SCARCE (1970) A TO AUSTR MUSICS FROM HOLYGROUND UK POP PSYCH MASTERPIECE / re-
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MINT ... UK LIMITED EDITION FROM 28 years back...
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... A TO AUSTR ...
Musics From Holyground
UK - HOLYGROUND RERCORDS 010101
Collection keeper!
Long long gone late '80s deluxe second press of the totally (no hope to obtain) 1970 first press. There were only 99 original copies made of the first pressing and now valued in the thousands of dollars - so - with that, best to try and find this long out of print/scarce UK issue complete with the GOLD cover ... the sound quality by the way is outstanding, the source can't be much, if any(?) better...
This LP will no doubt up puzzling you, the listener, the first time that you, well, listen to it. A lot of self composed songs with many small and bizarre details. But, one of those creeping growers that gets better with each spin and it's then little by little you begin to enjoy the little sonorous gifts within. They aren't enough to turn the songs into something too experimental or difficult to listen, they just have the right amount of psychedelic and freaky sound with a pop-rock basis ( mainly.)
Some truly wonderful things on here include ‘Judy’ being one of those melodies some may cherish until death. And the two gems ‘It’s Alright’ and ‘Essex Queen She Dances’ are essential for lasting peace of mind. They are slightly out-of-tune, delightfully cooked, and totally quaint. A Donovan-inspired must-have for all the flower children. The drugs were different in those days, y'know.
The "fan-man" has more to say :::
Released in a limited batch of 99 in 1970, A to Austr's one-off masterwork Musics from Holyground takes the psych-pop aesthetic to an entirely new level. A behemoth (and fun) journey through psychedelia, Musics from Holyground touches on everything from psych-pop and eastern influenced folk to pub ready jams and vaudevillian break downs, with a ton of other sounds I have no idea how to describe swirled in the mix. The Penguin Guide to Rare Records calls A to Austr's only record "the most sacred UK LP there is," which sort of makes sense considering only 99 folks in the world have an original copy, and it wasn't given the reissue treatment until this copy was unleashed from the UK in 1989. Apparently the initial goal was "to write about King Arthur who lies sleeping with his knights of the Round Table until England needs him." This was news to me, as the record in no way, shape or form feels like a treaty on Renaissance knights, rather an exploration of an entire genre, gleaming back and forth from the nuanced psych-pop of "Birds" to "Hawaiian War Chant" (which sounds exactly like its title suggests) to "It's Alright", which is basically the Incredible String Band-Love-Zombies collaboration I've been dreaming about for years. I could go on and on about this record, but it wouldn't do any good, mostly because its impossible to describe. Even after listening to it about twenty five times over the past six months, I still have trouble wrapping my head around it, as if its not supposed to be chewed on, merely experienced, over and over again, sort of like life (and psychedelic experiences in general). If this spiked your interest, even just a little bit, I highly recommend heading over to Holy Ground's website and peeping their extremely thorough and insightful history of the recording session, the album itself, and its little known legacy.
A-Austr:
Brian Calvert - lead guitar, vocals, guitar, lute, horn, trombone
Chris Coombs - lead guitar, vocals, guitar, piano, organ, glockenspiel, horn, harmonica, recorder, percussion
Brian Wilson [aka Pete Taylor] - bass, vocals, guitar, organ, mandolin, harp, glockenspiel, clarinet
Ted Hepworth - drums
Mike Levon - triangle, effects, electronics
Guests:
Bill Nelson - guitar, hawaiian guitar
Mike Gould - trumpet
John Perfect - tenor sax
Lyn Cavell - alto sax
George Mabon - flute
Gill Green - cello
Al Green - organ
Dave Wood - goüd
Yvonne Carrodus - vocals, triangle
Denise Calvert - vocal, piano, harpsichord
Gill Maudsley - spoken vocal
Cath Wood - raspberry saw
Bird - 2:45
Judy - 2:16
Mini - 2:51
Prelude To Change For Arthur - 00:10
Thumbquake & Earthscrew - 2:47
Change For Athur - 00:40
Between The Road - 2:31
Hawaiian War Chant - 1:13
It's Alright - 6:45
Continuum - 2:44
Essex Queen (She Dances) - 3:08
D Minor Minuet - 00:59
A Curse On You - 3:15
What Did You Go - 7:57
Grail Search - 4:36
CONDITION: The cover: rated: near M- very fragile delicate thin wrap-around cover with metallic gold finish, certainly "looks" the part ...still has a fresh appearance -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy rarity...
The vinyl: Rated: M (-) extremely clean, guaranteed will play just like a clean original of which only 99 copies were pressed...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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