Wednesday, July 18, 2007

DANTALIAN'S CHARIOT-CHARIOT RISING, LP, 1995 (RECORDED: 1967), UK




Stewart Copeland wasn't the only Police member with a hippy past (see his Frolkhaven album that I posted a few months back). Way before Stewie got the idea to make a drug freak out album, old Andy Summers (here listed as Andy Somers) was already an estasblished figure on the British psych scene, once even maintaining a brief membership in Soft Machine, before Kevin Ayers became intimidated by his playing. Circa Britain's summer of love though, Andy's primary psych vehicle was opposite former R & B star Zoot Money in the frequently amazing Dantalian's Chariot. Having only managed to get one single released during their lifetime, this archival release culls together a wealth of previously unheard material. About half of the contents here are complete revelations, the best bits alternating Candy and A Current Bun Carnaby Street pop psych dementia (sometimes a bit like Pussy) with, on the mindblowingly beautiful instrumentals Soma pts. 1 & 2, an almost Chocolate Watchband-like orchestrated approach thats poignant in the extreme.

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6 comments:

  1. Whenever I have a moments time, these days, I take a quick gander at this blog. Am blown-away. Add to the list of items I must catch up on. Am further blown away.

    And continue to forget to say thanks for all these great introductions.

    So, in short....THANK YOU
    Gnome

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  2. Gnome
    please contact me through e-mail for something that might interest you....thank you for the support and good words from the beggining of this blog.
    Jim Mutantsounds

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  3. Singer's got a great voice. Great psych.

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  4. Just another THANK YOU for this great share.

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  5. I bought a CD version of this with more tracks but haven't played it in years since it's on the other side of the planet with a lot more stuff...I forgot it also came out on vinyl, I seem to remember it sold out very quickly.
    Had they released this as a proper LP back in the 60s it would be a well sought after record and rightly so.
    SUPERB EXAMPLE OF BRITISH PSYCHEDELIA, JUST WONDERFUL!!!
    Thanks from cold Chilean Patagonia!

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