11.59 this our sacrifice of praise LP acid FOLK psych Christian XIAN dovetail
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Original LP release of the fragile folk-psych gem from 11.59, This Our Sacrifice Of Praise, issued in the U.K. in 1970 by Dovetail (DOVE 4). LP is in beautiful VG++ condition, outstanding. Notoriously flimsy cover is VG+, marred only by a very small and subtle bit of paper loss on the front, lower right, very unobtrusive.
Ken Scott’s Archivist does justice to this startling work:
“Seven-person British male/female progressive folk out?t scoring one of the top releases for the Dovetail label (as well as UK folk in general). Very dreamy, moody production replete with seagull sounds, babbling brooks, soaring mellotron, ?ute, auto-harp, soft organ, electric guitar — all against a beautiful landscape of acoustic guitar work and haunting ethereal femme vocals. Stirring titles like ‘The Earth Is The Lord’s’, ‘To Thy Holy Name’, ‘The Lord Has Done Great Things For Us’, ‘Let Us Thank The Lord’, ‘The Shepherd’ and ‘By The Waters Of Babylon’, all with lyrics inspired by the book of Psalms. A couple of cuts are more up-tempo, such as ‘Hallelujah Jesus’ (midway through the song the music stops for an elderly British woman to state: “It’s a noisy hymn. I only hope it will get over to the non-believers”). ‘Praise The Lord!’ is the other example, a superb high-energy electric folk-rock track. For the most part, though, it’s the ballads that are the winners here. Housed in a lovely snow?ake cover. Turn the lights out, crank it up, and sail away. See also Live At Spree Album and Yesterday Today Forever.”
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