Third Ear Band Elements Prog Folk LP

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Aug 15, 2010 Sold Date

Aug 5, 2010 Start Date

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Formed in 1968 by percussionist Glen Sweeney and Paul Minns (oboe, recorder) from the earlier psychedelic group, The Hydrogen Juke-Box, Third Ear Band were one of the most original groups to emerge during the stylistically eclectic progressive era, making their debut in 1969 with the extraordinary Alchemy. Other members were Richard Coff (violin, viola), Mel Davis (cello, slide pipes), plus brief appearances by DJ John Peel (jaws harp) and violinist Dave Tomlin. The eight improvisations follow a similar pattern; Sweeney says in his notes that TEB pieces are "as alike or unalike as trees": a phrase that critic David Ilic would later borrow to describe the improvisations of AMM. TEB were no less intense - a remarkably focused group of improvisors who also eschewed overt soloistic virtuosity in favour of a closely-knit collective identity. Sweeney's hand drums supplied the strict, almost primal pulse from which a harmonic tapestry of woodwinds and strings was finely woven, but seldom in the pastoral vein this particular instrumental grouping suggests. Minns' oboe tone and phrasing could sound as flinty, as bleak and aggravated, as the soprano saxes that Evan Parker and Trevor Watts were wielding in other UK improv circles. In this respect, Paul Minns, who sadly died in 1997, continues to be an overlooked and unsung talent in British improvisation of the late 60s/early 70s; moreover, it's hard to think of anybody else (other than Watts, who occasionally played oboe with SME) who was extending the oboe's timbral vocabulary outside contemporary classical music - Robin Miller, who recorded with King Crimson, Roxy Music's Andy Mackay, and Paul McCandless of jazz group Oregon were all rather conventional oboists.

This album 'Elements' pressed in 70 (in gatefold sleeve) on Harvest Lable SHVL 773, sleeve has some minimal bottom edge wear, record has some light paper scratches both sides, overall graded (ex+/ex+) (ex-/ex)

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