Sold Date: July 23, 2023
Start Date: July 13, 2023
Final Price: £201.90 (GBP)
Bid Count: 6
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This auction is for an original Magic Carpet LP (Mushroom 200 MR 20) by UK Magic Carpet band released in 1972 on the Mushroom label. It was kept in a box since the time of release and has not been played. The cover is in very good condition considering its vintage. The inner paper sleeve has become slightly discoloured with age. Please see photos.

Magic Carpet band created a unique sound at the time, blending European contemporary folk sounds of Alisha Sufit with the skilled sitar playing of Clem Alford, plus guitar by Jim Moyes and tabla by Keshav Sathe. 

One reviewer writes: "One of the finest and most legendary examples of eastern infused psychedelic folk, Magic Carpet (...) includes the prerequisite acoustic and electric guitars, as well as sitar, esraj, tamboura, tabla and other percussion, all of which is emphasised by radiantly charming female vocals. ( . . . .). While many new bands seem to reach near mythical status simply through cynical regurgitation, Magic Carpet made this kind of music imbued with a wonderfully un-jaded sense of optimism, more typical of records of this vintage."

Another reviewer writes: "Based around the classically trained sitar virtuoso Clem Alford and the breathtaking ethereal vocalist Alisha Sufit, Magic Carpet delivered perhaps one of the finest Indian-influenced psychedelic folk albums of the 1970's.

Find out more on the Facebook page Magic Carpet 1972

Tracks:–
Side One: The Magic Carpet, The Phoenix, Black Cat, Alan's Christmas Card, Harvest Song, Do You Hear The Words
Side Two: Father Time, La La, Peace Song, Take Away Kesh, High Street, The Dream

Matrix numbers :
200 MR 20 A 1
200 MR 20 B 1

The album with be mailed to the winning bidder safely packed in thick cardboard with the LP outside the sleeves (in a protective poly sleeve) to avoid any splitting. It will be fully insured which may mean greater cost than £9.50 UK postage, so please wait for correct invoice, do not pay eBay's automatic invoice.

Happy bidding!