J D BLACKFOOT

THE ULTIMATE PROPHECY

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 THIS IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF A WELL KNOWN UK  EX RADIO 1 DJ FROM WHO ONLY PLAYED TOP 40 & CLASSIC OLDIES SO THIS WOULD HAVE HAD LITTLE USE  IF ANY?. THE VINYL IS GLEAMING  AND LOOKS NEW ,YOU MAY NEED SUNGLASSES BEFORE TAKING IT OUT OF ITS COVER. I'VE CHECKED BOTH SIDES UNDER A STRONG LIGHT AND CAN FIND NO MARKS  IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PRESSED THIS MORNING THERE MAY BE SOME VERY FINE PAPER CUTS. THIS HAS BEEN STORED SINCE NEW SEPERATELY FROM IT COVER IN A GENERIC PVC LINED SLEEVE

NOW THE BAD NEWS :-(

THE COVER IS DAMAGED ,STORED TOGETHER WITH OTHER SLEEVES OVER THE YEARS

THEY STUCK TOGETHER AND WHEN SEPERATED THE SLEEVE WAS DAMAGED AT THE BOTTOM EDGE APPROX 1" UP (FRONT)

REAR OF SLEEVE THE LAMINATE HAS STARTED TO PEEL  SEE BOTTOM LEFT OF PIC

AS FAR AS THE VINYL IS CONCERNED YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED

AS ITS  AS NEAR MINT CONDITION AS YOU CAN GET

(IF BY ANY CHANCE  YOU ARE, JUST SEND IT BACK FOR A FULL REFUND)

This group was from Columbus, Ohio. They started out as a combination of two local groups, The Ebb Tides and Tree.

They continued as Tree and won a recording deal from Mercury as a prize in a local band competition. Craig Fuller was added to the group after some of the material for the Ultimate Prophecy had already been written.

The album credits two people who don't play a note on it - Phil Stokes on bass (the actual bass player was Kenny May - he was replaced after the recording), and Sterling Smith on keyboards (also joining after the recording, there are no keyboards on the album!). The line-up with Phil and Sterling did record some unreleased material.

The album did very well in the St. Louis area as there was significant radio play there. After a period of time, J.D. Blackfoot left the group and the rest of the band continued to play as Osiris. J.D. assembled a new group and recorded the two Fantasy label LPs.

Some of the musicians on those albums were in other sixties Columbus area bands like The Four O'Clock Balloon and The Myrchents. The group Osiris sort of metamorphosised into two other groups, one of them being the Load, who recorded an album Praise The Load, which is keyboard driven progressive rock like ELP.

The Ultimate Prophecy album is arguably the best rock album ever from Ohio. Side one shows off Craig Fuller's country/folk roots which he expanded in Pure Prarie League. Side two features lyrics by J.D. Blackfoot and drummer Dan Waldron as they search for "the Answer".

Most of the music on side two was composed by guitarist and original Tree member Jeff Whitlock. J.D. himself spent two years in New Zealand between 1972-74.

He and his wife went there for a month's holiday in 1972 and liked it so much they stayed much longer. Indeed, his second album, The Song Of Crazy Horse, was recorded at Auckland's Stebbing Studio with local luminaries such as Billy Kristian on bass and Frank Gibson on drums.

Indeed, it won New Zealand's 'Best Album Of The Year Award' in 1974 and remains highly collectable. He also released an EP, Nobody's Business/Let Her Go/Stay The Night Away/He Walks On Past (Bison B-77), 1984.

Blackfoot, who changed his name to Van Dervort in 1970, sold the worldwide rights to Fantasy Records some years ago, but retained exclusive rights to the New Zealand market.

Currently living in Columbus, Ohio, he still makes recordings. Craig Fuller and Phil Stokes later co-founded Pure Prairie League. Fuller was later a member of American Flyer together with Doug Yule (Velvet Underground), Eric Kaz (Blue Magoos) and Steve Katz (Blues Project).

They released two albums for United Artists in 1975 and 1976 of average country rock produced by George Martin. Later still, Craig Fuller became lead singer for the reformed Little Feat in the early '90s (review by Fuzz Acid & Flowers).

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IF THERE ARE STICKERS,  WRITING ECT NOT SHOWN IN THE PIC  I WILL SAY SO

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