BEGGARS OPERA 1972 LP PATHFINDER ORIG VERTIGO SWIRL 6360 073 CANADA EX/VG R2
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BEGGARS OPERA - 1972 LP PATHFINDER - ORIGINAL CANADIAN PRESSING ON VERTIGO WITH SWIRL LABELS 6360 073 - COVER WHICH IS GIANT SIX-PANE POSTER IS PRETTY SOLID BUT HAS WEAR AND HOLES ON POSTER CORNERS SO VG - RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT MINUS CONDITION WITH SOME HARDLY VISIBLE HAIR MARKS - PERFECT COLLECTIBLE ITEM (SEE PICTURES) R2 ON RARITY SCALE
SOME INFO FROM INTERNET ABOUT THIS RELEASE: Line-up: Ricky Gardiner, voc, gtr/ Martin Griffiths, voc/ Alan Park, keyb/ Gordon Sellar, gtr, bsgtr, voc/ Ray Wilson, dr.
Production: Beggar's Opera.
Cover-art by Peter Goodfellow
Cover-design by Bloomsbury Group..
Liner notes: by Martin Griffiths.
Cover manufactured by unknown.
Recorded at unknown.
Track listing A-side: Hobo (Alan Park) 4'40''/ Macarthur Park (Jimmy Webb) 8'20''/ The Witch (Virginia Scott + Ricky Gardiner). Track listing B-side: Pathfinder (Ricky Gardiner) 3'44''/ From Shark To Haggis (Virginia Scott + Ricky Gardiner) 6'38''/ Stretcher (Ricky Gardiner) 4'50''/ Madame Doubtfire (Martin Griffiths + McFeddries + Ricky Gardiner) 4'15''.
The Vertigo logo on front is white, but it is inside the fold-out and not visible on the front.
There are running time indications in the gatefold, not on the label.
There are composition credits in the gatefold, not on the label
Matrix number A-side:
6360073 1Y//1 ? 420 1 1 3
Matrix number B-side:
6360073 2Y//1 ? 420 1 1 3
Rarity scale: R2
The effort to make this combo, that hovers between prog and classical-rock, sound more commercial does not yield the right results. In fact, this is a step backward. Where Waters Of Change could convince through its cold fire and otherworldliness, much of its successor rings false. The overly commercial Hobo copies the production values of McCartney's Wings and the much-praised cover of Macarthur Park does not add anything to the well-known version by Richard Harris, technically attractive as it may be. The catchy riff of the title track is more persuasive, as is the cold emotionality of From shark to haggis that even transforms into fine folk-rock. The closing Madame Doubtfire unluckily falls prey to the fashion of the times with satanical overtones like chromatic choirs, bitonality, icy ranting and diabolical laughing, which all sounds contrived and untrue. A pity, as the previous album showed real promise.
A pity, too, that our scanner cannot cope with the huge six-part poster that is the cover. Only one sixth of this GIANT image is shown here. A desert rider sporting a space-helmet gallops ahead on a wild brown horse through an archaic landscape. A beaten dragon lies behind him. Through the helmet's perspex not a face becomes visible, but a planet suspended in space.
The lettering is slight and does not distract from the image.
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