"Thor's Hammer "A Memory" Parlophone Export 1966 45 Freakbeat
$
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Description
Thor's Hammer
A Memory / Once
UK Parlophone export EP
1966
EX / EX (original OCS)
Side One: A Memory
Side Two: Once
Copious amounts of fuzz guitar, lashings of explosive feedback, snotty punk-ass vocals, absolutely berserk drumming and other bracing elements of this true monster.
MONSTER TIME!
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LPs :
USA media mail $5 + $1 each additional LP
USA priority $8 + $1 each additional LP
CAN / MEX $9 + $3 each additional LP
WORLD $16 + $4 each additional LP
CDs / CS / 7"s :
USA media mail $3 + $1 each additional 7"
USA first class $4 + $1 each additional 7"
CAN / MEX $5 + $1 each additional 7"
WORLD $7 + $1 each additional 7"
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All the Parlophone tracks are incredible, "I Don't Care" is certainly one of thee nastiest garage numbers of the '60s. The drumming on all the EP cuts leaves Keith Moon in the dust!
Special mention should be made of the folkier numbers on the 45s as well. They are amazing both musically and lyrically, particularly coming from Icelandic teenagers! "Once" is about the most crushingly sad and poetic love song I've ever heard.
The third and possibly scarcest of the three 1966 Parlophone 45s, "A Memory" is totally dynamic while still retaining their patented Nordic wistfulness. Chiming guitars, the usual brilliant chord changes and lyrics belying their teen years.
Speaking of which, "Once" is quite possibly thee overlooked gem in the Thor's catalog. The lyrics, written by their incredible teenage drummer Petur Ostlund, are heart wrenchingly melancholic for a kid. The weaving guitar interplay in the solo is amazing, especially when you take into account that all of these tracks (including the monster punk anthems on the Umbarumbamba EP) were all recorded in one session on the same day (at Lansdowne Studio in London, originally built by Joe Meek)!
Once you were mine and springtime filled our hearts
Yes once
Once love was ours
Life's goal achieved, fulfillment then
Filled with anticipation
Wondrous days and nights went by
No disenchantment then
For we were alone
In a world where misery reigned supreme
And now we stand together as of old
And yet
That love we shared
Has dwindled to a vague regret
Time once bestowed on our erstwhile love
Its every passing grace
Time has destroyed our love
Yes time has erased
Our love
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