RARE 1976 Major Arcana Jim Spencer Vinyl Record LP 12"
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Major Arcana - Major Arcana 1976

Used, with visible scratches, but you cannot feel them (not play tested)

does not have the Peter Poplaski poster insert

cover has obvious wear & is split on one seam

Side One-

  1. Western Wind
  2. Dark Trip to Edge City
  3. Shake Me
  4. Steal Your Love Back Home
  5. Deanna Durbin Blues

Side Two-

  1. Down Under Blues
  2. Papa Doc
  3. Back in the Spirit
  4. Fran's Blues
  5. Greensleeves

 

Collectors have long known about Milwaukee's Major Arcana

Jim Spencer originally made his name as a writer/publisher, responsible for a series of early-1970s underground magazines, including Freek.  He also found time to record a pair of mid-1970s solo LPs that attracted local attention, but did little on the national scene. 

In 1974 he decided to form a band, recruiting the talents of bassist Michael Burdecki, lead guitarist Randall Dubis, and percussionist Jim Kitchen.  Released on Spencer's own A Major Label (which also released the highly sought after Anonymous album), "Major Arcana" served as a showcase for Spencer who handled all of the vocals and was credited with writing, or co-writing nine of the ten songs (the one exception being a cover of the traditional 'Greensleeves').  Propelled by Spencer's likeable voice, musically the album was hard to describe since it bounced all over the horizon including stabs at conventional blues, commercial ballads, folk-rock, Dr. John-styled funk ('Papa Doc') and even jazzy interludes. Curiously lots of reviews have slapped a 'psych' label on the LP.  

Depending on which source you use, between 1,000 and 2,500 copies were pressed.  Regardless, the LP's hard to find.  Original copies are also worth owning for the cool Denis Kitchen cover art (the only album cover he's ever done), as well as the hard to find Peter Poplaski poster insert.  

 

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