DAVID KUBINEC Day of Madman 1974 WORLD OF OZ PSYCH HEAR

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

KUBIE (DAVID KUBINEC) "Day Of The Madman"

Original 1974 LP on the German KUCKUCK label, STEREO 2375 026

Cover:  VG+, ringwear, small stain lower right front cover, all seams intact and strong

Vinyl:  Clean, plays VG++ with light surface crackle and a few light scattered pops 

Super rare, German-only album by ex-World of Oz songwriter David Kubinec, here known as “Kubie,” which was also the name he used when he jumped on pyramid blocks changing their color (oh wait, that was Q-Bert, sorry).  Here he is just five years after the demise of the World of Oz, looking a little bit like Christine McVie’s stunt double if you ask me.  It also looks like he went out and got himself a fancy new logo which sure would’ve looked great on the side of a motorcycle gas tank or a 1973 Chevy Van, maybe with a unicorn or a barbarian fighting a dragon underneath.  Musically he’s 90 percent strumming acoustic folk psych, with occasional big budget orchestration backing him up, kind of like a less mystic Cat Stevens, or early 70’s Tyrannosaurus Rex with the London Symphony Orchestra on call.  In fact, Kubie even adopts Marc Bolan’s trademark vocal quiver on many of these songs, like “Orlando” and “Clouds” to name but two.  Or the title track, which is one my favorites, a moody slow-building acoustic glam rocker that even gets those eerie Flo & Eddie falsetto backing vocals right, and sounds like it could easily have been an outtake from the Electric Warrior sessions.  I also dig the upbeat “Keeping On,” which opens like “Horse With No Name,” nicks a bit of melody from “Love Potion #9,” but makes a pretty groovy strummin’ pop exit for old Kubie, as he rides his white swan off into the day-glo Seventies sunset, saying goodbye to the Swinging Sixties and hello to the Sucking Seventies in style, occasionally stopping to check the Penny Pincher for a cheap 1973 panel van in good running condition.  A few months later, he would leave Germany, join Fleetwood Mac and marry John McVie.  Always landed on his feet, that Kubie.

UPDATE: I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THE RISK TO SHIP TO ITALY, DUE TO THE CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE). IT HAS ALREADY COST ME TOO MUCH MONEY IN LOST SHIPMENTS. SORRY!

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