THE CLOUDS Scrapbook - Original UK Pink Island LP - Prog Psych Baroque Pop
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THE CLOUDS
Scrapbook
Original UK LP released on Island Records in 1969. Textured gatefold sleeve. Rough texture Pink Island labels.
ILPS+9100+A / ILPS+9100+B
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This is an oddly compelling album from a band that never got its due, despite some good reviews (for their concerts as well as their records) and did at least one international tour. The music is a strange mix of early prog rock, psychedelia, and baroque pop, moderately orchestrated pieces bumping up against works of Beatlesque music hall jollity ("Grandad") and spaced-out weirdness ("Waiter, There's Something in My Soup"). They weren't too strong in the vocal department, but Clouds reveal themselves as amazingly powerful in most other areas on this debut album, which seems to have been (rather successfully) aimed at bridging the gap between Sgt. Pepper/Mystery Tour-style psychedelic pop and the prog rock experiments of the Nice, the Moody Blues, and other such bands.
Organist Billy Ritchie is the dominant musician, but bassist/guitarist/vocalist Ian Ellis gets moments to shine as well, and when the orchestrations aren't too prominent, drummer Harry Hughes has his innings.
Island and producer Terry Ellis are to be commended for the time and money they put into this premiere effort by a trio that had yet to prove itself commercially, and leaving behind this enjoyable artifact from the psychedelic era.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
Introduction - Scrapbook
The Carpenter
The Colours Have Run
I'll Go Girl
Grandad
Ladies And Gentleman
Side Two
Humdrum
Union Jack
Old Man
Waiter, There's Something In My Soup
Scrapbook
Released on 'Island Records' in 1969
Catalogue No. ILPS 9100
Disc is in VG+ condition (some surface marks / name written on side 2 label)
Sleeve is in VG+ condition (general wear)
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PAYMENT BY PAYPAL ONLY FROM NON-UK BIDDERS
IF BUYING MORE THAN ONE ITEM PLEASE WAIT FOR COMBINED INVOICE!!!
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UK 1ST CLASS POSTAGE RATES FOR LPs & 12" SINGLES:
1 LP £3.70
2 LP £3.70
3 LP £6.50
4 LP £6.50
5 LP £6.50
6 LP £6.50
INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO EUROPE FOR LPs & 12" SINGLES:
1 LP £5.50
2 LP £7.00
3 LP £8.50
4 LP £10.00
5 LP £11.50
6 LP £13.00
INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES TO DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE EUROPE (USA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN ETC ETC) FOR LPs & 12" SINGLES:
1 LP £8.50
2 LP £11.00
3 LP £13.50
4 LP £16.00
5 LP £18.50
6 LP £21.00
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POSTAGE RATES FOR 7” SINGLES & CDs:
UK: £1.50 – then £0.50 each extra.
EUROPE: £4.50 – then £0.50 each extra.
DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE EUROPE: £5.50 – then £1.00 each extra
*********DOUBLES COUNT AS TWO*********
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