MINT TUDOR LODGE 1971 VERTIGO HIPPIE FOLK PSYCH BEAST

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            TUDOR LODGE

                                             Europe - AK 320

SUPERIOR  poster-sized foldout cover limited edition (long gone) 2ndpress to the magical mesmerizing folk psych gem from England in 1971 -- one of the greatest of the Vertigo swirls...a beautiful monster status beast of a classic up there with Mellow Candle, Carol Of Harvest, Spriguns Of Tolgus and the like, in upper cust.

Released on the famous Vertigo "swirl" label with a stunning fold-out artwork, which under its original and mint state will fetch almost a four figure price. Here, the stunning lavish European  pressing duplicates the legend to perfection...any other issues of this album are far inferior to this pressing...

This UK hippie trio is backed by a heavyweight band of folk legends (the redoubtable rhythm section of Danny Thompson and Terry Cox from Pentangle, included), Tudor Lodge were unashamedly pastoral — their music is the sound of a summer’s day in centuries past, where “grey-backed squirrels run to safety” (“Forest”), ladies “disappear into the sunset, shrouded in organdie and wine” (“Willow Tree”), and even bloody battlefields become a place for quiet contemplation (“Help Me Find Myself”). And, all the while, clarinets twinkle, violins sigh, and cellos call to one another across the verdant fields. Recorded in a mere two weeks in early 1971, Tudor Lodge is very much a child of its times — hopeful, gentle, and so delicately melodic that, even with harmonies hurtling like asteroids across “I See a Man,” there is a Spartan simplicity to the record that surely exacted a major toll on the latter-day likes of Belle & Sebastian — a comparison that the almost raunchy guitar and psych-soaked wah-wah of “The Lady’s Changing Home” only amplifies.

In its original vinyl form, Tudor Lodge was released in a grandiose six-panel die-cut sleeve --this fabulous packaging has been restored in its entirety.

Like the music, it’s breathtaking.

1. It All Comes Back To Me (4:19)
2. Would You Believe? (2:29)
3. Reflection (3:17)
4. Two Steps Back (2:51)
5. Help Me Find Myself (4:19)
6. Nobody's Listening (3:30)
7. Willow Tree (3:20)
8. Forest (3:34)
9. I See A Man (3:00)
10. Lady's Changing Home (4:36)
11. Madeline (4:03)
12. Kew Gardens (2:18)

- Lyndon Green / vocals, guitars
- John Stannard / vocals, guitars
- Ann Steuart / vocals, guitars, piano, flute

+ guests, such as:-

Danny Thompson / bass
-and Terry Cox / drums of Pentangle

+ others....

CONDITION: The lavish fold out fully laminated cover is MINT

The vinyl is all clear and glossy MINT

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record