GLASS MENAGERIE (see also: Toe Fat / Mogul Thrash / Paladin) - GLASS MENAGERIE - BBC Sessions 1968-1969 - FRA Verne Limited Press - LISTEN - VERY RARE
price: 110,00 PLN / 27,50 EUR
A black vinyl limited to 500 copies, lasting over 50 minutes, released in a beautiful, psychedelic, laminated sleeve. Glass Menagerie was a psychedelic/progressive group from Manchester, active in 1966-1970 and responsible for five decent singles. However, the band came across far better during the superb radio sessions that are, as it were, the quintessence of late psychedelia and early progressive rock in the style of Spooky Tooth, Procol Harum, or very early Deep Purple (with Evans and Simper)! This album sounds like a never-released, forgotten, top-shelf rock classic! The tracks, recorded only in the studio, contain almost no announcements, and the sound quality is almost ideal! To a large extent it is different material from that contained on the compilation CD. After the band split, the excellent guitarist Alan Kendall moved to Toe Fat (and a few years later 'gained fame and fortune' in the Bee Gees), the vocalist/keyboard player Lou Stonebridge founded Paladin, and the drummer Bill Atkinson played (as Harrison) in Mogul Thrash. Much more information about the band can be found in my book "Brytyjski rock w latach 1961-1979 (G-J)". ATTENTION! All the recordings sound better, or decidedly better, than the YouTube versions (links below), and the tape speed has also been corrected. The vinyl pressing is simply excellent (no hiss whatsoever) and I am sure that every fan of old rock playing with Hammond organ will be delighted with this LP! A must! Condition: MINT (NEW, unsealed).