UK DAWN ORIG JONESY GROWING MELLOTRON PROG Psych

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90

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                1973 BRITISH ORIGINAL

       PROGRESSIVE ROCK ON DAWN RECORDS             

                              JONESY

                  GROWING 

             ...UK - (PINK SUN LABEL) DAWN RECORDS - DNLS 3055

HARD TO FIND, often expensive top flight progressive collectible that contains also the original hard to find lyrics insert

...1973 UK first pressing on the sought after British DAWN label, many UK collectible progressive albums were issued on the label...and one of the best here with "GROWING" by Jonesy, their third album delivering fine works of a psychedelic prog and poprock mixings utilizing string arrangements that are unlimited along with glorious backdrops of mellotrons, all beautiful. Above all, a stout performance that is a masterpiece of the charm...

Following on from their debut album No Alternative and sophomore set Keeping Up, Jonesy released Growing in 1973, their third and final album for the Dawn label. Overseen by top-notch producer Rupert Hine, it was certainly the best sounding set of the batch, and arguably their most adventurous. The almost-12-minute long set closer "Jonesy" is filled with improvisation. It starts off strong enough with the instruments circling around the organ and Mellotron, the electric guitar then storms in, and the piece pushes into R&B laced moves with wah wah guitar. amid abtract solos. The set opener "Can You Get That Together," finds indeed the band getting it together. They tumble through genres, surf, psych, fusion, R&B, and progressive rock with a strong melody and a coursing rhythm that laces the song up tight. "Know Who Your Friends Are" is similarly effective, as the band shifts tempos and moods, sliding from bright prog rock into slower, prettier passages that build and build, finally exploding into driving hard prog where the organ, guitar, and winds duel for supremacy. On "Hard Road" guitarist John Evan Jones goes head to head with Alan Bown, as the band exuberantly winds its way through Latin rhythms within progressive rock context. These musical battles were a new development by the band. This kind of fencing certainly feeds these tracks with excitement.

• TREVOR (GYPSY): Lead vocals, bass
  JAMIE KALETH: Lead vocals, keyboards, mellotron
  JOHN: Guitars, backing vocals
  ALAN BOWN: winds
• PLUG THOMAS: Drums, percussion, backing

Side 1:

Can You Get That Together - Lead vocal: Trevor (Gypsy)
Waltz For Yesterday - Lead vocals: Jamie and Trevor (Gypsy)
Know Who Your Friends Are - Lead vocal: Jamie Kaleth
Side II

Growing - Lead vocal: Trevor (Gypsy)
Hard Road - Lead vocal: Jamie Kaleth
Jonesy - (recorded after the road-crew had brewed up some very strange tea)
Producer: Rupert Hine

CONDITION: The cover: The gatefold cover is solid all over and the dark color is almost impossible to find without shelf wear, this copy has only a little, VG++ with strong original color...no split saeams, no bends, no writing 

The vinyl: is glossy over both sides, near "EX" (excellent) having only some very light small scuffs like sliding out of paper inner sleeve. Play graded enjoyable. Has clean DAWN labels 

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record