1969 Orig 2xLp THE TRINITY Auger Driscoll PROG SWIRL

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1969 SCARCE ORIGINAL ~ EARLY PROGRESSIVE HAMMOND ORGAN GUSHER !                                                                       

                                                    STREETNOISE

            THE TRINITY

\                                                      USA - ATCO RECORDS - SD 2 701 

Has become hard to find 1969 (double album) 2xLP vinyl in thick gatefold sleeve of the *best* Brian Auger/Juli Driscoll & Trinity album...this one moves & grooves all over the place....

The final collaboration between singer Julie Driscoll (by that time dubbed as "The Face" by the British music weeklies) and Brian Auger's Trinity was Streetnoise in 1969, an association that had begun in 1966 with Steampacket, a band that also featured Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry. As a parting of the ways, however, it was to be Trinity's finest moment. A double album that featured 16 tracks, more than half of them with vocals by Driscoll, and the rest absolutely burning prog-jams by Trinity (which was Auger on organ, piano, electric piano, and vocals), Driscoll on acoustic guitar, Clive Thacker on drums, and Dave Ambrose on bass and assorted guitars. "Tropic of Capricorn," an gushing Hammond organ Auger original, kicks the set off in high gear. It's a knotty prog rock number that has near key change elements of Memphis R&B. it sounds better than it reads; it twists and turns all around a minor key figure that explodes into solid, shuffling major seventh grit with Thacker double timing the band. Driscoll enters next with "Czechoslovakia," a wide-open modal tune that hints at the kinds of music Driscoll would explore in the very near future on her debut 1969 and later with her future husband Keith Tippett. Broken melody lines and drones are the framework for Driscoll to climb over and soar above, and she does without faltering before she slides into the traditional gospel tune, "Take Me to the Water." And this is how this record moves, from rolling progressive rock and art songs, rock style, to inspired readings of the hits of the day such as "Light My Fire," "Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)" from Hair, and one of most stirring readings ever of  "Save the Country" that closes the album. "Indian Rope Man," is a burning, organ-driven swirler that fuses Stax/Volt R&B progressive moves with psychedelic rock and jazzy syncopation. Driscoll's vocal is over the top; she's deep into the body of the tune and wrings from it every ounce of emotion possible and then some. Auger's organ solo is a barnburner; reeling in the high register, he finds the turnarounds and offers his own counterpoint in the middle and lower with enormous chords. The rhythm section just keeps the groove, shuffling it up one side and moving it out to the ledge until the coda. Another steaming rocker is "Ellis Island," with it's dueling Fender Rhodes and organ lines. it may be the finest jam on the album. "Looking in the Eye of the World" featured Driscoll in rare form singing in her voice's lower register accompanied only by Auger's piano on a blues moan worthy of Nina Simone. Streetnoise was a record that may have been informed by its era, but it certainly isn't stuck there, especially 40 years later. The music here sounds as fresh and exciting as the day it was recorded. Streetnoise is brilliant.

CONDITION: The thick textured gatefold cover is great, no bends, no seam splits and no writing -- usually gets dirty easily due to its pastel color, this one clean, EX (excellent)

The vinyl records are both glossy, having some soft scuff lines that look worse than they are VG+ to VG++ visual, playing excellent, not disturbances, flowing enjoyable music throughut

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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