PIERROT LUNAIRE,v.rare original folk psych/prog,1974 LP
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Very good copy of this ultra rare rare folk/psych/prog masterpiece. This is the original IT pressing NL74114. There have been plenty of ressues of this little gem but it's almost impossible to find an original. the cover has some wear and a small 2.5cm bulge on the spine, a 4cm split on the bottom, and another 2.5-3.5cm low bulge at the top. There is also a touch of ringwear. The back has some minor creasing. Overall VG to VG+. The vinyl is beautifully shiny, appears close to unplayed. No real marking of any kind apart from very light scuffs. VG++ to EX-.
Pierrot Lunaire is essentially a folk-based cycle of shortish compositions, full of pearly acoustic guitar, lush and lambent piano and affable vocal melodies with a typically Italian profile. Yet a progressive/psych feel is ever present in the arrangements, from Caporaletti's infrequent, distortion guitar stabs to Stalteri's omnipresent and richly inventive keyboard arrangements, which suffuse everything with nimble and beautiful piano and sparkling synthesizer. The album highlights include the superimposed pianos and guitars that spell out the stern mediaeval melody of "Ouverture XV"; the gorgeous symphonic cavalcade of "Sotto i ponti"; and the hide-and-seek between spinet, hyperkinetic piano and a hazy female voice in "Arlecchinata", a song that swings effortlessly from romantic rhapsodising to Tom and Jerry chases. This is an album that is just as intricate and experimental as the big-name Italian progressive bands in their prime, just far less bombastic and flashy in its execution. Beautiful stuff.
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