HIGH TIDE - SEA SHANTIES 1969 •1st US PSYCH PROG FUZZ Sir Lord Baltimore RARE
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WOW. MOTHER F'n RARE and Hard To Find FIRST US PRESSING on LIBERTY !!!
VINYL is BORDERING ON MINT. YES, IT'S THAT CLEAN. PLAYS MINT! SEE PICS! IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS JUST HAVE A GAWK AT THOSE GORGEOUS LABELS AND SHARP SPINLE HOLE.
IF YOU LIKE BIG DICK GUITAR TONES THIS ONE IS FOR YOU !!! TONY HILL IS A MONSTER PLAYER.
COVER - CLEAN w minor fading and upper cc SEE PICS!
THIS FUZZ MONSTER DOES NOT TURN UP OFTEN especially BORDERING ON MINT.
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AllMusic Review by Wilson Neate [-]
With the Misunderstood, Tony Hill co-wrote epochal psych-rock anthems like "Children of the Sun"; however, while High Tide's sound has roots in the peace-and-love era, the band was also in tune with the post-psychedelic comedown at the decade's darker end. On Sea Shanties, there's nothing fey and flowery in Hill's bleak lyrics or his doomy Jim Morrison-like delivery, and psychedelia's melodic whimsy is supplanted by a physicality more in line with the visceral heft of metal progenitors such as Cream, Blue Cheer, and the Jeff Beck Group. Hill's grinding riffage and searing, effects-laden guitar pyrotechnics combine with the punishing rhythms of drummer Roger Hadden and bassist Pete Pavli to forge some of the heavier sounds to emerge from Britain in 1969: tracks like "Futilist's Lament" are matched only by Led Zeppelin for sheer weight. High Tide weren't a power trio, though, and it was the interplay of Hill's guitar with Simon House's violin that created the band's unique signature. Showing that rock violin needn't be a marginal adornment, House whips up an aggressive edge that rivals the guitar: on the nine-minute "Death Warmed Up," House refuses to play second fiddle and matches Hill's scorching assault all the way, while on the album's other epic, "Missing Out," the violin generates a trance-inducing Eastern groove. High Tide had the muscularity of a no-nonsense proto-metal band, but they also ventured into prog territory with changing time signatures and tempos, soft-hard dynamics, multi-part arrangements, and even some ornate faux-Baroque interludes. Indeed, "Pushed, but Not Forgotten" and "Walking Down Their Outlook" share common ground with King Crimson (especially Crimson's mid-'70s work with violinist David Cross). Far from the collection of nautical ditties its name suggests, Sea Shanties is an overlooked gem encapsulating the shifting musical currents in late-'60s British rock.
High Tide ?– Sea Shanties
Label: Liberty ?– LST-7638 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, GatefoldCountry: US Released: 1969 Genre: Rock Style: Art Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist
A1 Futilist's Lament 5:15 A2 Death Warmed Up 9:10 A3 Pushed, But Not Forgotten 4:50 B1 Walking Down Their Outlook 5:00 B2 Missing Out 9:37 B3 Nowhere 5:35Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – All Disc Records, Inc.
Credits
- Bass – Peter Pavli
- Design – Paul Whitehead
- Drums – Roger Hadden
- Engineer – George Chkiantz
- Guitar – Tony Hill
- Management – Wayne Bardell (2)
- Producer – Denver Gerrard*
- Violin – Simon House
- Written-By – Simon House (tracks: B3), Tony Hill (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B1, B2)
Notes
US East Coast Pressprice rating
