PETER BARDENS w/PETER GREEN ANSWER ULTRA-RARE SEALED ORIG '69 VERVE FORECAST LP

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·       PETER BARDENS (OF VAN MORRISON'S 'THEM' FAME) with FLEETWOOD MAC'S PETER GREEN AND A STELLAR SESSION CREW - THE ANSWER - VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1970 VERVE/FORECAST  STEREO  LP FTS-3088

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       IF YOU ASK YOURS TRULY, 'THE ANSWER' IS ONE OF THE TOP-20 GREATEST PSYCHEDELIC ALBUMS OF ALL TIME AND TOP 10 BLUES-PSYCH RECORDINGS EVER --. OR --  YOU CAN DISCARD THIS SELLER'S OPINION AND LISTEN TO THE DUMB ROCK CRITICS WHO SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SAVAGE THE ALBUM AT THE TIME.

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL TAN (MUSTARD) VERVE FORECAST LABEL  (NO OTHER VERVE FORECAST STOCK LABELS EXIST)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Reading the liner notes of Peter Bardens’ 1970 debut The Answer, reveals a prolific artist kept busy prior to his finding fame as the keyboardist with progressive rock group Camel. Aside from the psychedelic Ladbroke Grove act, The Village, he played in a whole host of bands during the British “Blues Boom” of the mid-sixties, alongside future household names such as Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green and Premier League rogerer, Sir Rodney of Stewart.

And there’s an element of blues rock bubbling away beneath the psychedelic/progressive mix that forms The Answer, particularly with regards to Bardens’ vocal delivery, which is a full-bodied blues drawl and, on occasion, remarkably similar in sound to another royal lady-roisterer, a certain Michael Jagger.

The title-track, first up on the album, is awash with energetic blues guitar licks, in this case provided by an uncredited Peter Green, which is bolstered throughout by Bardens’ elaborate organ artistry and pseudo-philosophical lyricism, popular in progressive and underground rock circles of this era.

The blues guitar continues through the eerie mire that is ‘Don’t Goof With a Spook’, where the Jaggerisms are possibly at their strongest, and the excellent acid-soaked freak-rock of ‘I Can’t Remember’, with its hedonistic tribal undercurrent in addition to the masterclass of swirling keyboard extravagance.

‘I Don’t Want to Go Home’ and ‘Let’s Get It On’, both of which also feature an uncredited Peter Green on lead guitar, are more in the standard blues-rock vein and as such a little more formulaic, but following on from something as undeniably strong as the three aforementioned tracks that open The Answer, is always going to be a thankless task.

Which brings us nicely to the B-side spanning closing track of the original album. Running just shy of 14 minutes, ‘Homage to the God of Light’ is a spectacular journey into the outer reaches of psychedelic-prog, bringing to mind the early instrumental excursions of Pink Floyd and the exalted voyagers of space rock, Hawkwind. Bardens really gives the organ a punishing workout on this captivating, and lengthy, illustration of finest, ye olde underground gallivanting. A worthy highlight to an all round worthy album.

Tracks

1. The Answer - 5:25

2. Don’t Goof With A Spook - 7:21

3. I Can’t Remember - 10:41

4. I Don’t Want To Go Home - 5:13

5. Let’s Get It On - 6:36

6. Homage to the God of Light - 13:32

7. Man In The Moon (Bonus Tracks as Village) - 4:13

8. Long Time Coming (Bonus Tracks as Village) - 2:33

All compositions written by Peter Bardens.

Musicians

Peter Bardens - Keyboards, Vocals

Steve Ellis - Vocal

Andy Gee - Guitar

Reg Isadore - Drums

Linda Lewis - Vocal

Alan Marshall - Vocal, Percussion

Bruce Thomas - Bass

David Wooley - Vocal

Rocky - Congas

Peter Green - Guitar

Bruce Thomas - Bass Guitar (Village)

Bill Porter - Drums (Village)

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY NICK JAMES)

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.  (BARELY VISIBLE)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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