DON SHINN - Takes A Trip +1 - SWE Flawed Gems Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE

An absolute sensation! CD debut of the brilliant first album (released in March 1969 by British EMI Columbia under the title "Temples With Prophets", and in France in a psychedelic sleeve as "Don Shinn Takes A Trip") by organist Don Shinn, who together with his band recorded a completely instrumental masterpiece, a somewhat more mature version of the early The Nice and Brian Auger's Trinity, with more than a pinch of Edvard Grieg and... Arzachel! Keith Emerson was a great fan of Shinn and it was precisely under his influence that he formed The Nice! This is top-shelf playing and, to tell the truth, it is frightening that until some time ago (up until the release of the great compilation CD "Maximum Prog", with the track "A Minor Explosion" opening it) I had no idea this artist existed! This is an absolutely obligatory item for all fans of psych-prog-jazz-rock (or whatever you want to call it...) with organ. Perfect sound quality. Plus a fantastic single track from 1966, which is also the answer to which band recorded the first progressive (small) record! A MUST! (JL)