CATAPILLA Catapilla LP VERTIGO 1971 CAN orig+swirl+foc VEL 1006 ROBERT CALVERT
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CATAPILLA
ANNA MEEK - THIERRY REINHARDT - HUGH EAGLESTONE
ROBERT CALVERT - DAVE TAYLOR - MALCOM FRITH - GRAHAM WILSON
Built around the nucleus of Wilson, Calvert and Meek, this unusual progressive band
opts for long tracks, not too clearly structured, but with a unique and quite eerie atmosphere.
At times the substance is necessarily overstretched, but mostly it works well and steers clear
from any tedious soloing. This British progressive rock band created some of England's most
innovative music of the early '70s. Although they disbanded shortly after the release of
their second album, Changes, the group's influence continues to be felt
"CATAPILLA"
1971 LP VERTIGO RECORDS VEL 1006
MADE IN CANADA (label) PRINTED IN U.S.A. (front cover)
ORIGINAL PRESS ON VERTIGO "Swirl" LABEL
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: VERTIGO - SWIRL LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front & spine) VEL 1006
Catalog on labels: (on Side A): none; (on Side B): VEL. 1006 (6360 029 1 / 6360 029 2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 6360?029-1 Y.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 6360?029-2 Y.
On labels: (Side B only) first rim text reads "All rights..........prohibited"
second rim text reads "Made in Canada - Distributed by London Records of Canada Ltd"
?1971
Produced by Patrick Meehan Jr.
On Front Cover: Mercury Record Productions, Inc..........Printed in U.S.A.
On Inside Panels: Producer: Patrick Meehan Jnr.
Engineer: Lou Austin
Sleeve Design: Rick Breach
Typography: Iain Stratton
An Excellency Production
All selections published by MRC Music, Inc. (BMI)
All selections ©, 1971 MRC Music, Inc. (BMI)
tracklisting
Side A: NAKED DEATH - TUMBLE WEED - PROMISES
Side B: EMBRYONIC FUSION
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)
The debut album by one of the most dramatic and certainly the most visionary of all the British prog bands
saddled with the epithet jazz-rock opens with little care for any of that. Taking a deep draught from
the King Crimson/Van Der Graaf Generator book of sonic brutality, the opening "Naked Death" is a hard-riffing,
thunderous clatter of apocalyptic imagery which -- if Crimson hadn't already dropped the same bomb with
"21st Century Schizoid Man" -- might have proved as lethal as the weaponry it discusses. The same taste
for Armageddon permeates the remainder of the album. Some spectacular moments drift through the carnage;
Robert Calvert's sax and Graham Wilson's guitar might be most comfortable in full bludgeoning mode, but they can
show restraint as well. Unfortunately, vocalist Anna Meek is allowed no such luxury, coming across in places
like an extremely bad-tempered Sonja Kristina and in others like a dehumanized version of Lydia Lunch...(AllMusic)
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