ARTHUR BROWN KINGDOM COME Galactic Zoo Dossier 1971 PSYCH LP WITH POSTER LISTEN

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ARTHUR BROWN & KINGDOM COME "GALACTIC ZOO DOSSIER" LP

ORIGINAL 1971 LP ON THE UK POLYDOR LABEL, STEREO 2310 130

COVER IN VG++, light ringwear, small sticker on front

VINYL is super clean and shiny, no marks, plays VG++ to EXCELLENT

DOES HAVE POSTER!

Here 'tis, the album that was SO groundbreaking, it spawned an underground magazine.  Or at least the title of one.  How many albums can say that?  Other than Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone," Club 7's "Spin" or Air Supply's "Crawdaddy."  Just a few years after he was the God of Hellfire, Arthur Brown assembles a supporting cast of heavyweights and calls 'em Kingdom Come, because together they're now fully capable of bringing on an Apocalypse.  And their first long-player is this one - "Galactic Zoo Dossier," a mammoth declaration of purpose, a frightening assault on the senses that runs so long, Todd Rundgren asked how he got it all on one record.  "Galactic Zoo Dossier" is the sound of a demon in space, the God of Hellfire finally dons a G-suit and goes searching for life on other planets.  The inner gatefold SAYS there are 7 songs on Side A and nine on B, but good luck with that - each side runs together in one relentless barrage of proto-space metal, it's hard to tell where one "song" ends and another begins.  If I got it right, the one called "Metal Monster" stood out, a lumbering Brachiosaur of heavy psychedelia, with treated vocals, trippy production tricks and a sense of evil not unlike Side 2 of Jethro Tull's PASSION PLAY.  Other songs sound like Cream, crazier parts bring to mind the Deviants, and it all ends with a chance for Arthur to get off his patented wailing shrieks.  A challenging and amazing record, so much more demanding than his FIRE days, this is one galactic zoo that will leave you breathless.  Just keep your hands OUTSIDE the cage.

HEAR IT!

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