1970 UK HARVEST #2 THE THIRD EAR BAND HYPNOTIC WEAVY ACID PROG PSYCH TRIPS
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ORIGINAL BRITISH PRESSING
1970 Tripped-Out U.K. Psychedelic Underground
The THIRD Ear Band
UK - HARVEST RECORDS - SHVL 773
MINTY CLEAN VINYL
SCARCE and sought after 1970 British Harvest first pressing vinyl in way-out designed (hipgnosis) laminated gatefold cover of the second THIRD EAR BAND album...a trancy flipped out Eastern tinged psych progressive sound via tablas, hand drums, oboes, cello, viola, sound effects ... whew...out there stuff...
- Glen Sweeney / percussions
- Paul Minns / oboe, recorder
- Richard Coff / violin, viola
- Ursula Smith / cello
THIRD EAR BAND originated from Canterbury and started out as a psychedelic band called THE GIANT SUN TROLLEY gaining residency in south-London clubs doing long and improvisations and eventually changing their names to THE HYDROGEN JUKEBOX, recording one live album as such with Sweeney's percussions as scissor's clipping noise (with the mike attached to them) as he progressively undressed completely his girlfriend by clipping off her dress during the concert (cut-out were very "in" at that time). Having finished their concert recording they discovered all their equipment stolen. So by sheer coincidence and obvious necessity, they became, at first, an acoustic band taking the name THIRD EAR BAND.
Third Ear Band were unusual in an era noted for unusual groups. The conventional armoury of the rock band was put through all kinds of odd permutations, but there was always something linking prog groups to conventional rock music - an electric guitar, a drumkit, conventional songs - but Third Ear Band had none of those things. Violin, cello, oboe and hand held percussion played lengthy instrumental pieces which owed more to minimalism and ragas than to the Beatles or the Stones, so it's remarkable that all of their albums made it into the UK top 50 and that they became a fixture on the festival circuit.
This album (sometimes referred to as "Elements") was their sophomore effort, and features four long pieces named after each of the four elements. Air opens the proceedings with some wind noises, the four musicians gradually fading in during the first two minutes. This sets the tone for the rest of the album; nobody solos, nobody coasts and the pieces have a mantra like, compelling quality to them. The playing is good from all four musicians. Glenn Sweeney's feverish percussion at times can be compared to some of Daniel Fieschelsher's work with Popol Vuh, another band who were as concerned with vertical texture as they were with linear development. Paul Minns plays the oboe with a surprising range of tone and impeccable phrasing - in some parts he's overdubbed, creating a shenai-like sound as the melody lines chase each other over the rhythmic foundation. Air is as light and breezy as it's title suggests, while Earth starts as a slow paced dance around the Maypole, with piizzacatto strings and plodding percussion, and gradually builds to a dervish frenzy befroe the whole thing falls away and starts again. Fire is a monotonous, dissonant piece that doesn't really go anywhere and takes over 9 minutes to do it, while Water is appropriately the gentlest of the four tracks, featuring another enchanting Paul Minns oboe part over a hypnotic beat and some low viola and cello chords. The album closes with the sound of waves lapping the shore, as it started with the sound of the wind.
A:
Air (10:29)
Earth (9:52)
B:
Fire (9:19)
Water (7:04)
CONDITION: The cover is rated: VG++ (wear along spine keeps it from near M- ...the fragile UK laminated gatefold cover is collectible = with solid seams, no delete marks, no bends, no writing...
The vinyl is rated is all clear and glossy smooth M- looks and plays excellent and has clean U.K. Harvest labels
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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