MASTERS APPRENTICES A Toast Panama Red Insanely Rare Regal Zon UK Prog Psych Org

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  MastersApprentices.TheLessonSoListen by jc1ad

* 1ST UK ORIGINAL - RED REGAL ZONOPHONE LABEL

* GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD. - UK COVER

* DIE MATRIX STAMPED 

EMI - SLRZ 1022 (IE 062 - 80977) (1971 ORIGINAL)

MATRIX'S ON RUN-OUT GROOVES 

SIDE 1: YCARX 83-1

SIDE 2: YCARX 84-1

THIS IS NOT THE 2007 REISSUE 

Originally a psych rock band in Australia in the '60s and with little success the band decided to update their sound in the early 70's and sign to Regal Zonophone and go on to record two heavy rock albums. The whole album is a treasure trove of brilliant riffs ("The Lesson So listen" has a riff that Zeppelin would kill for) great lead work and top notch vocals. The harmonies on 'love is' are pure class and unlike a lot of early seventies heavy rock the songs are strong with great hooks and not prone to self indulgence. What is exceptional is the strings on the closing part of 'games we play' are just right and fit perfectly into the track. This is an essential purchase and also has a unique cover and great title! It is up there with May Blitz and Cactus as prime examples of how thrilling heavy rock could be and way better than the so called classic bands. This album was recorded at the Abbey Road studios.

Freedom Train, Vol 1, Issue 3, 1996 by Ian McFarlaine

Taken as a whole, this album stands as a high watermark of the Aussie progressive Rock era. It's a remarkable album of extraordinary skill and rare precision. The song arrangements are free flowing, yet tightly structured and highlight Doug Ford's exemplary guitar technique. The guitar sounds are phenomenal with Doug's heavy fuzzed leads and Glenn Wheatly's solid bass lines driving the music ever onwards.

Tracks like Answer Lies Beyond, The Lesson So Listen, Melodies of St Kilda and Southern Crossare built around incisive heavy rock riffs. They also contain some of the most incendiary, free-form, acid-fried guitar freakouts you're ever likely to hear on an Aussie progressive album.

Beneath the Sun possess an intriguing psych/country tinged edge, while the majestic pop ofLove Is benefits from the addition of a trilling horn arrangement.

The band even tackled the grandiose orchestrations of the Moody Blues styled Games We Play Part I & II with considerable style. The album ends on a beautifully elegiac and reflective note with the gentle folksy strains ofThyme To Rhyme.

A Toast To Panama Red is a truly awesome progressive rock masterpiece and the absolute best Australian album of the period.

"....a few weeks ago I reviewed an album by
Masters Apprentices which turned out to be delightful... the group were remarkably original" 
Ray hollingworth - Melody Maker

TRACK LISTING:

1. Answer Lies Beyond (3:36)
2. Beneath the Sun (6:08)
3. Games We Play I (6:55)
4. Games We Play II (4:17)
5. The Lesson So Listen (3:09)
6. Love Is (4:10)
7. Melodies of St. Kilda (2:54)
8. Southern Cross (4:52)
9. Thyme to Rhyme (2:37)

• Mick Bower – rhythm guitar (1965–1967)
• Jim Keays – vocals, harmonica, guitar (1965–1972, 1987–1991, 1994–1995; 1997, 2001–2002)
• Rick Morrison – lead guitar (1965–1967)
• Brian Vaughton – drums (1965–1966)
• Gavin Webb – bass guitar (1965–1968)
• Steve Hopgood – drums, replaced Vaughton (1967–1968)
• Tony Sommers – guitar, replaced Morrison (1967–1968)
• Rick Harrison – rhythm guitar, replaced Bower (1967)
• Peter Tilbrook – rhythm guitar, bass guitar, replaced Harrison (1967–1968)
• Doug Ford – guitar, replaced Sommers (1968–1972 1987–1991, 1997, 2001–2002)
• Colin Burgess – drums, replaced Hopgood (1968–1972, 1987–1991, 2001–2002)
• Glenn Wheatley – rhythm guitar, bass guitar replaced Webb (1968–1971, 1987&1988, 2002)
• Denny Burgess – bass guitar, replaced Wheatley (1972)
• Roger Faynes – guitar, keyboards (1988–1991)
• Wayne Mathews – bass guitar (1988–1991)
• Tony Day – drums (1997)
• Peter Farnan – keyboards, guitar (1997)
• John Favaro – bass guitar, backing vocals (1997)
• Tim Wheatley – bass guitar (2001–2002)

COND. JACKET:  SOME CRACKING TO COVER. EDGES ARE BUMPED 1/2" (ALL)  2" BREAK TO TOP EDGE. COLOR LOSS TO RAISED EDGE ON BACK.

COND. VINYL:  VG++ SMALL AMOUNTS OF VERY LOW NOISE ON OCCASION BRINGS THE GRADE DOWN. VINYL SURFACE HAS LIGHT MARKS (SLEEVE SCUFFS). VPI HW-17 CLEANED. THERE IS AN ORANGE DOT ON SIDE ONE'S LABEL. I WILL NOT REMOVE IT AND LEAVE THAT UP TO THE NEW OWNER. (THERE IS NO APPARENT DAMAGE THAT IS VISIBLE TO THE LABEL). THE SOUND FILE AT THE TOP OF THE AUCTION IS DIRECTLY FROM THE ALBUM ON THIS LISTING. ENJOY!

SLEEVE:  CLEAR PLASTIC.

• No writing 
• No cuts
• No yellowing
• No staples
• No ringwear
• No Splits            

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