Vertigo BEGGARS OPERA WATERS OF CHANGE Prog MELLOTRON
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GUSHING ORGAN (MELLOTRON) ENRICHED 1971 PROGRESSIVE CLASSIC
BEGGARS OPERA
WATERS OF CHANGE
\ German - VERTIGO (spaceship)
Scarce vintage German pressing in top minty shape...a fan favotite Beggars Opera album "WATERS OF CHANGE" recorded in 1971, is generally considered of their best works...
"Waters Of Change" is definitely one of Beggar's Opera's best albums, full of strong melodies and well constructed songs. Having introduced themselves with the innovative, hardrock driven "Act one", the band invested in a mellotron, which instantly became the dominant instrument in their sound. The band moved away from the intricate hardrock / prog of their first album, towards the art rock of groups like Gracious, Cressida, Raw Material, and the like.
The stately "Time machine" opens the album the mellotron sound instantly swirling behind the rich distinctive vocals of Martin Griffiths. Another highlight is "Silver Peacock", a deceptively straight forward song, with more excellent keyboard work, a superb melody, and atmospheric vocals. There is a coherence and continuity to the tracks which allows the album a flow well. The album's main core are 5 killer pieces. There's the scintillating, beautifully paced Time Machine mentioned above with a guitar hook that just sticks in your head and the throbbing I've No Idea (with surprisingly groovy-pop lyrics). There's Festival containing some great flute playing by original bassist Marshall Erskine who had been replaced by Gordon Sellar for this album) and the lovely Silver Peacock, also mentioned above, which starts off with some baroque organ and then rides on a beautiful melody before concluding with some more majestic melodic solo work from Park. The fifth "main" song is the thrill a minute The Fox, which sits comfortably alongside the other excellent tracks on the album ... some spacey guitar lead work from Gardiner edoes the trick!
Three of the other tracks function as brief introductions to some of the main fare (although the string/guitar exchange between Scott and Gardiner is quite special), while the fourth Nimbus is a pretty instrumental.
Beggar's Opera are not one of those slick "audiophile" prog groups ... indeed there are plenty of rough edges to this album.
Side 1
1. Time Machine (6:00)
2. Lament (2:24)
3. I've no Idea (7:42)
4. Nimbus (3:43)
Side 2
5. Festival (6:00)
6. Silver Peacock (Intro)(1:15)
7. Silver Peacock (6:33)
8. Impromptu (1:08)
9. The Fox (6:52)
CONDITION: The Cover: the fragile UK gatefold is near "EX" (excellent) very little and careful past use is visible, so makes for an instant keeper collection item. The vast colors are stuill rich and with no split seams or other problems makes this copy one to have.
The Vinyl: very clean and shiny over both sides "EX" (excellent) to M- top copy and the Vertigo labels are both 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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