HANS POULSEN-LP-NATURAL HIGH-1970-OZ FABLE LABEL-FBSA-004-OZ FOLK PSYCH ROCK-VGC

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ON OFFER IS A VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1970 COPY OF THE LEGENDARY ARTIST HANS POULSEN`S DEBUT ALBUM-NATURAL HIGH, I HAVE EXTRACTED AN EXCERPT FROM THE MILESAGO WEB SITE BLOG, SO THAT POTENTIAL BIDDRS AND BUYERS CAN GAIN A BIT OF INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF THIS ARTIST AND HIS MUSIC. I CONSIDER IT A SHAME THAT THIS LP ALBUM IS SO SCARCE TODAY BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A BRILLIANT PIECE OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER.

Thanks in part to Fable's new-found industry 'clout', Hans' scored a major national hit with his first single for Fable, "Boom Sha La La Lo" (April 1970), which he co-wrote with Bruce Woodley. A clip of Hans performing the song on Australian TV (probably from Happening 70) has recently been posted on YouTube. It was only the second single released by the label but it shot into the national Top 10, peaking at #6 in May 1970 and charting for 18 weeks. He had further success with his next single, "Light Across The Valley", which made the Top 40, although it only got as high as #30 (December). Given the dramatic difference in chart placings, it may not be a coincidence that the Radio Ban had ended a month or so earlier.

Hans' debut album Natural High came out during the year, and it featured a stellar lineup of backing musicians including guitarists Billy Green (Doug Parkinson In Focus) and Mick Rogers (Procession, Bulldog), bassists Duncan McGuire (Doug Parkinson In Focus) and Mick Flynn (The Mixtures), and session veterans Graham Morgan and Geoff Hales (drums) and Peter Jones (keyboards), who played on many Fable Albums and Singles, as well as scores of other notable Australian recordings.

Hans made another foray into film music and returned to his surfing roots for the soundtrack of Bruce Beresford's surf movie Getting Back To Nothing. The B-side of Hans' April 1971 single "Stick of Incense" was the title song from the film, and the soundtrack (which was released on Fable) also included two other tracks by Hans, "Surf's Up" and "Bomb Out Baby", as well as contributions from guitarist Billy Green (Doug Parkinson In Focus) and Bruce Woodley.

Fable lifted two more Singles from the album during 1971. "Natural High" (March 1971) -- described by Ian McFarlane as "an underrated psychedelic pop gem" -- was followed in October by "Sweetest Girl I've Ever Seen (Is Always Crying)" but unfortunately neither made the charts. Hans' next single was "Stork's Song" / "Bikie Theme" (Dec. 1971) comprised two tracks written for the soundtrack of Bruce Beresford's next film, Stork, which was adapted from the play The Coming of Stork by David Williamson, and the film that launched the career of actor Bruce Spence. Hans also appeared at several early outdoor music festivals, including Australia's first rock festival at Ourimbah in January 1970, the Wallacia Festival in January 1971 and the Launching Place Festival in March 1971, and In October, with Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, he supported Elton John on his first Australian tour.

HANS POULSEN

NATURAL HIGH

1970 AUSSIE FABLE RECORDS LABEL RELEASE

CAT NO FBSA-004

RECORDED AT THE STUDIOS OF BILL ARMSTRONG 

ALL COMPOSITIONS BY HANS POULSEN, COMPOSED WITH BRUCE WOODLEY

PRODUCED BY JUNE PRODUCTIONS OF AUSTRALIA

A 33/13 RPM Stereo Recording

  HIPPIE FOLK PSYCH ROCK GENRE

13 Tracks

Side 1

1) NATURAL HIGH

2) SWEETEST GIRL I`VE EVER SEEN (Is Always Crying)

3) SING THE SONG OF LOVE

4) BOOM SHA LA

5) MELANCHOLY WORLD

6) STICK OF INCENSE

Side 2

1) REALISATION RIVERBOAT RAY

2) THERE`S A LIGHT ACROSS THE VALLEY

3) SEAGULL

4) SLEEPING

5) SILVY NEEDS A SUGAR DADDY

6) SWEET SUE

7) NATURAL HIGH  (reprise)

The Cover, and Vinyl of this album is in VG/VG+ at around 30%-40% OF MINT COND, it has mild to moderate wear including spline and cover creasing, slight corner wear and a bit of age discolouration on the back.

The Vinyl looks VG/-Exc on all tracks except the final track and part of the penultimate track on side 2 which has a more evident superficial mark & a tiny dimple, and looks, at around 25%-35% of mint condition, but when played back this mark & dimple did not significantly produce any greater reduction in the dynamics than the rest of the superficial hairlines on the vinyl. It was fairly consistent right throughout playing with some light background noise in places that did not greatly detract from the pleasure of the dynamics. It graded at around 35-45% of mint condition. With a professional clean, it would probably enhance the dynamics further. 

The labels are clean of names, sticker and the like and look to be very good, with a bit of age discolouration and slight wear.

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