Hampton Grease Band Vinyl LP, Music To Eat, Autographed by Bruce Hampton
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From an Amazon customer review:
The band has long joked that this record sold fewer copies than any title on the label. In fact, an instructional yoga record has that distinction, but the essential truth of the joke is undeniable: no one was ready, in 1970, for The Hampton Grease Band. This has for long been one of the most avidly sought rare LP's, and the recent CD release has finally made it possible for more than cognoscenti to get into the Grease. More adolescent, and much, much more Dadaistic than Frank Zappa (with whom the band sometimes played), the Grease Band was provocative, innovative, and always fun. Bruce Hampton stands out as the singer (billed sometimes as Hampton B. Coles, Ret. and Col. Bruce Hampton), but it's deceptive. Bruce Hampton has never been more than an extremely auspicious part of a mix, and The Hampton Grease band was probably the richest musical mix to ever come out of the South. To some degree, every band to have come out of the Atlanta/Athens area of Georgia acknowledges a debt to the Grease Band with every note. As with other pioneering bands, The Hampton Grease Band's demise led to the beginnings of a number of other bands, but listening now one cannot help but wondering at just how weird this stuff was in 1970 and how undeniably, consistently great it is still.
I have owned this particular album since it was released and I have only played it once, when I copied it onto a reel-to-reel tape in 1970. The album cover shows some signs of wear in the 45 years I have had it and the top edge is split on both pockets as shown in the photo. I've known Colonel Bruce since 1969 and I finally asked him to autograph it for me about twenty-five years ago. Afterward, I asked why he didn't put my name on the dedication and he answered, "Someday you're gonna sell this and if I personalize it it'll kill the value." I don't know if he's right or not, but that day has finally come!
1.
"Halifax"
Glenn Phillips, Bruce Hampton
19:42
2.
"Maria"
Phillips
5:33
3.
"Six"
Harold Kelling, Hampton
19:32
4.
"Evans: a) Egyptian Beaver b) Evans"
Jerry Fields, Hampton, Mike Holbrook, Kelling, Phillips
12:28
5.
"Lawton"
Phillips, Fields
7:48
6.
"Hey Old Lady and Bert's Song"
Kelling, Hampton
3:22
7.
"Hendon: a) Spray Paint b) Major Bones c) Sewell Park d) Improvisation"
Fields, Hampton, Holbrook, Kelling, Phillips
20:10
Total length:
1:28:38
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