MINT SHRINK 1974 Orig CUSTOM PSYCH-PROG FUSION "LUBAT & MAD DUCKS" ala THE ZOO
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$ 71
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Feb 19, 2017
Sold Date
Feb 14, 2017
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$ 10
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ORIGINAL 1974 PRESSING
MINT! CUSTOM DESIGNED "ROUND" EDGES COVER
STILL in Shrink Wrapper
BERNARD LUBAT & HIS MAD DUCKS
francE - PIERRE CARDIN - STEC 119
MINT MINT ARCHIVE - FINAL COLLECTION RARITY!!
ORIGINAL 1974 first pressing ...IN SHRINK WRAP!
Fans of THE ZOO the equally biarrre French underground prog Lp should listen in::::
The MAD DUCKS record kicks of with some quacking ala Donald Duck, presumably a nice intro by this odd crew aptly named Lubat's Mad Ducks. However, the quacking doesn't remind so much of Donald Duck but of the protagonist in The New York Ripper. Another movie/library connection although the film soundtrack of this LP came out in 1974. Lubat did compose for film and TV as well as for library records -- including for Fulci's misogynistic effort.
So what's this strangely designed album sound like????
The first track however, is pure gold ::: " Pappy Thomas", largely led by Claude Engel's fuzzy guitar but ably supported by Eddy Louiss on the organ, is a funky slow burning groover that just doesn't seem to stop. If it were in a movie it would be played during the scene where the male lead sees the female lead for the first time dancing in a mod-ish basement nightclub with 'psychedelic' lights playing across her beautiful form. Engel's guitar gets so heated that at one point I wonder if he's actually still playing the same song and hasn't wondered off onto some kind of Hendrix exploitation record. Wigged out man!
After the funky nightclub scene our two heroes have met. To the strains of the next song, To Yashima they drift around swinging London, looking into each other's eyes and making sweet love. The music is light and airy, the wordless vocals drift smoothly moving ever upwards. Eddy Louiss takes his organ work into the swirling, twisting song and also moves ever upwards. Amidst all of this calmness check out the drums - played by Monsieur Lubat the drums are skittish and driving, perhaps pulling away for the wonderful vocal harmonies but nevertheless underpinning the whole. Music for love's young dream.
After the dreamy interlude our boy and girl get back to the important business of solving the crime (whatever it might be) but now they are being chased. Vendredi Chez Astrid Trassoundaine (Friday at Astrid Troussoundaine's) sounds from the title as though it should be another dreamy track. Instead we get funky drumming and more fuzzy guitar attack. Whatever is happening at Astrid's its active stuff. This time Francois Gimenez does the guitar honours and he delivers the goods - as long as what you want are distorted guitar solos. The whole track collapses under the weight of its own freaky fuzzness before, just about, finding its feet with a lovely vibes solo as it fades away into the night.
Side two starts with some more off-putting duck impersonations before heading off into the beautiful "Shouara." If our boy and girl want something to listen to while they are having meaningful sex this is the one for them. Again it feature the wordless singing of Annie Vassiliu, Daniele Bartoletti, Christian Padovan, Henry Tallourd and Michel Pellay. Soft guitar and piano accompany our young lovers as they gently celebrate their youth and beauty until some busy drums bring them to a climax.
Just as well they've finished because "Au Bon Livre" (Ode to Malcom Lowry) is very busy stuff. Malcolm Lowry wrote, amongst other things, Under the Volcano which is without doubt one of the most gut-wrenching depictions of a man's life destroyed by drink. He was also a favourite author of the OuLiPo group of writers and I wonder if that was an influence on Lubat? Au Bon Livre has some fantastic percussion, again courtesy of Lubat which may be an attempt to recreate the Latin-American setting of Lowry's book. There are moments during the song where I think that its one of those 'freak-out' tracks that you usually get on biker soundtracks. But then the inventive percussion comes through, as does the vibes and piano and you realise what an inventive piece of music it is. The piano refrain gets into my brain and is very hard to shift.
Finally, after their drink/drug freak-out our heroes get to the end of the movie. With another shot of mad duck noise "Mickey Schroeder's Dreams" contains only some clear, aching keyboard played by Lubat. Whatever Mickey is dreaming about it is a happy dream.
But perhaps not, as the very last sound on the record is a door being slammed. The end.
Bernard Lubat: Keyboards
Claude Engel: Guitars
Eddie Louiss: Organ
Francois GImenez: Guitars
Francis Darizcuren: Bass
A
Pappy Thomas ... 6:25 To Yasmina ...6:38
Vendredi Chez Astrid Trassoudaine ... 5:38
B
Shouara ... 7:37
Au Bon Livre (Ode To Malcolm Lowry) ...7:30
Mickey Schroeder's Dreams ...2:40
CONDITION: The cover: rated: MINT in factory cellophane...Beautiful, flat, square with 4 perfectly rounded corners ... a unique custom design by Lubat, with nicely adorned pop-art center design! You won't find a better copy of this 42 year old underground LP ... there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy indeed ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COLLECTION COPY filled with shine; smooth & glossy so easily plays with very enjoyable CLEAN audio ...play back will not reveal alarming distracting surface problems ... both PIERRE CARDIN labels are clean
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTIBLES!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for more & more of similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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