? BEST COPY ? MINT 1971 ORIG BRITISH FOLK PSYCH ? DULCIMER ? AND I TURNED ...
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ORIGINAL 1971 FIRST PRESS
FINAL COLLECTION WORTHY !!
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DULCIMER
"An I Turned As I Had Turned as A Boy"
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USA - (red) MERCURY - SR 61355
~~~ STONE MINT ~~~
Rare collectible artifact in gorgeous gatefold cover on the red Mercury label....
1971 (((mint))) FIRST PRINTING
Obscure delicate UK underground folk LP ... the 6 & 12 string trio (+ bass, vocals & glockenspiel) made just one highly rated LP. Though little seen in the USA, the LP was actually issued in a minor production and virtually instantly buried ...Dulcimer made just the one LP until ten years later their second LP appeared albeit posthumous. Still the 1970 LP is a lavish gatefold affair adorned with suitable ye-olde art from the old ages. Overall the album reflects enough little dalliances - with humor and fantasy and the occasional charming lyrical turn or arrangement to place these guys within at least the past half-century musically. “Ghost of the Wondering Minstrel Boy” for example, a dead lad’s spirit wanders from a Tudor manor to an Eskimo igloo in a fruitless search of someone who will trade him a spot at their warm fire in exchange for one of his tales. In the end he is seen passing through the vacuum of space past a couple of chess-playing astronauts in their ship who refuse him admittance as well. Weird stuff, delivered with soft acoustic guitar strumming and a bleating harmonica.Enter thus Dulcimer, a trio of talented English multi-instrumentalists discovered apparently whilst playing in a restaurant by actor Richard Todd, with their 1971 debut album, And I Turned as I Had Turned as a Boy.
Although 1971 is synonymous with the dark acid folk masterpieces, Comus ~~ First Utterance and Spirogyra ~~ St. Radigunds, Dulcimer comes as a counterbalance with soft optimistic folk accords. As the band's name suggests, a core role in the music making is held by the usage of the homonymous string instrument, whose acoustic embellishments, along with those of mandolins and six and twelve-string acoustic guitars, give the album an almost baroque English countryside flavour. The narrated fragments provided by Richard Todd himself on the 8+ minute mini epic Sonnet to the Fall or Caravan, as well as the delicately layered vocals and harmonies are very much in the spirit of Magna Carta. In fact, the seasonal theme on Sonnet to the Fall, makes this piece almost an epilogue to Seasons. In the same vein, Caravan comes across as the album's mini epic about the colourful and vibrant gypsy and Indian convoys in England, with a splendid instrumental mid-section that sees harmonica accompanied by glockenspiel with the playful and upbeat junction of mandolin and acoustic guitars in the foreground while the bass guitar pumps up the sound to make way for a glorious dulcimer finale. The overall light-hearted atmosphere is maintained via short and sweet tracks with catchy choruses such as Time in My Life or the string and harmonica lead, Suzanne. The famous coconut shell horse-trotting effect one can encounter on Morman's Casket, a delightful piece about a Norman's adventure journey on horseback which sees him encounter a dragon and trying to protect his precious casket filled with jewels. The story's soundtrack is the now familiar combination of acoustic guitars with a very alert mandolin which is tempered down with the use of dulcimer. The instrument benefits from a special kind of attention, with Fruit of the Musical Tree being a veritable ode dedicated to the dulcimer, sustained by the surprising use of a tenor recorder.
- Dave Eaves / acoustic guitars, woodwinds, vocals
- Pete Hodge / acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, glockenspiel, vocals
- Jem North / bass, assorted percussion
Sonnett to the Fall Pilgrim from the City
Morman's Casket
Ghost of the Wandering Minstrel Boy
Glochester City
Starlight
Caravan
Lisa's Song
Time Is My Life
Fruit of the Musical Tree
While It Lasted
Suzanne
CONDITION: The cover: rated: MINT- for normally the wear-prone cover has issue. Here a special survivor with a total clean appearance -- there are no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy UK folk artifact ...
The vinyl: Rated: MINT- looks little played, if at all - no marks, smooth and clear ... both red Mercury labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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