ZOO - S/T - 1969 - BREAKS PSYCH PROG LISTEN
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You are viewing Zoo's self-titled 1969 LP.
From www.b-music.co.uk:
Z is for Zoo:
A disposable French prog-pop record that sounds like a ready made hip-hop instrumental will always bode well with record collectors. Even the most dismissive of anti-rap, stuck-in-the-sixties, mod-til-I-drop vinyl vulture will not turn his beak up to obscure 70s LPs with fat beats and bass lines, even if they are quite simply in denial of hip hop culture's indelible impact on record collecting in the 21st Century.
In 2004, any illegitimate recording with a four-four rock beat at the beginning can find a ready made family home alongside surrogate brothers and sisters that span each and every musical lilt in a new hybrid genre. In many second hand record shops, the breaks section is a veritable smorgasbord with flavours of country, jazz, folk, soundtracks etc., etc., ETC.. At times you wonder whether any of these groups took a crystal ball into the studio providing the foresight to tag a sampler friendly kick-and-snare intro on LP tracks which will ensure a delayed boost of sales some 20 years down the line. The endless quest for our bakerlite beats has become the skeleton key to an musical open mind.
Euro-proggers have always been influenced by jazz music. Some of the very best French prog LPs draw distinct parallels with the likes of 'Soft Machine'. The great German band 'Embryo' recorded their best material with American jazz pianist Mal Waldron. On the other hand, there is also a handful of European bands who have clearly listened to too much 'Tower Of Power' or 'AWB'. If you are willing to put this cardinal sin to the back of your mind, then Zoo's debut outing is indeed a Prog-Rock masterpiece. Alongside 'System Crapoutchik', 'Triangle', 'Martin Circus' and 'Eden Rose', the band Zoo were an experimental French pop group who flirted with commercial success without comprimising their artistic integrity.
Comprising of over ten members, the aptly-titled track 'Mammoth' is a ten minute, bass driven metronomic underground instrumental classic with padded cell keyboard twinkles on tap. Some of the rhythms on this LP will induce any self respecting MC into Tourette's-like turmoil. The drums and erratic organ mechanics at the start of 'If You Lose Your Woman', is the kind of sample that transforms progressive rock in to progressive hiphop. With two follow up LPs for Eddie Barclay, the band found some commercial success in central europe with a catchy 45. Due to Zoo's mini magnitude, the rock family tree is too proud to prune. -Andy Votel
Cover/LP VG/VG (split at bottom of gatefold) Year 1969 Label/Catalog Mercury (US) SR 61300ALL CLIPS ARE FROM THE ACTUAL LPS- NO NOISE REDUCTION OR OTHER EFFECTS HAVE BEEN USED!
Side A City Breakdown Love Kills A Lover Plaiston Place Rhythm and Boss Benjamin Sacramouse's Dream Side B If You Lose Your Woman Endless Words Mammoth Shipping US $4.00 media mail International Most countries around $12-15 US. Please contact for quote.
I am paring down my LP collection, so please see my other auctions for great psych, prog and other unusual LPs. Thanks!
Grading scale is as follows: MINT(SEALED) / NM / EX / VG++ / VG+ / VG... as per Goldmine. Only sealed records are graded mint, NM is an absolutely perfect copy. All records are 100% DEFINITE VINTAGE PRESSINGS unless otherwise noted.
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