THIRD EAR BAND Alchemy NM LP ORIG 1969 UK HARVEST A1/B1 AVANT PROG FOLK PSYCH LP
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THIRD EAR BAND - Alchemy ORIGINAL UK LP
On offer here is a rare original UK Harvest Records vinyl LP (A-1/B-1 Matrix No's, NO EMI logo on the labels & Gramophone Co Ltd rim text) of the debut album, entitled "Alchemy", by the legendary British avant garde progressive / psych / folk group THIRD EAR BAND. The album comes housed in its superb original outer laminated gatefold sleeve. Comes complete with Harvest Records poly-lined advertising inner bag. Original UK pressing of this seminal underground classic released in 1969 on the highly sought after and collectable Harvest label. Cat.No.SHVL 756. Stereo.
The laminated gatefold sleeve is in EX condition and the record is in NEAR MINT condition.
Third Ear Band remains unique in the history of progressive rock. This band reveals an eclectic, colourful, inspired musical "mantra", a multi influenced musical profile and consequently difficult to classify in a specific subgenre. "Alchemy" develops an achieved sense of multi-influences dialogue. Despite that Third Ear Band first started their career as a convnetional psychedelic prog-ish band, a large part of their discography (with this album included) is reserved to semi-acoustic improvisations, combining with talent medieval and eastern' raga harmonies into the formula a chamber music ensemble. The eight tracks here are all generally similar in structure. The whole album is exotic, with Glen Sweeney laying down a minimalist and erratic beat using hand drums, and the rest of the group offering up their various elaborations in what seems to be a fairly improvisational manner. Each track pulls the listener in and keeps their attention with a trance effect throughout the tracks. Each one is certainly entrancing and may seem at first hard to get into, but once you get into it you are hooked. The minimalism featured here is weaving blends of acoustics, which is even more unique...features a brief appearance by the late John Peel on jews harp ! Don't miss out !
NOTE! Postage indicated in the auction is not the actual postage as ebay doesn't allow a higher postage then 4 GBP in this category. Postage for this item is 8 GBP to most countries within Europe and 16 GBP for the rest of the world. This is up to 2kg, so you can add up to 6 more LP's for the same postage. Postage for 7 LP´s is the same as for 1 LP, so buy more to save on postage!
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Postage for 1 LP is the same as for 7 LP's (<2kg), so please order more LP's to save on shipping!
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