MEDICINE HEAD New Bottles Orig UK LP Prog Blues Psych

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MEDICINE HEAD

New Bottles Old Medicine

Original UK LP released on Dandelion Records in 1970. Front laminated sleeve.

S-63757-A1 / S-63757-B1

Formed in Stafford, England in 1968, the British blues duo Medicine Head comprised vocalist/multi-instrumentalist John Fiddler and Peter Hope-Evans, who played the harmonica and jew's harp. Upon their formation at art college, Medicine Head became a staple of the local club circuit, eventually recording a demo which found its way to influential BBC radio personality John Peel, who began championing the track "His Guiding Hand." Other DJs soon followed suit, and quickly the duo was on the brink of stardom.

With Peel's continued assistance, Medicine Head entered the studio to begin recording their 1970 debut LP New Bottles Old Medicine.

Two guys with a Jew's Harp, a handheld drum, a harmonica, and an acoustic guitar make mountains move. The opening "When Night Falls" sets the scene, haunted harp and funereal pounding keeping time behind vocalist Fiddler's lonesome, confessional lyric. There's a ghostly Dylan air to a lot of Medicine Head's early work, and this one shows you where it came from. Or maybe that honour should go to "Ooee Baby," which throws a muddy riff, a bluesy holler, and a driving rhythm into play and spins all expectations for the album upside down. Judas could not have turned out more shocking. Those moods continue through the album: one moment reflective, one moment boisterous, but always loose and laconic enough to remind you just what kind of arsenal was making all the noise. Like Mungo Jerry, the only other band of the era capable of making such a racket with the minimum of rock toys, Medicine Head's achievement isn't simply in writing and performing such memorable songs. It lies in making them sound so memorable as well, and New Bottles Old Medicine overflows with that magic.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

When Night Falls

Ooee Baby

Next Time The Sun Comes 'Round

This Love Of Old

Home's Odyssey

Oh My Heart To Peace

Do It Now

Be It As We Are

Side Two

Fire Under Mountain

Two Men Now

Crazy 'Bout You Baby

Goin' Home

His Guiding Hand

Walkin' Blues

Released on 'Dandelion Records' in 1970

Catalogue No. 63757

Disc is in VG+ condition  (some surface marks)

Sleeve is in EX+ condition

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