Audiophile LP Van Dyke Parks "Song Cycle" Mint - TAS
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When this album was released in 1968 it stood apart from everything else--and still does today. This is not because SONG CYCLE was ahead of its time--rather, it belongs to another time and place, a parallel world that draws breath irrespective of calendar, clock, or map. Van Dyke Parks' debut carries an apt and simple title. These dozen selections are of a piece, both because of their arrangement and their composition. Parks was already considered a talent to be reckoned with following his collaborative work with Brian Wilson, penning lyrics for The Beach Boys--evocative nuggets of seductive inscrutability. Here again the sounds and the lyrics dart in and around each other like poetic dancers. A song such as "The All Golden" has no clear antecedents. It's musical theater filtered through a hallucinogenic kaleidoscope. The whole work is rich with a sense of place. It feels quintessentially American, but of the sort that celebrates the strong individual voice. This is an album of singular vision and rare beauty.
LONG OUT OF PRINT!
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My ratings are conservative.
To be conservative I will rate this one at Mint -. It has some light scuffs, which do not play.
The cover is sound, but looks used.
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Hello, I'm a retired recording engineer selling a lifetime collection of Audiophile recordings.
I had access to great Ampex recorders and most of my new recordings were played a few times on a Rockport table / arm / Grasshopper cartridge combo and then taped.
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