JAN DUKES DE GREY Mice & Rats In The Loft - Original UK LP - Prog Folk Psych

	£		107
	$		142

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JAN DUKES DE GREY

Mice & Rats In The Loft

Original UK LP released on Transatlantic Records in 1971. Outer-laminated gatefold sleeve.

TRA 234 A-1U   /   TRA 234 B-1U

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Jan Dukes De Grey was a strange progressive folk-rock outfit who were one of the last acts of their kind signed to England's Decca Records -- not to the Deram imprint, which had started out as a progressive label before getting sidetracked and muddled, but on the Decca Nova line, a short-lived, true progressive rock label. The group started out as a duo of Michael Bairstow and Derek Noy, multi-instrumentalists who stood midway between Tyrannosaurus Rex (the pre-T.Rex Marc Bolan acoustic outfit) and Jethro Tull, doing all original material by Noy, very short all-acoustic songs, some with strange lyrics and highlighted by odd, dissonant flute passages. Their debut album, Sorcerers, was filled with interesting and sometimes memorable melodies, but its sound was so spare, almost minimalist, that there was no hope of getting serious airplay or sales.

For their second album, Mice and Rats in the Loft, recorded for Transatlantic in 1971, Jan Dukes De Grey became a trio with the addition of drummer Dennis Conlan and also assumed a more progressive approach to their work. The album had three extended tracks, all highlighted by flashier playing. Mice and Rats in the Loft wasn't much more successful than Sorcerers, and Jan Dukes De Grey disappeared during the early '70s.

A NOTE ABOUT THE SLEEVE:

In the early 70s, some record industry genius decided to produce wraparound gatefold sleeves with unappealing hard plastic inners with the bit of foam rubber at the opening (designed to 'clean' the record every time it was removed). A bad idea that quickly vanished into history, as the foam rubber quickly perished and became abrasive.

In this case, the plastic inner sleeve has been detached from inside the gatefold and re-attached with tape by a previous owner. The tape has yellowed and is peeling away. I will supply the record in an regular innersleeve.

Additional condition notes below.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Sun Symphonica

Side Two

Call Of The Wild
Mice And The Rats In The Loft

Released on 'Transatlantic Records' in 1971

Catalogue No. TRA 234

Disc is in VG condition (the vinyl has reacted with the sleeve's foam strip over a small area at the beginning of Side Two - this is audible. Otherwise, the record is in better condition overall, showing light surface wear)

Sleeve is in VG condition (some staining to front / surface peeling to lower area of rear - please see pictures and additional comments above)

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