*PHANTOM'S DIVINE COMEDY PART 1* Original U.S. Pressing VG++/NM-
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EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL VINYL
ORIGINAL 1974 U.S. PRESSING
**PHANTOM'S DIVINE COMEDY PART 1**
How do you rate an album like this? On originality, it gets about a zero, but as a hint at what another Doors album could have sounded like, it gets a nine out of nine -- "Tales From a Wizard" aping the group at its most pretentious, and "Devil's Child" as a parody of numbers like "Love Me Two Times." Other titles, like "Spiders Will Dance (On Your Face While You Sleep)" (which opens up seemingly bent on parodying "Alabama Song") and "Stand Beside My Fire" are equally self-explanatory. Actually, it's hard to imagine Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore coming out with something quite this unimaginative -- they always added something new to each album -- unless they were producing themselves and Morrison was really wasted. But the album is a good imitation of what the Doors'music sounded like if you weren't listening too closely to it on the radio. At the time, it fulfilled a need for some listeners, and it was an early indicator of just how large Jim Morrison loomed in the back of some listeners' consciousnesses, long before Oliver Stone ever got near a movie camera. The sound is decent but unexceptional, not that this is a big consideration on this sort of album. There never was a Part 2, incidentally, or at least not one that saw the light of day, but this record did point the way toward careers for Doors tribute bands like Crystal Ship, L.A. Woman, and Soft Parade
"Two distinct schools of thought existed about `70s rock outfit, Phantom. The first tended towards the view that Phantom was cynically signed by Capitol to exploit the recent death of Jim Morrison, whose vocal style Phantom singer Tom Carson copied convincingly. The second is that they were a pretty decent group whose vocalist just happened to sound more than a bit like Morrison.
Whichever of these two scenarios was closest to the truth we will never know, but such was Elektra's concern that the record buying public would be confused into thinking that Morrison was still alive that the record company attempted to obtain an injunction banning Capitol from releasing the band's first album, Divine Comedy. Predictably, Elektra's actions simply increased the publicity the band was attracting, and Capitol duly took full advantage."
" It is an incredible work of art/prog/psychedelic. Think The Doors with a much heavier sound and a more polished singer and you have Phantom's Divine Comedy Part 1. A cd steeped in mystery due to the uncredited musicians and of course, Phantom himself. Yes, the similarities to Jim Morrison are uncanny: Tracks 1,3,7 will convince you. The lyrics are also Doors/Morrison territory. But this is not Jim Morrison singing! Phantom is far and away a more capable vocalist, smoother. Listen to his narration on Track 7, spoken like a professional narrator. A crack band backs him up effortlessly on every track. Great guitarwork/keyboards and a killer drummer. I never tire of this cd and anyone I have played it for wants a copy, that's high praise folks. Sound quality is superb for a 1974 recording, with the cleanest high-end I have heard in ages. Supposedly there exists a 'lost 2nd album', sadly I have never been able to find it. Suffice it to say, this is one cd you will treasure. From the opening track, 'Tales From A Wizard', you know you are listening to something very special. Blows the doors off anything from this time period, including The Doors."
***CAPITOL RECORDS***
ST-11313
Tracks Include : please see pics or email
CONDITION
Jacket: NM-
Vinyl: VG++/NM-(track 1 Side 1 and Track 2 Side 2 have very slight b-ground record noise in quiet parts: not consistent. Music dominates!)
U.S. Pressing of
***PHANTOM'S DIVINE COMEDY***
****PART 1****
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