The Unspoken Word Rare US LP Tuesday April 19th VG+ ’69 Ascot AS16028 Psyche
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The Unspoken Word Rare US LP Tuesday April 19th VG+ ’69 Ascot AS16028 Psyche
Rare US LP released in 1969 on Ascot Records. Cat: AS16028. Matrix numbers: ALS 10020A-1A Bell Sound/ ALS 10020B-1A Bell Sound. Comes in gatefold sleeve.The first album from this Long Island-based ensemble was a tuneful and ambitious collection of psychedelic folk-rock tricked out with polished harmonies and arrangements featuring elaborate horn and string charts. If anything, Tuesday, April 19 often sounds a bit too elaborate for its own good; the arrangements certainly reflect the trippy, philosophic bent of Gene Stashuk's lyrics (which also suggest a Christian undertow), but fairly often they also tend to overpower them, and on these sessions the Unspoken Word sound more like a studio project than an organic group with a personality of its own. The irony is this has a great deal to do with the precision with which the Unspoken Word play their music; Angus MacMaster's keyboard work is especially impressive, with a striking dynamic sense, and vocalist Dede Puma would have done any number of Broadway musicals proud with her rich, expertly modulated instrument. On tunes like "After the Before," the Unspoken Word sound a bit like the Free Design after an acid trip and a couple semesters of philosophy class, and while that might sound like damning the Unspoken Word with faint praise, the truth is few bands embraced the psychedelic philosophy while maintaining a composer's fine control over their music the way the Unspoken Word did on Tuesday, April 19. If the two sides don't always mesh perfectly, fans of oddities of the psychedelic era will doubtless find this to be intriguing stuff.
Tracks : Anniversary of my mind/ For the world/ Waking up/ It’s moving day/ After the before/ Distant oh so far/ Rossby/ Flock of birds/ Sunday suit of clothes/ We’re growing.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks that cause a few light crackles and is in Excellent condition. Heavy weight gatefold sleeve has some ring wear, tiny surface tears around edges and a 10cm Seam split on top right corner and is in VG condition.
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