PTARMIGAN LP/1974 Vancouver, B.C./Canada/Rare Canadian Progressive Folk Psych
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January 10, 2022
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PTARMIGAN 's/t' LP (US, Lion Productions, Catalogue #LION LP-137) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2014 Lion Productions label LP edition of rare Canadian Progressive Folk Psych album from 1974 by Ptarmigan (originally released in 1974 in Canada on the Columbia label.)
(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)
First official release of this cult favorite—an album overflowing with brooding, mystical, Eastern-influenced hippie psychedelia dominated by long and largely instrumental tracks—all based on a complex interplay of recorder, hand drums and acoustic guitar. Ptarmigan recorded the basic tracks for what would eventually become their only album in Vancouver, B.C. during the fall of 1972. It then took the band’s producer and manager, renowned flautist Paul Horn, more than a year to find a label willing to release such unusual music. Finally, in 1974, Columbia Records released Ptarmigan’s album to critical acclaim, and minimal sales. The music of Ptarmigan is deep and authentic, and sounds best when meditating on a landscape, an emotion, or a bottle of wine. Sometimes it is free-flowing and jazz-oriented; at other times it has the mystical feel of a shamanistic ceremony, with its oriental or South American harmonies. But in the end, this album is about the sea—Ptarmigan was, after all, from Vancouver Island, and the musicians were well-versed in the contradictory moods of the surrounding ocean. One of those hidden gems from the 70's that make life better when you discover them all these years later, rated by many as the best "folk/progressive" and/or "folk/psych" album ever made. As one contemporary review said, this is "music from musicians, for musicians, late-at-night, last joint music." Our Lion Productions reissue comes with a booklet that includes lyrics, liner notes from the band, and a multitude of photos and historical mementos.- Rated by many as the best "folk/progressive" and/or "folk/psych" album ever made. - First official vinyl reissue since it's debut in 1974. - From the master tapes. - Limited edition of 500 copies. - Huge insert comes with lyrics, liner notes from the band, and more.
Tracks on this LP are as follows:
A1Go Dancing5:47 A2The Island9:01 A3Vancouver4:30 B1Night Of The Gulls (A Hymn To The Ocean And A Great Northern Lake)11:01 B2Coquihalla9:43
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