WOW SEALED 1970 Orig 1st TRAPEZE Hard Pop Psych "ART" MEETS Early DEEP PURPLE
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~STILL FACTORY SEALED~
1970 1st Lp ~ HARD POP PSYCH COLLECTIBLE !
TRAPEZE
\ USA - Theshold - THS - 2
VERY RARE as a STILL FACTORY SEALED (never opened in 42 years) original 1970 first pressing in thick gatefold cover ...a hard edged popsike-rock sound meets 1st Lp Deep Purple meets pre- Spooky Tooth "ART"
TRAPEZE were the first act signed by the Moody Blues to their newly founded Threshold Records label, and remain the most substantial talent ever to pass through that company's roster, apart from the Moodies themselves. Those listeners who only know other later albums by Trapeze may be surprised by their first effort, the sole recording left behind by the original five-piece version of the band. With Moody Blues bassist John Lodge producing a lineup that included ex-Montanas lead singer John Jones and guitarist/keyboardist Terry Rowley alongside singer/guitarist Mel Galley, bassist Glenn Hughes, and drummer Dave Holland, late of Finders Keepers, the sounds here don't closely resemble the hard-rocking work of the subsequent trio — there are lush choruses, psychedelic interludes, and hook-laden romantic melodics scattered throughout this record. Yet that trio, of Hughes, Galley, and Holland, is pumping out high-energy music within the context of psychedelic pop/rock throughout this album, which comes off as a much higher-wattage alternative to the Mod psych-pop sounds of the freakbreat band "ART"(pre-Spooky Tooth). And in some respects, this album also closely resembles the better moments on those three early Deep Purple albums (the ones with Rod Evans on lead vocals), when they were essentially a hard rock outfit still playing infectious hard edged pop — the results are quite catchy, and it's clear that three of these musicians are holding back to one degree or another in these surroundings. Galley's high-energy leads and power chords and Hughes' already larger-than-life bass are the dominant sounds about 60 percent of the time, overpowering much around them, with songs like the Galley/Jones-composed "Fairytale" and Hughes-authored "Am I" pointing the way to their future sound — and even on Rowley's rock ballad "Send Me No More Letters," Holland is playing drums about as hard as the music will permit. The core trio does find a good compromise with Rowley and Jones' more lyrical, psychedelic pop sensibilities, and Trapeze probably could have held this sound together longer than they did but for Jones' and Rowley's departures. But it's also clear that there was another band trying to break out from within the sound of this lineup, which happened later in the year when Trapeze were reduced to a trio.
- "It's Only A Dream" 0:44
- "The Giant's Dead Hoorah!" 3:33
- "Over" 3:38
- "Nancy Gray" 2:48
- "Fairytale" - "Verily Verily" - "Fairytale" 7:41
- "It's My Life" 2:51
- "Am I" 3:08
- "Suicide" 4:52
- "Wings" 3:30
- "Another Day" 2:37
- "Send Me No More Letters" 4:35
- "It's Only A Dream" (reprise) 0:40
CONDITION: STILL FACTORY SEALED (never opened in 42 years) thick gatefold cover ...no cover wear, really RARE for this cover with dark color that is almost always found with shelf wear -- the outer cellophane [only] does has some rub wear, but 100% guaranteed NO shelf wear on the actual cover underneath ... 4 sharp cormers, no split seams, no bends, never played "new" vinyl inside...so rare like this!
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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