THIRD EAR BAND Alchemy LP HARVEST 1969 UK orig 2nd Press+foc+EMIboxed JOHN PEEL

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 GLEN SWEENEY, PAUL MINNS, RICHARD COFF, MEL DAVIS

plus JOHN PEEL

Although they were loosely affiliated with the British progressive rock scene of the late '60s and early '70s, 

Third Ear Band was in some ways more of an experimental ensemble performing 

contemporary compositional work. For one thing, they didn't use electric instruments, 

or even guitars, instead employing violin, viola, oboe, cello, and hand percussion. 

More important, they didn't play conventional rock "songs." 

They featured extended instrumental pieces that often built up from a drone, or hypnotic pattern, 

to a dense, raga-like crescendo, somewhat in the manner of some of Terry Riley's work. 

Their "progressive rock" tag probably arose because they recorded for Harvest Records, 

Britain's leading art rock label, which was home to Pink Floyd, Kevin Ayers, 

Pete Brown, Edgar Broughton, and many other progressive acts

"ALCHEMY"

Produced by Peter Jenner

1960     LP     HARVEST/EMI RECORDS      SHVL 756     STEREO

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL COPY    SECOND PRESSING

Second pressings have EMI logo on the label

Released in a gatefold and full laminated cover (outside)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  HARVEST -  GREEN HARVEST with EMI logo on LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover (rear only): SHVL 756    

Catalog on labels: SVHL 756 (SHVL.756A / SHVL.756B) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL  756 A-2

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL  756 B-2

On labels: upper rim text reads "EMI Records Ltd.........Recorded Work Reserved"

lower rim text reads "Unauthorized Public.....Prohibited"......"Made in Gt. Britain"

?1969     EMI Records Ltd.

Rights Society: Essex International

On Inside Sleeve: Liner notes by Glen

?1969

All songs by Glen, Richard, Paul, except Lark Rise by Dave Tomlin.

Published by Arf Arf Music

Produced by: Peter Jenner of Blackhill Enterprise

Recorded at: E.M.I. Studios, St. Johns Wood, London

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HARVEST A Company Of The EMI Group

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: MOSAIC - GHETTO RAGA - DRUID ONE - STONE CIRCLE

Side B: EGYPTIAN BOOK OD THE DEAD - AREA THREE

DRAGON LINES - LARK RISE

  grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description) 

SLEEVE STRONG EX (please, see pictures and read above description)

Started in 1968 by percussionist Glen Sweeney and reedist Paul Minns, Third Ear Band was formed 

from the ashes of a previous Sweeney project, the psych band Hydrogen Juke Box. 

While generally overlooked in the history of British and improvised music, Third Ear Band developed 

a distinctive and aesthetically important sound -- equal parts Indian, psychedelic, and minimalist -- 

dubbed "electric-acid-raga" by Sweeney. Alchemy, their first release, is a wonderful record. 

With shorter tracks than found on later albums, Third Ear Band here makes excursions into improvised 

chamber music.Comparisons could be drawn to Soft Machine or the Dream Syndicate, 

but neither quite has the sense of "collective first" nor the repetitive insistence of Third Ear Band. 

The songs, to quote Sweeney again, are "alike or unlike as trees." For those even vaguely interested 

in the history of innovative music, Alchemy is worth hunting down...(AllMusic)