Monday, April 30, 2007

Magna Carta - Seasons - `70 - Dunhill Records



hey all :

ok , here is a request that i think you`ll enjoy. reminiscent to me of early moody blues & other folk/pop psych of the day. very very good LP , enjoy !

"Magna Carta's second LP was dominated by the 22-minute, nine-part suite "Seasons," which took up all of side one. "Seasons" was indeed a grand conceptual work inspired by the changing of the seasons. Its laudable ambition apart, it's pretty ordinary, mild pop-influenced early-'70s British folk-rock. There's a dated preciousness as it varies the pace slightly from jolly full-band good-time folk-rock and pastoral harmonizing to twee fairytale-like narration and almost pop-like orchestration. The six standard-length songs on side two can strike an almost too-cheerful pop-folk bounce, with soft rock orchestration and harmonies that make it vaguely reminiscent of American sunshine pop at points. Simon & Garfunkel are an obvious influence, too, on songs like "Give Me No Goodbye" (overlaid with slight sitar licks), "Scarecrow," and "Elizabethan," though Magna Carta could make Simon & Garfunkel sound almost heavy in comparison. The closing "Airport Song," which was plucked from the LP as a shot for a hit single, goes furthest into pop with its bossa nova beat and easy listening arrangement, though the Simon & Garfunkel influence in the vocal harmonies is nearly overwhelming. This pretty undistinguished pop-folk-rock effort was paired with their third album, Songs from Wasties Orchard, on a 1999 single-disc CD reissue that also included historical liner notes." - AMG

  • Magna Carta - Seasons - `70 - Dunhill Records - 320 kbps
  • "ALL TRAX FROM WAX" transferred by da` shaman - 2007
  • sorry lp cover not fit to scan

  • 1. Prologue
  • 2. Winter Song
  • 3. Spring Poem
  • 4. Spring Song
  • 5. Summer Poem
  • 6. Summer Song
  • 7. Autumn Song
  • 8. Epilogue
  • 9. Wintersong (Reprise)
  • 10. Going My Way (Road Song)
  • 11. Elizabethan
  • 12. Give Me No Goodbye
  • 13. Ring Of Stones
  • 14. Scarecrow
  • 15. Airport Song


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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Tommy Roe - Phantasy - `67 - ABC Records



hey all :

ok , here is a psych pop gem from `67. member`s of gary ushers millennium project play on this... great production & melodies , tho i am sure tommy was jumpin on he psychedelic bandwagon here , alot of the songs really capture the innocence & excitement of the day. this is one of my faves , tho the sucrose content is charged & is best in smaller doses.

aka`

  • Tommy Roe - Phantasy - `67 - ABC Records - 192 kbps
  • 1 - paisley dreams
  • 2 - plastic world
  • 3 - melancholy mood
  • 4 - visions
  • 5 - mystic magic
  • 6 - little miss sunshine
  • 7 - these are the children
  • 8 - goodbye yesterday
  • 9 - the executive
  • 10 - the you i need
  • 11 - its gonna hurt me
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