THE TROLL • ANIMATED MUSIC • 1969 STEREO LP SMASH SRS 67114
$
72
$ 72
Sold For
Sep 16, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 6, 2014
Start Date
$ 50
Start price
3
Number Of Bids
France
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Description
• SATIN CITY NEWS • MR. ABERNATHY • FRITZ UND SWEENEY • EVERYBODY´S CHILD •
• SOLITUDE • I´VE ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME • PROFESSOR POTT´S PORNOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR •
• HAVE YOU SEEN THE QUEEN • MOURNING OF THE DAY • A WINTER´S SONG •
• WEREWOLF AND WITCHBREATH •
THE TROLL'S SOLE ALBUM IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE LATE-’60s PSYCHEDELIA. IT’S ONE
OF THOSE RECORDS YOU CAN PLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT GETTING A
GRIP ON WHAT EXACTLY THE GROUP IDENTITY IS . . . FOR MANY BANDS, SUCH A
DESCRIPTION MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS A MAJOR COMPLIMENT. THE THING IS,
THOUGH, IT’S NOT A RECORD YOU WANT TO PLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE
THE MATERIAL ISN’T THAT GOOD, AND THE ECLECTICISM IS NOT SO MUCH ADMIRABLE
VERSATILITY AS CONTRIVED FREAKINESS. AT VARIOUS TIMES THEY SNIFF AROUND
HARD ROCK, FRUITY POP-PSYCHEDELIA, ARCH VAUDEVILLIAN GOOD-TIME MUSIC
(“PROFESSOR POTT’S PORNOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR” AND “HAVE YOU SEEN THE QUEEN”),
AND SLIGHTLY BITTERSWEET FOLK-ROCK-FLAVORED POP-PSYCH. THE INFLUENCES OF
BEATLESQUE MELODY AND VOCAL HARMONIES ARE STRONGLY FELT AT TIMES, AND
THERE ARE SOME PERIODIC INTERJECTIONS OF THE KIND OF VARISPEED VOCALS AND
ODD EFFECTS THAT MAJOR LABELS ONLY TOLERATED FOR A FEW YEARS OR SO AROUND
THE LATE ’60s. THERE ARE GLINTS OF APPEALING FAIRYTALE AURA POP-PSYCHEDELIA
HERE AND THERE, AS ON “A WINTER’S SONG”, WITH ITS PSEUDO-BRITISH ORCHESTRATION.
THIS 1969 STEREO PRESSING COME WITH SHINY AND SOLID, BARELY PLAYED DISC RECORD,
THE COVER DOES HAVE SLIGHTLY USED LOWER SEAM AND TINY PUNCH HOLE
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