SWEET SMOKE Darkness To Light ORIG LP HARVEST PSYCH
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£ 48 Sold For
Feb 14, 2009 Sold Date
Feb 7, 2009 Start Date
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10   Number Of Bids
  Hong Kong Country Of Seller
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SWEET SMOKE - Darkness To Light - EMI HARVEST PATHE MARCONI 2C 064 - 29 471

Rare 1973 original stereo France pressing, laminated gatefold cover.

 

"Darkness To Light" is SWEET SMOKE's last studio album. This one has some shorter tracks but I think it's closer to progressive rock genre than their first. The music is more diverse, complex and thoughtfully composed. However, in some parts it still ratains the jazz-rock elemnts from their first album. Their typical sudden changes in mood and rhythm are also presented. I welcome the addition of piano and string instruments. I also like the singing and occasional beatlesque choir parts. The hippie imagery in the music and on the coverart is even more prominent than before. This is also notable in the epic track "Kundalini" which begins in Indo-fusion style: a crowd singing a mantra (a few people are out of tune but I think it was intentional), ethnic percussion, instrumental improvisations, scat singing... It's slowly proceeding in more "conventional" jazz-rock. The ending is a crazy jazz counterpoint between guitar, piano, sax, bas and drums. Trully stunning! "Show Me the War" is thoughtfully arranged and spiced with some dissonance. The title track has some awesome trippy and jazzy things going on. In the end they freak out... Other tracks are nice and simple songs with folky flute and a few intelligent twists. I'm not a "flower power" follower but there is something magical about this album that makes it one of my favorites. An underrated prog gem!

 

Condition : 

COVER : EX (a few light age stains inside.)

DISC : EX+ (very light paper lines.) 

 

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