1971 UK Orig "HEAVY ON THE DRUM" MEDICINE HEAD EVEN MORE HARSH UK BLUES BOOM
  $   28

 


$ 28 Sold For
Jul 21, 2024 Sold Date
Jul 16, 2024 Start Date
3   Number Of Bids
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  • SCARCE / RARE as Mint)
  • ORIGINAL UK DANDELION 1971 FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
  • M E D I C I N E   H E A D
  • "HEAVY ON THE DRUM"
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  • "made in England" - DANDELION -Dan 8005

  2. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 1971 first printing
  3. The second album, ‘Heavy on the Drum’ (1971), a native Indian themed gate-fold with Lyric insert ! , was a fuller production by x-Yardbirds vocalist Keith Relf, who also guested on bass. 
  4. The mystical content was less a focal point yet still hypnotized while the grinding primitive rockers within built-up to a crescendo that is hard to imagine for a two-piece band. BIG PLUS, one of the most distinctive strong voices in the game, Medicine Head were quite something in how full they could produce their sound, even with a rudimentary ‘rhythm section’. When vocalist/guitarist Peter Hope-Evans asked if he thought their sparse format was limiting, he prophetically responded ‘Before I reach the end of my sound limitations, I’ll reach the end of my physical energy’. Peter thought the duo ‘natural' , one moment basic and primitive the next beautiful and peaceful, not incongruous at all. We manage to emotionally "move" all sorts of different people’.  
    This in turn highlighted a central dilemma: how to transfer their obviously popular live sound to vinyl, which allowed for improvisation and texture but diluted their spark. Concerts were heaving everywhere, and during one free Marquee show recorded by Polydor the band carried on playing with a broken guitar-string and drum pedal while the roadie desperately scuttled for hasty repairs—as heard on the abbreviated anthem     ‘To Train Time’. 
  5. Blowing the holes out of a harp or fraying guitar strings beyond breaking-point did transfer to their over 20 BBC-Radio One sessions from 1969-1977, let alone their tireless performances around & round England and Europe, concerts & rock festivals.
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  7. CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW: hear MEDICINE HEAD'S "TO TRAIN TIME" answer to 
  8. "TRAIN TIME" the 1968 CREAM classic
  9. (talk about blowing holes in harps!!)
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  12. Medicine Head scored several hits in Europe, gotta be due to
  13. that voice in large part.
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  17. There's Always A Light
  18.    
    Any Day Now
  19.    
    Medicine Pony
  20.    
    Thou Shalt Not Pass
  21.    
    Expectation Blues
  22.    
    To Train Time
  23.    
    Call On Your Saviour (And Sing With The Drum)
  24.    
    Have No Fear
  25.    
    You Got Me Rockin' And Rollin'
  26.    
    Once There Was A Day
  27.    
    (Sometimes) Even The Moon Has No Face
  28. ..............................   CONDITION:
  29. The cover: rated: M(-) TOP COPY, British only 1971 release with striking textured gatefold cover. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... it's rather MINT actually
  1. The vinyl: Rated: M- clear over both sides, no one with interest gonna turn it down. Both original UK Dandelion labels are perfect


A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))

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