MARC LEBEL (AGAPE) - UN DE PLUS, QUEBEC Xian Prog Psych, LISTEN

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 Marc Lebel

" Un De Plus "

** Mega Rare    .....rarely seen on eBay **

Les Edition RM (Escales)   ES-37111, 1971 (Private pressing, Canada)

“ In 1972 French Canadian (Quebec) band Agapè (not the Californian Christian Psych-Rock band of the same name from the late 60’s) released “Le Troisieme Seuil” (“English transl., “The Third Doorway”) on the small private label (Editions RM).      ....Obscure stuff indeed….best described as folk-psych-prog-xian rock with doomy church organ and spacey sound effects……now very rare and highly coveted !

The previous year, just before they christened themselves “Agape”,   founding members Marc Lebel (guitars, vocals), Gilles Bergeron (guitars, bass) and René Dupéré (keyboards & musical direction) recorded this even more obscure local private pressing,  “Un De Plus” (English transl., “One More”) .....the first release among the coveted Holy Grail trio of Quebec Xian Psych Rock LP's (along with "Agapè" and "Des Gens Comme Vous et Moi")

Although credited and released to Marc Lebel,  make no mistake…this is nothing less than underground pre-Agapè madness by founding members Lebel, Bergeron & Dupéré.

Features a great crude hand-drawn cover design (by Lise Lamontagne).

Like the cover design, the music is also crude….but anything but simple !         Way "out-there"…..from folk,  to progressive jazz,  to fuzz freakout guitar blasts,  …very bohemian and raw atmosphere…..recorded with a savage "garage" vibe.      Not slick at all,  yet with an eclectic mix of instruments and arrangements….acoustic & electric guitars, fuzz guitar, trumpet, French horn, mandolin, harmonica, drums and percussion.    

Guess these cats were hippie underground head dudes….a definite druggie sounding weird LP.     Apparently sold in the hundreds (not "thousands"),  and now near-impossible to track down.

Museum of Canadian Music review & Track listing: Here

Artist feature, album review (en français) & audio at the excellent blog "Patrimoine PQ":   Here

Personnel:

MARC LEBEL vocals, guitars

GILLES BERGERON guitars, bass

RENÉ DUPERE keyboards, mandolin, arrangements

PIERRE BAULÉ acoustic guitar, bass

JACQUES BOIVIN trumpet, horn, mandolin

WEILLÉ VIENS harmonica, vocal

Labels (light spindle rub marks)....NM-

Vinyl (light superficial hairlines/sleeve-scuffs)...VG++/EX-

Cover (Solid...no splits or cut-outs, light shelfwear, faint radio-station rubber-stamp mark at back, light sticker residue)  ....EX

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