Sold Date: September 3, 2017
Start Date: August 24, 2017
Final Price: $208.50 (USD)
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Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00 and yes, I do combine. Since I have had a series of questions concerning shipping charges on combined orders I will try to be more explicit. Generally up to three lps ship as one, but shipping charges are based on weight not records. So gatefolds or double LPs or 180 gram vinyl all have an affect differently. Suffice to say, I don't try to make money on shipping charges and I am fair, so enjoy the auctions. Open records are cleaned with Ultrasonic cleaning system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeve.


In 1971, British band abruptly changed its name to and released this self-titled set, its sole contribution to the prog rock canon. Adding a second brass player and somewhat lightening its sound, the band still continued down many of the same jazzy pathways as its predecessor. However, across seven tracks meanders down rather diverse byways. "Saving It Up for So Long," for instance, bundles along like , its bluesy guitar inflections offset by the brass' improv jazz stylings. Even more R&B-inflected is "Give a Little Love," boasting wah wah guitar, a stomping riff, and some quite sassy sax. In contrast, "More Rain" is as soft, warm, and shimmering as a summer drizzle, and gives credence to the group's inclusion in the Canterbury scene. Its polar opposite is the bustling "Holy Padlock," which trundles down a rural road with the farmland flying by, until the song's shifting time signatures shake up the ride. But it's the eight-plus-minute "As I Dried the Tears Away" that's 's centerpiece, a constantly mood-altering and style-twisting extravaganza that brings to mind on acid making a regal procession around a breathtaking musical realm. Thoroughly unique, apparently committed hari-kari after this album was released. Singer/keyboardist would eventually rise again with , his restrained vocals on this set barely hinting at what was to come.


‎– Samurai Label: ‎– GSLP 1003 Format: , LP, Album
Country: Released: Genre: Style: Tracklist A1 Saving It Up For So Long
A2 More Rain
A3 Maudie James
A4 Holy Padlock
B1 Give A Little Love
B2 Face In The Mirror
B3 As I Dried The Tears Away
Companies, etc. Printed By – Recorded At – Credits Bass Guitar – Drums – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Engineer – Painting [Cover Painting] – Photography By [Inside] – Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute [Concert] – Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Concert & Alto], Bass Clarinet – Vibraphone [Vibes], Drums, Percussion, Producer – Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By, Arranged By – Notes Released in a gatefold cover. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side 1): XZAL - 10755-I Manufactured in Germany Matrix / Runout (Side 2): XZAL - 10756-I Manufactured in Germany Rights Society: GEMA