Lp Catapilla - Re-Release - Akarma Ak 131 Still Sealed

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lp CATAPILLA

Catapilla

Country of release: Italy, 2000

Originally released: 1971

Label: Akarma

Catalogue number: AK 131

Barcode: 8034003291310

Folding cover/gatefold sleeve: Yes/ YES

 Condition Record: mint

Condition Cover: mint

  lp is still sealed / lp IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo taken From my own lp )

Tracks Side 1:

1. Naked Death (15:38)

2. Tumbleweeds (3:54)

3. Promises (5:42)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Emeryonic Fusion (24:08)

Listen On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAWCAuqa-Q

Catapilla was A British group acting Time duringThe early seventies. The founder of Theband was saxophonist and keyboardist Robert Calvert. The band Recorded Two very interesting albums released by Vertigo. Their debut album contained A mix ofHEAVY rock and jazz. Album characterized, by guitar passages interspersed with lots of instruments keyboards, organs and saxophones

The great attraction was The vocalist Anna Meek, has A very distinctive voice and original wayTo use it. Sometimes fragments of The group resembledThe Colosseum,VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR ,Soft Machine andNUCLEUS .

The flagship track of TheFirstlp Catapilla (Vertigo 6360 029) 1971' is twenty-five-minute"Embryonic Fusion" -The quintessenceof style group, pure poetry progressive rock.
After recording their debut album some musicians left The band . Other members-founders Robert Calvert and Anna Meek, Graham Wilson co-opt new instrumentalists and proceeded To record TheSecond Album ,Catapilla - "Changes" released in 1972 originally UKFirst pressing Vertigo 6360 074 Production: Colin Caldwell, cover art by Martin Dean,Recorded at Marquee Studios, London..housed inA spectacular die-cut gatefold cover!.

Scary cover, too. A Giant die-cut catterpillar gnaws its way through The cabbage leaves. Will they come FOR You too? The lettering is perhaps A bit too tolerantly chosen. Too much trouble To design your own letters? The Inside shows The back ofThe caterpillar, which is extended even intoTheInsideofThe cover whereThe disc has its place. Interesting idea!

This lp is rare and very very hard To find,OneofThe most mysteriousof allThe innovative acts signed by progressive Vertigo Swirl label inThe early seventies. This short-lived progressive rock band made an unforgettable impression upon TheFaceofMUSIC before their exit into obscurity. It's A wonder how A group that was so well aheadof theirTime and who were literallyOneofThePioneers of an entire generationofMUSIC could be so unrecognized. Now its Time To give credit it is so rightfully due.

Plate was also curious, as debut The style group remained TheSame only slightly enriched it even elementsof psychedelia and experimentalMUSIC . It features The powerful vocals of Anna Meek that have been variously described by critics as 'elegant' and even 'witch-like'.

Her voice is complemented On A seriesof extended performances byThe saxophone playingof leader Robert Calvert (who is notTo be confused withThe singer and poet Robert Calvertof Hawkwind fame). Catapilla's style veers between avant-garde jazz-fusion and experimental acid rock and there is plenty of ROOMFOR experimentationOn tracks Exorcising and often wordless vocals by MeekSTILL dominateThe soundscapes, as do Calvert's ubiquitous saxes, frequentlyTwo atThe Time .

No concessions To sales figures anywhere in TheMUSIC aims at spiritual cleansing. A a lot of echo, A lotof overdubs andLong ,Long tracks governThe style. At times this leads To gaps in The tension, but when it gels it's downright chilling. Best features are The silent passages after wild ofSound , that work like sanctuaries after some cosmic ordeal, likeThe endofReflections

Also noteworthy: The STRANGE mixtureof slow hard rock and Eastern melodiesOn Thank ChristFOR George, momentsof Savage guitar lines are calmed by vocals that seemTo float overThe top ofA soothing saxophone whileThe complexityof it all pullsYou into another dimension.


They both clock in at over twelve minutes each. Regardless of The lengthofThe songsYou are left wantingFOR more as well asThe unexpected tranquillityof The closing track. Unique Sounds that make FOR uneasy but rewardingLISTENING . Vocalist Anna Meek and saxophonist Robert Calvert play of each other and ride The prog-rock roller coasterof everchangingSound . Prog-rock enthusiasts get A glimpse of where groups likePINK Floyd andROXYMUSIC could have derived some ideasFrom . Meek's eerie vocal rants and Calvert's poignant and atmospheric saxophone are everything Graham Wilson (guitar), Ralph Rolinson (keyboards), Carl Wassard (bass), and Brian Hanson (drums) needed To launch ASound that is all at once mysterious as it is aurally exciting.

This lp entailed four ambitious songs of progressive jazz-rock fusion thatHelpTo lendA hand in settingThe standardFOR what wasTo become A new genre. The colorful gatefold sleeve, which has A picture ofA caterpillar peeping overA leaf as it enjoys itsMeal , opens and there isA maggot squirting. This image is A point of referenceToTheMUSIC , it's very symbolic. Progressive rock is very much like The process of birth andRebirth .

The caterpillar goes into A cocoon and emerges as A beautiful butterfly. They couldn't have chosen A better ANALOGY or illustrationTo explainThe musical process. It's Time FORUs allTo investigateThe impact that groups like Catapilla has hadOnThe history and developmentof prog rock. Despite this, The album went almost unnoticed. In part, it was because The year 1972 was full of many important worksof rock


Catapilla did not have A suitably resilient impresario and good promotion. To The lack of adequate amounts of touring and internal friction inThe group soon ledTo its dissolution. To this lack of proper quantities Concert tours and internal friction inThe group soon ledTo its dissolution. Most of The membersofThe group leftTheMUSIC business and today their names are known onlyToThe A staunch fans.


Robert Calvert joined Hawkwind and FOR many years with great success in this group, he continuedHIS career in music. The fact remains that Catapilla, is more appreciated team today - over 40 years after its debut, than in The years of its activity.
by Adamus67 (therockasteria.blogspot.de)

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