Rare Record A Musical Séance Rosemary Brown Classical W/Beethoven,Liszt & More
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Rare Record A Musical Séance Rosemary Brown Classical W/Beethoven,Liszt & More.
A rather common British widow living in a quiet London borough, Rosemary Brown appeared from out of nowhere in the late 60s with a rather bold statement: she was a psychic medium, and history’s greatest classical composers, including Beethoven, Chopin and Brahams, were contacting her from beyond the grave to share “new” musical compositions with her.
As you can imagine, with a claim like that, Rosemary quickly became something of a media sensation, appearing in magazines, radio specials and talk shows, discussing her powers and sharing the music that was “given” to her by history’s greatest composers.
At some point, her popularity was even great enough for Philips to sign her to a recording contract and release A Musical Seance, record featuring 17 original compositions “inspired” by the greats who supposedly reached out and contacted her with some new tunes they were working on up by the pearly gates.
The album, and Brown’s music as a whole, seemed to divide the musical community at the time. More than a few critics and composers of the era honestly thought she was genuine, so impressed by her work that they completely bought into her claims. But many more were completely dismissive, calling her out as bogus and her work as substandard imitations without any musical merit. A few critics, however, seemed to be somewhat split. They doubted her claims of psychic powers for sure, but they were still impressed with Rosemary’s ability as a composer.
Very unique record. Very hard to find. There are a couple of very light scratches. It is near mint. Please see pics for details.
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