PATTO - Hanging Rope - BBC Sessions And Rare Tracks (1970-1971) (2LP) - FRA Verne Limited Press - LISTEN - VERY RARE

This limited, attractively presented double vinyl, lasting nearly 110 minutes, contains the best, rare, or unreleased material, from 1970-1971, by the British group Patto - one of the most esteemed (yet all in all underrated) formations of the early 70s today. Slightly jazzy, slightly hard rock - decidedly progressive material with the brilliant, sharp, but rather twisted guitar parts of Ollie Halsall - in almost every track! This musician, who died in 1992 of a drug overdose, is now fairly widely considered the best guitarist in British progressive rock! I think Robert Fripp "can't keep up"! What Halsall was capable of can be heard in the excellent, improvised, 15-minute "Hanging Rope" - probably the band's best track, which in its day... did not fit on the debut album (it is among the bonus tracks on the CD)! The vinyl also contains a 25-minute BBC radio performance (known from the bonus tracks of the third CD "Roll 'Em Smoke 'Em") - exceptionally played for two guitars - with a musician from the excellent progressive formation Jody Grind! Sensational! Besides that, more radio sessions and four tracks that did not make it onto the catalogue first two albums on the label Vertigo! The sound quality is perfect, except for two great tracks, lasting 17 minutes. A must! Condition: NEW, but unsealed.