Oldish Psych and Prog

genre: psych/prog folk

country: us

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time: 50'48"  size: 300 mb

misc.: 2008

Though this obscure 1970 LP falls into the general folk-psych rock category, its focus is so all-over-the-place that it's hard to get a read on it. The group is Anglo-American, and at times the record seems very influenced by the poppiest side of American folk-rock, particularly in the blends of male and female vocal harmonies, which are extremely reminiscent of the Mamas & the Papas' approach in places. Yet there are also songs that have a more specifically British, gentle, reserved, acoustic quality; a character portrait of "Mr. Jones" with a whimsical British feel; and occasional off-the-wall burning fuzzy psychedelic guitar. At its most mature, it's slightly similar to, if an obscure reference point is allowed, the folk-prog-rock recordings that Giles, Giles & Fripp made as they were morphing into King Crimson (though not nearly as inspired). At its sappiest and most cooing, it could almost pass for a Californian sunshine pop recording. What the songs lack, however, are memorable choruses, or much cohesion between the parts, although the individual parts (especially the female vocalists' contributions) are often pretty. File under the section with the many stylistically confused rock bands of the period who had some talent and tried hard to say something important, but didn't quite have the goods. 

~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

genre: boogie

country: uk

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time: 34'53"  size:  mb

misc.: 1993

Tapestry Of Delights:

Steel guitarist, Glenn Fernando Campbell, was the star behind this band. He'd joined them from
The Misunderstood. Their vinyl zenith is usually considered to be their first album which contained a number of tight, well constructed songs, including a fine cover of Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love?, which also took them into the 45 Charts. It came on the now highly collectable spiral Vertigo label in an attractive gatefold sleeve. Sadly it was downhill thereafter, their fortunes were hardly helped by several personnel changes. Paul Williams, ex-Zoot Money, came in on vocals, replacing Roy Owen on the second album, but the result was a disappointment. None of the original line-up survived for their fourth and final effort, Pieces. The line-up for this included Andy Pyle, whilst he took a brief break from
Savoy Brown. The final verdict must be that they failed to achieve their early promise.

genre: avant

country: us

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time: 44'13"  size: 285 mb

genre: folk

country: uk

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time: 52'24"  size: 352 mb

misc.: 2003

Tapestry Of Delights:

A contemporary folk trio consisting two boys and one girl. Segal wrote most of the songs. Segal and Waite had played together in a band prior to Jade and later formed The Marian Segal Band, which stayed together until 1975 and also recorded as Moonstone.