CONTREPOINT LP/1971 France/Avant-Jazz-Rock/Puissance 13+2/Moving Gelatine Plates

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CONTREPOINT 's/t' LP (France, Monster Melodies, Catalogue #MMLP11) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2017 Monster Melodies label vinyl edition of French Avant-Garde Prog/Free Jazz-Rock album by Contrepoint, originally recorded in 1971 but having remained shelved/"in the can" until this archival release by the French Monster Melodies label in 2017. Milky "Clear" translucent vinyl.

The Monster Melodies record label, hailing from the nation of France, is one of the greatest specialty archive record labels in the world (and one of the best named) and we heartily recommend absolutely every single release this label produces.

(NOTE: LIMITED EDITON OF 1000 NUMBERED COPIES ONLY!)

'At the end of the sixties, Jean Pierre Weiller, a young Parisian and amateur bassist, was an assistant at a Soft Machine concert, and befriended Hugh Hopper who introduced him to Robert Wyatt. He was invited to the Abbey Road studios to attend the recording of Kevin Ayers's 1969 album Joy Of A Toy (MRSSS 513LP). Back in Paris, in October 1970, he decided to add a saxophonist to the band Brave New World, a band he set up at the age of seventeen with two other high school students of Paris's thirteenth arrondissement. Having become a quartet, the group took the name Contrepoint. Contrepoint, first formed by bassist Jean Pierre Weiller, organist Jean Pierre Carolfi, percussionist Mike Freitag, and saxophonist Robert Taylor, started to explore instrumental avant-garde music between rock and free jazz. Like so many bands at the time, Counterpoint performs in the circuit of the MJC and for various events. The members gained a certain notoriety, allowing them to be invited to the Pop Club of "France Inter" where they performed three singles: "Facelift", "Golden Section", and "Lily Kong" in the company of English musicians Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill, Hugh Hopper, and Laurie Allen. The group had a growing reputation and were in talks with CBS to release an album, but it was not like England. In France, the market for innovative music was not in line with the expectations from the French majors requesting maximum profitability. Contrepoint never recorded a studio album. Contrepoint did end up recording a live single, "Unfathomable Of The Seventh Time", on the initiative of Laurent Thibault, for Puissance 13 + 2 (1972), a compilation with other bands such as Catherine Ribeiro and Magma. In 1974, it was a new beginning. Counterpoint played in the first part of the new group by Hugh Hopper, which included Jean Pierre Weiller, Jean Pierre Carolfi, Elton Dean, and Mike Travis. A record from the band Hugh Hopper Monster immortalized on its second face the performance recorded in Bordeaux on March 20, 1974. But despite the recognition, after more than 200 concerts throughout France, Contrepoint separated in 1976. The unpublished record of Contrepoint, directed by Jean Yves Tonello in 1971, was originally engraved on acetate at the time and it remains one of the few existing testimonies of the work of these excellent musicians. Includes two inserts; Transparent vinyl; Edition of 1000 (numbered).'

- Monster Melodies present an unpublished record by Contrepoint, directed by Jean Yves Tonello in 1971.
- Contrepoint, first formed by bassist Jean Pierre Weiller, organist Jean Pierre Carolfi, percussionist Mike Freitag, and saxophonist Robert Taylor, explored instrumental avant-garde music between rock and free jazz.
- Even though Contrepoint performed more than 200 concerts throughout France, they never recorded a studio album.
- Contrepoint recorded the live single "Unfathomable Of The Seventh Time" for the compilation by Laurent Thibault, Puissance 13 + 2 (1972).
- Includes two inserts; Transparent vinyl; Edition of 1000 (numbered).

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

• A1 Buttes Aux Clailles (6:50)
• A2 Interlude Free 1 (7:16)
• A3 Unfathomable Of The Seventh Time/ Part 1 (3:50)
• A4 Unfathomable Of The Seventh Time/ Part 2 (3:21)
• A5 Si Seulement (5:28)
• B1 Interlude Free 2 (2:50)
• B2 Unfathomable Of The Seventh Time/ Part 3 (8:50)
• B3 Unfathomable Of The Seventh Time/ Part 4 (10:46)

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