ANDREW LEIGH Magician V Rare Orig UK 1970 Polydor LP Acid Folk Psych Rock Singer
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Andrew Leigh
Magician
Very Rare Original UK LP released on Polydor Records in 1970. 1st UK pressing.
Matrix No's
Side One - 2343034 A//1 420
Side Two - 2343034 B//1 420
Some albums are classic journeyman's efforts, the work of someone who might have gained notice with other bands but was never quite a name in his own right -- thus Andrew Leigh's one-off solo effort Magician, recorded between his stint in Spooky Tooth's final months and becoming part of Matthews Southern Comfort soon afterwards. Despite the cover art and swirl of flutes helping kick things off, Magician is less acid folk/prog whimsy and more an overview of a lot of things in the year of its release, with a little electric bite here and there but otherwise aiming for gentler twang and rough-and-ready acoustic chug. There's stately late-Beatles pop via "Get Myself Together" (one of two songs from friend and fellow pro Kevin Westlake), a bit of moody folk-rock with "Windy Baker Street," easygoing country-tinged rambles like "Solitaire" and "Leaving Song," and more besides. Throughout, the echoes of people like Bob Dylan, the Band, the Byrds, Free, and many others can be heard, all slotting into what would be Leigh's own career path well and showing that if his work wasn't deathless it was pleasant listening with a bit of flair. Leigh's liner notes are a fun read, the voice of someone who explored a path, then decided on a new one in later years, before returning to music on a casual for-the-heck-of-it basis -- not a bad place to be.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
1 Magician 3:23
2 Get Myself Together 4:05
3 Goin' Out To The West 4:39
4 Solitaire 3:53
5 Windy Baker Street 4:55
Side Two
1 Take Me Back 4:50
2 Leaving Song 2:55
3 Fresh Brown Eggs 2:30
4 Up The U.S.A. 9:21
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Released on Polydor Records in 1970
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Catalogue Number 2343 034
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Record is in Ex condition (few fine hairline surface marks)
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Sleeve is in Vg condition (some shelf wear, rubbing and ageing)
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