GOTHIC HORIZON Jason Lodge Poetry Book Rare LP ARGO1970
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GOTHIC HORIZON Jason Lodge Poetry Book Rare VINYL LP ARGO from 1970 UK PRESSING STEREO ZFB 26 Yellow label To quote from the rather excellent Tyme machine website -Beautiful debut album by UK band Gothic Horizon. The music exposed on this album is highly unique, transparent and fragile. Kinda like Left Banke meets Honeybus l sauced with UK folk. A real beautiful album. Originally released on Argo in 1970. Gothic Horizon made two albums: 'The Jason Lodge Poetry Book' (Argo ZFB 26) 1970, which also gained an American release: ([USA:] London PS592) 1971; and 'Tomorrow Is Another day' (Argo ZDA 150) 1972. Their music is not gloomy, brooding, damp, ghoulish, dark, threatening, creepy, bloody, horrifying or any of the other adjectives which spring to mind when one thinks of "Gothic". Instead it is warm, chatty, light, breezy, informal, witty. The albums are sometimes hyped as "psych-pop" (the former especially on account of its convoluted title and colourful pop-art cover) or even "acid-folk", but essentially they are neither of these things; they tends mostly towards folk and acousticism. However there are some tracks here to delight the psychedelically-inclined. The title track of the first album, 'The Jason Lodge Poetry Book', is great. Complex pop of sufficient quality to delight the pop-syke faithful. 'Song For Susan' is so close in sound and style to Fairfield Parlour that it just about escapes charges of plagiarism. 'A J Lone's Dog' is ragtime pop; and unsurprisingly with a title like 'Willow Tree Vale Song' this song is folk. But 'A Third For Jason Lodge' is very weird. Bizarre changes and references to flying, mushrooms and toadstools! ~ (by Dave Thubron) Tyme machine website . Vinyl is pretty much EXCELLENT there are a few very faint surface marks caused from taking in and out of the sleeve - On Side 2 Track three "WIlhelmina before sunrise" there is a small surface mark which is hardly audible apart from one smallish click having played it carefully on my deck (GOLDRING LENCKO) - The FRONT sleeve is Excellent But The BACK SLEEVE is only VG it is slightly crinkled towards the opening edge caused I suspect by a little water damage - And there is a small biro mark "46" in the top left corner and a small "16" in red pen towards the right hand corner and slight signs of rubbing here and there . The label has a small Biro inscription of "B K O" on both sides who i presume was a previous owner - Having said that I've owned this copy for some 25 years + I appreciate this is a rare Album and have tried to describe its condition as fully as I can .. But please feel free to ask any questions . I really rate this LP - I would put it up there with FAIRFIELD PARLOUR - DULCIMER - TUDOR LODGE and SYNANTHESIA in its atmosphere -its a great example of STRANGE FOLK or ACID FOLK or however you describe early 70s experimental Progressive folk . You will be pleased to learn there is no reserve .. Many Thanks for reading and good luck with your bids .
