. Produced by the noted Steve Rowland of The Family Dogg who produced such diverse artists as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Titch, P.J. Proby, The Pretty Things and Sarah Brightman amongst others and ably engineered by the late great Martin Rushent who worked with so many famous artists, the album was in safe hands. Some copies of the album came with gimmick 3D changing plastic lips stuck on a picture of Marilyn Monro's mouth. Without the lips there is no mouth giving the more common 'mouthless' covers a rather odd blank look. Of the band members, only Cowan and percussionist Frank Riccotti continued to be visible in the music business. Other band members Alan Waterson, Jack McAllister and Harry MacDonald vanished into obscurity. Perhaps more remembered for the cover gimmick featuring 3D changing lips on a picture of Marilyn Monroe than the music, issued here for the first time on CD complete with two rare non LP bonus tracks, not only the cover, but the music enclosed here, more than stands the test of time.
Personnel
Jack McAllister – Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Harry MacDonald – Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Dennis Cowan – Bass Guitar, Vocals
Alan Waterson – Drums, Vocals
Frank Riccotti – Percussion, Vibes
Tracks
1)- Tailor
2)- Elegy To Marilyn
3)- Roads
4)- If You're Old Enough
5)- For All The Years
6)- It Isn't What You Have
7)- Hennessy Gunn
8)- Long Long Way
9)- Legacy
10)- The Man I Am
11)- Maude
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