1969 WHITE LBL PROMO MILKWOOD TAPESTRY ACID FOLK PSYCH & MOODY COMPOSITIONS
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ORIGINAL 1969 ADVANCED RELEASE PROMO
HIGHLY RATED FOLK-PSYCH BLENDS
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MILKWOOD TAPESTRY
USA - METROMEDIA RECORDS - MD 1007 (PROMO)
Same label as the mighty "Christopher" Lp and others alike...
Rare, always been hard to find, another of the highly rated METROMEDIA releases as issued in 1969 ... here, a very special copy, the black gatefold ALWAYS has wear, this copy one of the best seen in literally years ...
This was the sole album from the American duo Roland Antonelli and Joseph Ransohoff. After having been neglected in its time it became a record with some fame and status. We can describe actually two different styles on this album, which fit well together on one album. The first is a kind of acid folk-psych with acoustic ballads, partly arranged (backing arrangements, harpischord, flutes, ..) and with a sweet original kind of vocal lead. Here the combination has a tendency to a certain mellowness, combined with a strong band sound, which makes it something really specific and special (like "Wonderous Fairy Tale"). The psych-rock tracks have a certain rawness. This includes a strong fuzz use on a couple of tracks (especially , "Purple Side of Sunset" but also "Window Sill's Song" and "Signs of the Invisible Chalk") which makes these tracks more psychedelic
During the late 1960s, the duo of Roland Antonelli & Joseph Ransohoff, known as Milkwood Tapestry, was a mainstay on the New York City rock circuit. Their musical style equally looked to British Isle folk bands such as The Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention, as well as acid rock bands like the Jefferson Airplane and Jethro Tull. They somehow successfully pulled off an intriguing balance between the two diametrically opposed styles. At one of their Greenwich Village performances, they met Donovan's manager who in turn arranged an audition for the pair before a group of Metromedia record executives. They were signed on the spot and by 1969, Antonelli & Ransohoff had entered the studio to record this progressive LP, simply titled Milkwood Tapestry. This was their one & only release, complete with its flourishes of medieval minstrel hippie instrumentation and Elizabethan era Baroque lyricism, all adding to a patina of delightful guilelessness, rustic charm, and a certain childlike whimsy. Sometimes the music take a harder edge, with psychedelic overtones, fuzz guitar solos, acidic ebbs and flows, dark turns of melody, and wildly manic vocals from Ransohoff. "Beyond The Twelve Mile Zone" and "Signs of the Invisible Chalk" are prime examples, rising to and then retreating from electric crescendos before frantically bubbling again just before dramatic halts. "Journey-Less Ride" is also an excursion into exceedingly trippy territory, while "The Window Sill's Song" is positively Left Banke-caliber in its stateliness and mod pop flower power overtones. The rest has a certain heady, swirling quality that makes consistently wonderful listening.
Beyond the Twelve Mile Zone (2:34);
Wonderous Fairy Tale (3:31);
Window Sill's Song (2:18);
Signs of Invisible Chalk (5:24);
Sunday Raindrops (2:58);
Journey-Less Ride (3:38);
Seas of Marshmellow Bees (2:28);
Look at the Children (3:28);
Tockless Time Morning (3:20);
Pink Painted Butterfly (3:08);
Sunshine Castles (4:05);
Purple Side of Sunset (3:05).
CONDITION: The cover: rated: solid VG++ CLEAN for this notoriously wear-prone gatfold cover that usually always shows shelf wear to maximum levels. This copy a top survivor, just a touch of rub wear barely starting. Demonstration (promo) sticker on back cover ...there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy appearance ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- barely inner paper sleeve scuffs (still M-) filled with bright clean shine so plays with very enjoyable CLEAN audio ...play back will not reveal alarming distracting surface problems ... both white promo Metromedia labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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