BATTI MAMZELLE "I See The Light" 1974 UK CUBE 1st PRESS

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  BATTI MAMZELLE "I See The Light" 1974 UK CUBE 1st PRESS RARE ROCK/PSYCH/SOUL/FUNK w/STEEL DRUMS -GREAT STUFF
BATTI MAMZELLE
I See The Light

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, CUBE RECORDS (HIFLY 17) FIRST AND ONLY UK PRESSING OF BATTI MAMZELLE's ONE AND ONLY LP FROM 1974 "I See The Light" - A fantastic genre bending mix of rock, psych, soul/funk with steel drums and mellotron

TREMENDOUS LP IN SUPERB CONDITION - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
BELOW ARE THE NOTES FROM THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE. VERY LONG I KNOW, BUT VERY INTERESTING NONETHELESS

Sleeve notes by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker: This Album has been a long time coming. Seems like Batti Mamzelle have spent the best part of a year in various recording studios trying, perhaps too desperately sometimes, to capture on vinyl the essence of their live music. It’s been a struggle. The band originally started on this album way back in June 1973, but always there seemed to be one basic problem. That fusion of raw excitement and musical expertise, which works to well for the band on stage, never quite made the right connection.
Well, a few months back, Batti finally picked up on Robert Bailey as producer. Bailey, of course, was formerly the Keyboards player with Osibis. His kid brother, Richard, is Batti’s drummer and their father. McDonald, is the band’s manager. A family affair. This album is the result. Enjoy it.
The idea behind Batti Mamzelle has been floating around for some time now, even before Richard Bailey joined up with Johnny Nash’s backing band, The Sons Of The Jungle, in 1972.
Richard, you see, is from Trinidad. His idea, quite simply, was to form a rock band incorporating Trinidadian steel pans. It all began to take shape during the early part of 1973 when he finally assembled the pan section – Miguel Baradas, Ralph Richardson and Russell Valdez – and discovered the whole concept knitted together just fine.
All the band are from Trinidad and the name Batti Mamzelle is French patois for “crazy lady”, the local term for a dragonfly. The focal point of the band is, obviously, the pan section. All three of the pan players came to Britain in the early Sixties as members of Dixieland which was, despite the name, Trinidad’s premiere steel band. They stayed on in Britain, eventually forming a spinoff band called Les Flambeaux. Miguel was the leader of the band in those days, but he finally split some three years ago to do session work. And then, of course, came Batti. Richard, together with lead guitarist Winston Delandro and bass player Peter Duprey started out in some band called Ojah who were so rumour suggests, quite hot in Europe. Then Richard and Winston found themselves touring America as Sons Of The Jungle.
Vocalist Jimmy Chambers, meanwhile, was with Dada for a time. When the band finally became Vinegar Joe. Jimmy tried to make it as a solo singer before he was offered the gig with Batti. I first heard the band one May afternoon in a small rehearsal room off London’s Charing Cross Road. They’d been together for just about two months but, even at that time, they sounded formidable.
They had one of the tightest rhythm sections I’d heard. Still do, in fact. And Richard, today has got to be THE best young drummer in Britain. No messing. That rhythm section made a superb job of underpinning the pans, with Frank Ince’s conga work filling out the overall sound. Pretty weird it was, too. The pans had both rhythmic and melodic capabilities, colouring the band’s music. They gave a whole new depth and range, opening up different possibilities.
All that was a year ago. Since then Batti have been through something of a frustrating time. But they’ve been on the road, played a couple of weeks residency at London’s Howff Club and, well, they’ve finally recorded this album. The highlights, for me at least, are “Love is Blind”, “Bird” and the atypical “Voodoo Man”.You might find others. It’s a good first album, one which ably demonstrates the band’s potential. Be the first on your block to pick up on Batti Mamzelle.....

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WHICH DELIVERS A SUPERB CLEAN, CLEAR IMPRESSIVE LOUD CUT - BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED
THE RECORD HAS THE FIRST CUBE RECORDS LABELS (with "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" text)
MARTIX: HIFLY 17 A-1U / HIFLY 17 B-1U (the first and only UK pressing)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/O and 1/R (in the batch of the first 1500 pressed)
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE MATTE SLEEVE WITH 'Dragonflylady" ILLUSTRATION BY PETER GOODFELLOW, "Printed in England by Robor Limited"

Peter Duprey – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Winston Delandro – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Spanish Guitar
Richard Bailey – Drums, Backing Vocals, Percussion, Timbales
Miguel Barradas – High Tenor Pan, Backing Vocals, Percussion, Timbales and other Pans
Ralph Richardson – Tenor Pan, Backing Vocals and other Pans
Russell Valdez – Double Tenor Pans, Backing Vocals
Frank Ince – Congas, Backing Vocals
Jimmy Chambers – Lead Vocals

Track Listing:
Side 1: Lament / San Juan / Caroni / Seasoning / Voodoo Man
Side 2: Get Out of My Way / Love is Blind / Bird / I See the Light / Streaking

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and barely any spindle traces
VINYL Visual: The surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN with a few superficial light marks which have NO audio consequence
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP, DEEP, RICH SOUND. Plays BEAUTIFULLY throughout to a very, very high standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion (its barely been played). TREMENDOUS RECORD. There are NO sticks, NO jumps, NO scratches, barely any clicks/pops (really, hardly any) and must be graded EXCELLENT+ for audio. BEAUTIFUL COPY - you would be hard pressed to find one much better
SLEEVE: The original matte sleeve is in GREAT shape. CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH with just the lightest touch of ring wear. The edges are SHARP and the spine (pinched at the top and bottom) is straight and true with all text CLEAR and BOLD. EXCELLENT SLEEVE

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