Beggars Opera Pathfinder LP 1972 (first press Canada) with poster VG

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Beggars Opera

Pathfinder

Vertigo 6360_073  LP 33RPM 12" 1972 (Canada)

Allmusic:  Beggars Opera's third album offered up another dramatic change in pace and style from a band that had already demonstrated its musical schizophrenia well enough. Considerably more song-oriented than either of its predecessors, Pathfinder set out its stall with the pounding pop of "Hobo" before delving deep into period preoccupations with a truly visionary assault on "MacArthur Park" -- imagine Vanilla Fudge if Brian Auger had created their arrangements. Eight minutes seem too short a time in which to layer all of the group's ideas, but they succeed with room to spare, and deliver what is probably the definitive reading of the song. The pulsating "The Witch," the fusion and folk-inflected "From Shark to Haggis," and the closing menace of "Madame Doubtfire," with its glance back at the soundscapes of Act One, are the album's other highlights -- particularly if you catch them on headphones. From beginning to end, though, Pathfinder is a powerful record, dramatically produced and deliriously delivered, a wild smorgasbord of musical innovation and staggeringly brilliant ideas.

Tracklist
A1 Hobo 4:40
A2 MacArthur Park 8:20
A3 The Witch 5:26
B1 Pathfinder 3:44
B2 From Shark To Haggis 6:38
B3 Stretcher 4:50
B4 Madame Doubtfire 4:15

Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Gordon Sellar
Drums – Ray Wilson
Engineer – Barry Ainsworth, Roger Wake (tracks: B1)
Guitar [Lead], Vocals – Ricky Gardiner
Keyboards – Alan Park
Lead Vocals – Martin Griffiths
Other [Illustration] – Peter Goodfellow
Producer – Beggars Opera

Distributed by London Records of Canada.
Comes in a 6 panel gatefold poster.
? 1972

Third Album.

Vinyl is VERY GOOD (some visible scuffs with minimal effect on play), in paper inner sleeve in a six-fold hard card poster cover in GOOD condition (much edge wear, ring wear) in a plastic protector sleeve..