Orang Utan / Original '71 Hard Prog Rock US Bell label

$

91

ARTIST: Orang Utan
LABEL: Bell 6054 (1971)
TITLE: Orang Utan
CONDITION:
Sleeve: VG+ / The front cover has some light ring wear, a couple of very light scratches, a few light random creases. The back cover is about the same w/ just a bit more wear. Has some light top & bottom seam & corner wear. The spine is nice & intact w/ nice readable graphics. Also has a hole punch
Record: Has a light edge warp that does not affect play. Retains high original gloss w/ some light surface scuffs. Side A plays almost Mint- w/ some very light random background ticks. Side B has some additional tiny light scratches that cause some light random background ticks and about 10 at the beginning of Track 2. / By the spindle hole it looks like this LP may have never been played. / VPI cleaned
COMMENTS: Original US copy of this heavy 1971 Prog Rock LP from this obscure UK band.
Tracks: 1. I Can See Inside Your Head... 2. Slipping Away... 3. Love Queen... 4. Chocolate Piano... 5. If You Leave... 6. Fly Me High... 7. Country Hike... 8. Magic Playground...
The group Orang-Utan consisted of an amalgamation of talent. The best musicians from several other notable dissolving bands, that had been playing in the North of London in the late 60s, were to be the contributors in combination. The story behind this group is just as interesting as the music they played itself. This group of musicians recorded their album's worth of material at what was then a 16 track "state of the art" studio facility in London. For somewhat unique and intriguing starters, this British band's only s/t album was released on the US Bell Records label in 1970. The odd thing about the whole thing being that until the group found out quite by accident, they had zero knowledge of their own release! Adrian Miller was the person that claimed the producer's title on the Bell album release in the United States. Unfortunately, he was also the person responsible for stealing this material from the musicians and getting it released without the group's consent or knowledge. Adrian even secretly convinced the group's unsuspecting manager at the time, to suggest to the band to change their name to Orang-Utan. At the time the band were still going by their original name "Hunter" which they had taken from the famous Albert King song. It's a real shame that it all went down this way in the history books because this group really showed promise. Had they been managed with any real degree of integrity & professionalism, they quite possibly would have went on to do bigger & better things as a group. The music itself consists of well played and diversely crafted heavy guitar oriented rock. It is not of a Psychedelic nature, or Acid Rock based as some have claimed. There was only one member that even smoked hash regularly. Several of the songs are nothing short of brilliant and serve to show what incredible talent these young 19-20 year old musicians possessed. Most all of the music was written and composed by Jeff Seopardie who was the drummer, with the majority of the guitar & bass riffs being developed and played by Mick Clarke & Paul Roberts respectively. There actually was a second guitarist that played on the album, but unfortunately he was sacked for personal reasons right after the material was recorded. Therefore with so little actual band member involvement within the album's US release, he was lost to obscurity and never credited. Although, I do know his first name to have been Sid. Another large added benefit to the group's impressive efforts are the powerful and well suited vocals. For having such a seriously strong singing voice with excellent pitch, the vocalist Nobby Clark (NOT to be confused with the vocalist from the Bay City Rollers with the same name!) only had one lung! It certainly didn't stop him belting out his excellent & energetic voice like the best of the other vocalists that he was in league with at the time. Nobby was actually the second vocalist for the band & demos do indeed exist from the band line up that proceeded him.
I recently acquired a nice collection of hard to find & interesting 60’s & early 70’s Psych & Rock LP’s mostly in beautiful condition, many still still in original shrink wrap. I will be listing them in the weeks & months to come.
NOTE: VPI cleaned means that this record was cleaned on a professional $500 cleaning machine, which does wonders for the playback of all vinyl records!
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