Help yourself-strange affair LP prog psych
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This is a first pressing of the rare lp "Strange Affair" by British progressive band (with Westcoast rock influences) Help Yourself as released in 1972 on United Artists. Cover is in excellent condition, is still shrinkwrapped although the previous owner has taped the shrinkwrap to the inner cover so would be hard to remove. Inner sleeve is also in good condition but does have split seams. The vinyl itself is in excellent condition, can't have been played more than once or twice. No surface marks, scratches etc. Here's a review from Prog Archives;
“Brown Lady” leans quite heavily into Ambrosia or Firefall territory with its strumming acoustic guitar, almost invisible bass line, and disjointed amorous lyrics. The Graham track “Movie Star” fits quite well in between the Morley tunes, but with harmonizing vocals that recall Buffalo Springfield or even CSN; while “Deanna Call and Scotty” has a Morley vocal track and piano accompaniment that could easily have been inspired by any number of tracks from ‘Abbey Road’, or maybe even some of the early seventies albums from the Beatles Lite (ELO).
But the stand out track is the aforementioned “Excerpts from the ‘All Electric Fur Trapper’”, a lightly psychedelic and slow- developing instrumental that weaves in acoustic picking, electric strumming, fuzz, and some odd keyboard effects with a couple minutes of undisciplined jamming that sounds awfully acid-inspired. The result is one of those space-out songs that is best listened to in early dusk while lying on the hood of your car in a park somewhere. Peaceful, easy stuff, and probably brought the lighters out when it was played live at festivals back then (assuming it was played live at festivals, which I’m sure it was).”
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