tisdag 29 maj 2012

HAPSHASH AND THE COLOURED COAT/THE WESTERN FLIER LBL 83212 (-69) UK MONO

This was mainly a partnership for avant-garde design between artists Michael English and Nigel Waymouth. Mostly famous for silk screen posters advertising underground happenings and musical gigs. Their posters were sold at fashionable Carnaby Street shops and helped establish that as an art form. The originals are still popular and sold dearly (the original artwork for a 1967 Jimi Hendrix poster went on auction 2008 for $72.000). They also made two psychedelic albums of wich the first had great influence both on the UK psych scene and later German kraut-rock. This is their second and last and it's impossible to describe - seems like a collection of whims, presented as ordinary songs, but without any normal structure or ground. A french folk song, a childrens tune, high brow declamation, messy instrumental - you get the idea. This mono could be a fold down or a separate mix, in any case it sounds OK. First with label as shown here and thin matt cover. (YMÖ*)(ÄZC*) (XLÄ*)

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