MICK FARREN 'MONA - THE CARNIVOROUS CIRCUS' UK TRANSATLANTIC TR 212
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Description
DISCOGS:
Mick Farren ?– Mona – The Carnivorous Circus
Label: Transatlantic Records ?– TRA 212 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, StereoCountry: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
Tracklist Hide Credits
A1 Mona (A Fragment) Written-By – McDaniel* Carnivourous Circus Part I A2 The Whole Thing Starts A3 But Charlie It's Still Moving A4 Observe The Ravens A5 Society Of The Horseman B1 Summertime Blues Written-By – Cochran*, Capehart* Carnivourous Circus Part II B2 Don't Talk To Me Mary B3 You Can't Move Me B4 In My Window Box B5 An Epitaph Can Point The Way B6 Mona (The Whole Trip) Written-By – MacDaniel*Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London
Credits
- Bass – John Gustavson*
- Cello – Paul Buckmaster
- Congas, Drums – Raul (18)
- Engineer – Victor (Sister George) Gamm*
- Guitar, Vocals, Arranged By – Steve Hammond (2)
- Organ, Piano – Pete Robinson*
- Producer, Vocals, Effects, Arranged By – Mick Farren
- Written-By – Farren* (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B5)
Notes
Deviants front man's first solo album. WIKIPEDIA:The album was recorded to fulfill contractual obligations. Farren had recently returned from a tour of the west coast of North America with his band The Deviants, who had risen up against him and sacked him. Farren had, however, previously discussed the idea of a solo album for the second LP of three on the Transatlantic contract (after The Deviants 3), with the third LP to be an album by the other band members, potentially also featuring drummer Russell Hunter's girlfriend Jenny Ashworth as frontwoman - an idea with which the three sidemen had been toying around the time of the contract signing.
Farren recalls that "I was crazy when I did Mona?really mentally ill. If I listen to it I can still feel it. Maybe I should have chilled out for a few months before making the album, but I was a bit depressed, and I thought I'd just do it entirely my own way for the first time."[2] The subject matter is dark and the music very often discordant and dissonant.
"Carnivorous Circus" is a montage of song and spoken word, featuring interviews with a Hells Angel and Steve Took, the latter recounting time he spent in Ashford Remand Centre, as well as recordings of political speeches. Took also provides lead vocal for the short Observe The Ravens section of the title track. Also, during the Society of the Horsemen jam he quotes a lyric ("it don't feel good, 'cos it was made out of wood") from one of his own songs, Steel Abortion (later recorded by his band Shagrat).[3] The cello on "Mona" was provided by Paul Buckmaster, who had demonstrated to Farren the similarities between Bo Diddley and Béla Bartók.
Contents
Track listingEdit
- "Mona (A Fragment)" (Ellas McDaniel) ? 3:15
- "Carnivorous Circus, Part 1" (Farren) ? 15:19
- "The Whole Thing Starts"
- "But Charlie, It's Still Moving"
- "Observe The Ravens"
- "Society of the Horsemen"
- "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart) ? 2:41
- "Carnivorous Circus, Part 2" (Farren) ? 13:01
- "Don't Talk to Me Mary"
- "You Can't Move Me"
- "In My Window Box"
- "An Epitaph Can Point the Way"
- "Mona (The Whole Trip)" (Ellas McDaniel) ? 7:25
PersonnelEdit
- Mick Farren ? vocals, effects
- Steve Hammond ? guitar, vocals
- Pete Robinson ? organ, piano
- Johnny Gustavson ? bass
- Paul Buckmaster ? cello
- Twink ? drums, vocals, percussion
- Shagrat the Vagrant (Steve Peregrin Took) ? vocals, percussion
- Raul ? conga
- Produced by Mick Farren
- Arranged by Mick Farren and Steve Hammond
- Recorded at Sound Techniques, London, December 1969
- Victor Gamm ? Engineering
Release historyEdit
- March 1970, UK, Transatlantic Records, TRA212
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