MINTY & SCARCE "BEING" by WIGWAM HIGHLY RATED PROG "EGG" HAMMOND ORGAN + MORE
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104
$ 104
Sold For
Aug 28, 2016
Sold Date
Aug 23, 2016
Start Date
$ 10
Start price
12
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USA
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HIGHLY RATED PROGRESSIVE UNDERGROUND/FINLAND
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WIGWAM
... "BEING" ...
FINLAND - LOVE RECORDS - LRLP 92
BEAUTIFUL ~~ FINAL COLLECTION COPY ~~
Apparently, a rare... mint copy from 36 years ago - exactly, in lavish colorful single-fold cover, highly laminated & highly rated...
WIGWAM were a leading early '70s European progressive outfit led by skilled Hammond organ & tasty guitar dressing complimenting well crafted complex arrangements & song writing productions... here's a *mint* copy of their "BEING" album, recorded in 1974 ...
Scarce find in any condition!
The intelligent lyrics and humour really stand out with "Being", as do the absolute complex melodies. This is the same lineup that was on the great Wigwam "Fairyport" album...If you can imagine a full-blown concept album (this one is) made mostly out of skilled progressive rock musicians , you might have a good idea of what this sounds like but it is also one of the great slow-growers; repeat plays soon erupts the enjoyable rewards within.From the land of Sibelius comes a wondrous work of progressive rock. This is a strange beast, ostensibly a concept album by a band that was obviously in the process of fragmenting. There's no collaborative songwriting - the music for each individual track is decisively written by a single member. However, the album is divided into 5 sets of coupled songs, using the differing writing styles to set up strange but emotionally affecting juxtapositions. Keyboardist (and nimble, deep rich co-lead vocalist) Jukka Gustavson took the reins for this album and we should be thankful he was given such complete control over his material. He wrote the largest number of tracks - five, including the two longest pieces, "Pedagogue" and "Prophet." His keyboard arrangements are kaleidoscopic cocktails of Hammond organ, VCS3 synthesizer, and Fender Rhodes. Three songs are by Dylan-informed singer Jim Pembroke. Two are by bassist Pekka Pohjola, who shows a knack for inventive winds arranging in "Planetist." Pembroke is noticably absent from the Gustavson-penned material and is restricted to a spoken voice-over with one of Pohjola's pieces. This calls into question his ability to execute the complex music written by these other members. His tune "Marvelry Skimmer" brings the album to an affecting, autumnal close.
The album seems to make a blanket statement condemning politics and advocating the pursuit of inner peace and spiritual fulfillment. This outlook was to culminate in Jukka Gustavson's becoming an ardent Jehovah's Witness in the ensuing years. There are fairly clear stabs at communism and capitalism, but capitalism gets the worst rap.
Although a lot of musical territory is covered, the band's ability to mix and swap between blues-rock, jazz and cerebral classical constructions makes it a confident recommendation for fans of Dave Stewart Canterbury bands such as Egg, Hatfield & the North
- Jukka Gustavson / vocals, pianos, organs, Mini-Moog & VCS-3 synths
- Ronnie Österberg / drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Jim Pembroke / vocals, sermon, piano
- Pekka Pohjola / bass, violin, piano, Mini-Moog
. Proletarian (2:10)
Inspired Machine (1:25)
Petty-Bourgeois (2:58)
Pride Of The Biosphere (3:15)
Pedagogue (9:11)
Crisader (4:47)
. Planetist (3:08)
Maestro Mercy (2:32)
Prophet (6:11)
Marvelry Skimmer (2:32)
CONDITION: The cover: rated: M- fragile single-fold highly colorful and laminated cover also in final collection copy shape, there are NO issues, a beauty! No delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- top clean. Will easily perform with CLEAN audio and no alarming or distracting surface problems anywhere... both LOVE labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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