RARE 1969 "LOVE" HARD N' HORNY WIGWAM BEATLES "PEPPER" Prog Jazz Psych LP
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$ 171
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May 1, 2022
Sold Date
Apr 26, 2022
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- ORIGINAL 1969 FIRST LP
- Good luck finding a better copy!
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- "Hard N' Horny"
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- FINLAND - LOVE Records - LRLP 9A
- Original 1969 very FIRST "WIGWAM" LP
"Sgt Pepper" sensibilities with flourishes of what WIGWAM were known for in hints of prog,jazz, psych, less the pop.
- The Finnish band WIGWAM was formed in 1968 by drummer Ronnie Österberg after his split from the band Blues Section. Immediately he recruited another member Jim Pembroke (a British) from Blues Creation and formed a new musical entity that took their name from the famous Native American domed dwelling, WIGWAM. The two would be the only constant members for the band's entire first formation from 1968 to 1980.
- WIGWAM has become famous in likeness of classic Canterbury jazz/prog/psych-fusion circles for their albums with the adroit bassist Pekka Pohjola on board for his short stint of three albums ("Tombstone Valentine", "Fairyport", "Being") but don't expect any of that on this very first (mega rare) release, HARD N' HORNY which sounds more like an album from the '60's with Beatles "Sgt Pepper" sensibilities graced with prog/psych elements extended similar ideas.
- This is a unique beast in the band's lengthy discography displays an album's worth of well-crafted psychedelic and art rock tracks sung in both English and their native Finnish.
- The album was released in 1969 with a crimson based cover depicting a beautiful maiden in a suggestive pose.
HARD N' HORNY is a testament to just how brilliant the band was before soon to be, one Pekka Pohjola who joined the group formulating their defined progressive angel.
- HARD 'N HORNY is yet quite the surprise for the listener as one track after another is top notch late 60s psychedelic pop, slant prog to be, rock that delivers strong hooks, heavy doses of groovy freakiness and stellar musical and vocal performances. In fact, at this point WIGWAM was certainly Finland's answer to The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper" days excellently heard on the second side of the album that incorporates a stream of tracks that connect musically and lyrically beginning with "Henry's Mountain Range Or Thereabouts."
- The album is a bit strange and not exactly uniform in theme although quite consistent in quality. It begins with the Finnish lyric tracks in a clearly psychedelic and jam band mode with a lazy and chilled bass and drum groove with some swinging 60s organ runs and becomes influenced by a British '60s styled Procol Harum only with a different vocal delivery which makes it sound even trippier as the Finnish language has a strange rhythmic flow most music collectors may not be accustomed to.
The fourth track " Neron Muistolle; Hyvää Yötä" is the peak of the trippiness on the album as it contains a spoken dialogue of some sort between Marjoritta Gustavson and Jukka Gustavson in Finnish while strange keyboard rolls create a highly surreal background along with accompanying guitar squeals and slides, yet displaying the playing skills of Jukka Gustavson as the backbone of the song structured keyboard work.
- The next few tracks are well-crafted psychedelic pop-rock craft, ala UK scene tunes that offer strong melodies, pseudo-classical keyboard parts and mid tempo 60s feeling songwriting with slight touches of progressive behavior meaning a few time sig changes here and there and some slight syncopation and jazzy type of structures.
- Beginning with "Henry's Mountain Range Or Thereabouts" it begins to feel like a totally different album which takes on a Beatelesque "Sgt Pepper's" flair although more rooted in a psychedelic Pink Floydian type of space rock.
- The lyrics are surprisingly very good and one could hardly detect that these guys were Finnish although that may have something to do with Jim Pembroke being an English speaker from the UK. The remainder of the album goes through a few short movements that allow the band to exercise their psychedelic and pop hook chops with slight jazz and prog influences.
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Fans of this band may be quite taken back by their first LP! Completely different from what came of WIGWAM, yet it hits the ground running having developed a highly satisfying musical interactive experience reflecting their brilliant Finnish take on the British psychedelic and pop rock interpretations of the late 60s. - The mix of the Finnish and British influences blend quite well together ... the "Fan-Man" find this an excellent listen from beginning to end which more than holds up on repeated listens although it does feel like it is two different EPs strewn together as each half of the album is distinct from the other.
- Despite the album being slightly disjointed in theme and structure along with a rather misfitting title, still "HARD N' HORNY" seems to be a brilliantly constructed album which could have propelled these guys into the international pop rock scene.
- That was not to be but, but this rare original Lp is one of those glimpses in what could have been.
633 Jesu Fåglar (0:07)
Pidän Sinusta (5:38)
En Aio Paeta (3:01)
Neron Muistolle; Hyvää Yötä (3:08)
Guardian Angel
The Future (4:56)
No Pens, El Karsinoita (4:51)
SIDE B:
Henry's...Mountain Range Or Thereabouts (3:11)
Geographical And Astronomical Mistakes (2:02),
Highway Code (2:53)
Ghastly And Diabolical Mistakes (1:17)
Cancelled Holiday Planes (1:39)
Concentration Camp Brochure (2:58)
Ears, Eyes, Girlfriends And Feet (1:34)
Hard And Horny All-Niter (1:12)
Milk Round In The Morning (2:29)
- - Jim Pembroke / lead vocals, piano
- Jukka Gustavson / vocals, organ, piano
- Nikke Nikamo / guitar
- Mats Huldén / bass
- Ronnie Österberg / drums - CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: VG++ front, extremely fragile =>>
- good luck finding better, though nature of delicate cover imagery
- is about as one could hope for ...has NO delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: M- top copy, clean audio, good luck finding better as well ...both "LOVE" labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
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EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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