Art - Supernaturally Fairy Tales (1967)

Pre Spooky Tooth

Mp3 256\ 69 Mb\Covers

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Chris Blackwell was by now concerned that the group needed a new identity and a new name. Guy Stevens, part of the SUE/ISLAND family was brought in to produce an album of songs by the unit, now called "ART". The album would be titled "Supernatural Fairytales". NEXT :

THIS IS NOT SPOOKY TOOTH! AAARRGH! I actually should have created an appendix for this one or something. But see, what's in a name? The lack of Gary Wright. The witty American guru still had to come and steer the band in their soulful/rootsy direction. And before that? Before that, the band, fronted by Mike Harrison, was defiantly calling itself Art, and was swinging to the hot'n'excitin' sounds of the London psychedelia. It took Gary's serious efforts and songwriting talents to steer them away from that direction, yet the psychedelic vibe had only been entirely abandoned by the time of Spooky Two.Still, it's a wonderful album in many respects, and well worth seeking out - maybe not exactly a 'forgotten gem' of the times like Odyssey And Oracle or Forever Changes or whatever, but then again that hierarchy is so damn fragile I'm afraid to pronounce a final judgement. The album possesses all that a good psychedelic album of the times should have possessed. A vague wavery shiny flowery Indian-influenced album cover; a pretentious trippy title (which, oddly enough, was later exploited by Rhino Records when they were issuing their notorious boxset on progressive rock - granted, Art never were progressive rock in my understanding, but could have been in Rhino's vast understanding); and, of course, the music, all awash in phasing, echoing, 'mystical' vocals and other gimmicks. MORE :

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Luther Grosvenor – guitars

Mike Harrison – vocals, keyboards

Mike Kellie – drums, percussion

Greg Ridley – bass, guitar

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1. I Think I'm Going Weird2. What's That Sound (For What It's Worth)3. African Thing4. Room WIth A View5. Flying Anchors6. Supernatural Fairy Tale7. Love Is Real8. Come On Up9. Brothers, Dads, And Mothers10. Talkin' To Myself11. Alive Not Dead12. Rome Take Away Three

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