Zombies, The ?– Butchers Tale, Vinyl, 45rpm, 1968, Date ?– 2-1612, Very Good++
$
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Description
Promo copy with "RADIO STATION COPY" noted on the white label. Plain white sleeve.
Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald called it one of The Zombies "strangest and most experimental songs." Pierre Perrone of The Independent claimed that the song proved that "the band were both of their time and incredibly prescient." Arts writer Matt Kivel called the song a "creepy war ballad" and noted that it showed The Zombies experimenting with instrumentation in more imaginative ways than any other band except The Beatles. Arts writer Mike Boehm called it "one of the greatest anti-war songs in the rock canon." In the album's CD liner notes, Alec Palao calls the song "a thinly-disguised comment onVietnam." Instrumentation for "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" is limited to Rod Argent playing harmonium in a manner described by Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald as "odd-sounding." Sound effects are also incorporated to help give the song its strange sound. The sound effects were developed by playing a Pierre Boulez album backwards and speeded up. The effect of the harmonium and sound effects is to make the song appear to be an example of musique concrete. Although White wrote the song with the intention that Zombies' lead singer Colin Blunstone would sing it, White ended up singing the song. Other than a verse in the song "Brief Candles," "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" is White's only lead vocal performance for The Zombies.
I use Goldmine grading standards. If you buy multiple records and I can ship them together, I'll charge the initial amount plus 25 cents for each additional 45rpm record in the 48 US states.
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