SEALED PROMO Amazing Blondel "England" ISLAND RECORDS 1972 VINYL LP RARE
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Oct 18, 2015
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An amazing STILL SEALED copy of Amazing Blondel's "England" album. Promo punch hole in upper right. Feel free to make an offer and hope you get to enjoy this record!
From AllMusic:
Amazing Blondel's fourth album is a gorgeous evocation of the England that seems to exist in so many of the land's loveliest folk songs, a peaceful world of picturesque farming folk, doughty fishermen, immortal sunsets, and halcyon summers. Just six songs convey this impression, all dominated by the side-long three-piece suite "The Paintings," which places into words and gentle orchestrations the impressions conjured by the imagery of "Seascape," "Landscape," and "Afterglow." Described by the band itself as "three pastoral settings for voices, flute, guitars and orchestra," it's an incredibly ambitious piece, but never so much that it loses sight of its intrinsic romance. Played alongside Roy Harper's "One of Those Days in England," it could set even the sternest expatriate's thoughts winging homewards. The shorter songs are less entrancing, with "A Spring Air" coming so close to TV ad theme territory that one can almost see the spring lambs bouncing through fields of freshly laundered shirts and sheets. The chanted "Cantus Firmus to Counterpoint," however, is a stirringly churchical piece, with just a hint of "We Three Kings of Orient Are" floating around the melody, while "Sinfonia for Guitar and Strings" is as well executed as its title suggests it ought to be. The finest moment, however, has to be the Gothic organ-led "Lament to the Earl of Bottesford Beck," whose own country churchyard tones take listeners straight back to the start of the album, and another 20 minutes spent with "The Paintings."
From Discogs:
Tracklist
A The Paintings (Three Pastoral Settings For Voices, Flute, Guitars And Orchestra) A1 Seascape A2 Landscape A3 Afterglow B1 A Spring Air B2 Cantus Firmus To Counterpoint B3 Sinfonia For Guitar And Strings (From The Suite "For My Ladys Delight" ) Harpsichord – Adrian Hopkins B4 Dolor Dulcis (Sweet Sorrow) Harpsichord – Adrian Hopkins B5 Lament To The Earl Of Bottesford Beck Credits
- Conductor – Adrian Hopkins
- Guitar [1st], Vocals, Dulcimer, Guitar [12 String], Percussion – Edward Baird
- Guitar [2nd], Lead Vocals, Double Bass, Percussion [Tabor], Bells [Tubular] – John David Gladwin
- Photography By – S. Sherbell*
- Producer – Amazing Blondel
- Producer, Engineer – Phil Brown*
- Vocals, Flute, Recorder, Harmonium, Organ [Pipe Organ], Mellotron, Bongos, Percussion – Terence Alan Wincott
