RARE 1970 Orig TITUS GROAN Medieval PROG King Crimson Exotic Underground LP

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       1970 ORIGINAL ~ FAMOUS UK PROGRESSIVE

                       TITUS GROAN

                           USA - JANUS Records JLS 3024

MINTY CLEAN VINYL!

RARE ...1970 original BRITISH progressive ... one of the hardest to find in any condition!

Taking their name from Mervyn Peake's gothic fantasy novel, Titus Groan was a quartet lead by guitar/keyboardist and singer Stewart Cowell and wind player Tony Priestland. Their sound approaches the early UK progressive greats with all tracks being over 5 minutes long and promising. Centred around the great 11:37-minute Hall Of Bright Carvings track (also a Peake theme), the album was issued in early 1970.

The overall impression of TITUS GROAN's music may be described as neo-medieval, which despite being sort of an oxymoron is a pretty depiction. A lot of what leads to that impression is thanks to the flute and oboe playing, but bassist John Lee also contributes with an almost martial sound that isn’t very complex but gives the music a depth that serves to ground it in the sort of timeless setting that many of Jethro Tull’s albums also have. The harmonizing vocals are pure early seventies, particularly on the album’s longest song “Hall of Bright Carvings”. But despite it’s length of around 12 minutes this isn’t a prog epic or anything; in fact, the band spends quite a bit of time jamming in the middle and toward the end of the song and one might be left with the impression this was primarily a crowd-pleasing live number.

The “heavy” part of the heavy prog here is due to Stuart Cowell’s intense electric guitar riffs, which along with his organ bleating on tracks like “I Can't Change” make for a hard-rocking sound that was quite popular at the time.

At times the harmonizing vocals serve to date the music even more definitively. “It's All Up With Us” is the best example of this.

Overall TITUS GROAN is recommended mostly to folks who have a fondness for pre-synthesizer era progressive, exotic underground rock and primitive production.

1. It Wasn't For You (5:33)
2. Hall Of Bright Carvings (11:37)
a) Theme
b) Dusty High-Value Hall
c) The Burning
d) Theme
3. I Can't Change (5:41)
4. It's All Up With Us (6:07)
5. Fuschia (6:18)

CONDITION: The cover: Hard to find clean as the dark cover is almost always -IF found-with a lot of shelf wear. This copy is solid but has a tiny (small delete clip at right corner, only a bit of light ring wear starting - way better than most copies ...ding at bottom right corner ...otherwise very presentble - especially as rare as it is ...  no split seams, no writing and retains fresh colors...

The vinyl: is all glossy clean and clear M- looks totally clean and plays clear, top level ...  with clean Janus labels

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record