1969 CRYSTAL TELEPHONE - TERRY DURHAM - RARE LP
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"Pairing poet Terry Durham with talents including avant-garde saxophonist Evan Parker and veteran arranger John Coleman, Crystal Telephone remains one of the singular records of the late '60s, a lush and funky word-jazz fantasia shrouded in cigarette smoke and drunk on language. Durham's crushed-velvet voice recalls John Cale’s spoken word recitation of "The Gift" on the Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat, albeit couched in Coleman's cinematic, thickly rhythmic jazz-rock settings. His vividly perverse song-poems capture the romantic allure of fatalism (or is that the fatal allure of romance?), and his attempts at crooning, especially Crystal Telephone's transcendent title cut, are particularly effective. A masterpiece of decadence and indulgence." Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
This is a rare 1969 recording. The disc is in very good condition, with no evident scratches. The cover is a little bumped at the edges and the reverse is a little grubby. Inner album notes sheet is very good. Stereo album SML 1042
A rare chance to buy a very unusual LP.
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