Bobby Callender French PROG SOUL MONSTER LP

£ 72

$ 95

£ 72 Sold For

Dec 23, 2009 Sold Date

Dec 16, 2009 Start Date

17 Number Of Bids

Netherlands Country Of Seller

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O-SUNSHINE PROG & PSYCH RARITIES!

HI VINYL FREAKS !! A LARGE QUALITY VINYL COLLECTION FOR SALE ---- HAVE A LOOK !!

In t he next few weeks I’ll put on auction more than 500 great and rare records. Most records are true collector’s items. Have a look, it is worthwhile! Most of my vinyl comes from my own collection and is in great, collectible condition. If not, I’ll clearly describe the possible flaws or scuffs. Appr. 90% of my records are EX to Mint-. This collection contains many rare German and essential Kraut, Dutch psych and garage, UK and US progressive and folk, early electronic and psychedelic records from the period 1967 to 1975. Moreover, many other essential wave, punk and (minimal) synth records will be on auction. Please take some time and read my instructions carefully. If questions... please feel free to ask. A fantastic vinyl collection is going to be for sale in outstanding condition. Don't miss out this opportunity!!

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Band/Record: LP Robert Callender - Musee de L'impressionnisme

Label/Matrix: 1972 Netherlands Philips 6318 043 with 1Y//2Y

Condition Record/Sleeve: EX+/EX- (record immaculate (2 very light hairlines only), DREAM audio. Cover clean and unwritten, with corners tiny "eaten")

Extra info: MONSTER PROGRESSIVE MASTERPIECE from FRANCE !! DEEP PSYCH SOUL ........Hyper rare Holland only pressing on Philips from 1972 !! With INSERT !! This record simply never turns up for sale (not even at record fairs).... i doubt if it was ever for sale in shops back then .... Well......your chance to listen to it in.. DREAM AUDIO !! In this condition very hard to get !! Check out my other records !!

Robert Callender - Musee de L'impressionnisme
Bobby Callender surfaced as an unthreatening pop product. As the ‘60s progressed and mutated, he barreled into psychedelic eccentricity. His hyper-literate lyrics must’ve been a struggle to fit into his wide range of musical idioms, but they always managed to work, albeit in a unique, initially unsettling fashion. After "Le Musee De L’Impressionnisme" was issued in Holland (in a doomed limited edition), Callender pretty much vanished.

Long considered lost (or at any rate, among the most difficult to find psych rarities of its time prior to the CD reissue, Le Musée de L’Impressionnisme was initially released in the early ‘70s (allegedly in 1972) on the Philips label as a small pressing exclusively in Holland, which might help explain Van Gogh’s inclusion. The record features lyrics sung in French and English, in fairly equal proportions. Musically speaking, the record is a sumptuous mélange of jazz, soul, progressive, and psychedelic rock.

It’s hard not to suppress a snicker when encountering lyrics such as, “Monet, Monet, Monet, ooh, ooh / I’m singin’ about Claude Monet”; “I’m singin’ ‘bout Toulouse-Lautrec / I said I’m singin’ ‘bout Toulouse-Lautrec”; or, worse, “Mystical madman / mystical, but truly a very sad man was he,” in reference to Van Gogh. Considering the astonishing grandeur of the arrangements, which fall somewhere between the off-kilter, psych-inflected eccentricities of David Axelrod and the slick but capable production values of the Motown era (Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra project even comes to mind on several of these tracks), it’s regrettable to hear these baroquely crafted suites marred by Callender’s cloying bathos. Le Musée de L’Impressionnisme would have been a hardcore crate digger’s dream come true if not for the oppressive profusion of Callender’s admittedly well-intentioned but overly verbose lyrics.

Robert Callender assembled a stunning cast of musicians for Le Musée de L’Impressionnisme, which, ultimately, is majestic, operatic, and epic in its scope. Callender’s arrangements are highly complex without being pretentious and feature deftly played proto-funk musicianship that has the overall effect of sounding slightly ahead of its time. Callender expertly blends psychedelia with R&B and jazz to create an album that, though conceptually antiquated and anachronistic by today’s standards, is elegantly meticulous in its execution all the same.

Tracks:
1. Nadars (The Baptism of Impressionism) 2. Senses and Soul 3. Interlude No. 1 4. Les Impressionnistes 5. Beinvenue au Musée de LImpressionnisme 6. Interlude No. 2 7. Senses and Soul (Reprise) 8. Claude Monet (A Visionary of Time and Space and the Light) 9. Pierre Auguste Renoir 10. Edgar Dégas Prologue 11. Bienvenue à Monsieur Dégas’ Classe de Danse 12. Morisot Motif 13. Classe de Danse (Reprise) 14. Morisot Motif (Reprise) 15. Berthe Morisot 16. Vincent Van Gogh 17. Paul Gauguin (Tahitian Man) 18. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 19. Jean Frederick Bazille 20. Nadars (The Baptism of Impressionism) (Reprise)

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£ 12,00

£ 17,00

£ 12,00

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£ 14,00

£ 22,00

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£ 22,00

£ 28,00

£ 37,00

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£ 35,00

£ 60,00

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< 20 KG

£ 40,00

£ 45,00

£ 105,00

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