JOHN SCHROEDER - WITCHI-TAI-TO - UK ONLY FUNK
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Description
ARTIST: JOHN SCHROEDER
TITLE: WITCHI-TAI-TO
LABEL: PYE
COUNTRY: UK
CAT NUMBER: NSLP18362
YEAR: 1971
DESCRIPTION: THIS RARE UK ONLY EZ FUNKY LP IS AN ABSOLOUTE CLASSIC. IT IS WELL KNOWN IN COLLECTORS CIRCLES, MAKING IT VERY TRICKY TO PICK UP FOR PEANUTS THESE DAYS!
HERE IS WHAT VINYLVULTURE HAD TO SAY:
The players on 'Witchi-Tai-To' (Pye, 1969) read like a true who's-who of British sessioners of the late 60's. Where do you start - Alan Parker, Alan Hawkshaw, Harry Stoneham, Clem Cattini, Jim Lawless, Ray Davies....they're all here. Featuring both vocal and instrumental tracks, this album peaks with the opening 'Grow Your Own' which really blends these fine musicians with Schroeder's arrangement and production skills. Quality production is definitely the order across the whole of the album...mixing original compositions with covers, drizzled with a slightly mystical-hippy feel, to great effect.
ALSO FOUND THIS BLURB:
"Witchi Tai Too", just as the notes on the back of the sleeve suggest, is not just another nice 70s pop record, it's an experience. Those who shared in this experience, besides John, are such famous session luminaries of the time as Clem Cattini (Mike Batt, Bee Gees, Joe Cocker, Cliff Richard, Roy Harper, Albert Lee, Chris Spedding), Mike Morgan, Alan Parker (Blue Mink), Alan Hawkshaw (Cliff Richard, Shadows, Chris Spedding, Dave Kelly, Madeline Bell), et. al. And of course this album is of a very special value to all fans and lovers of Uriah Heep, for it was their original vocalist David Byron who sang lead vocals on all the tracks that had lyrics, including, of course, the title track.
Thus, "Witchi Tai Too" is also a very clever mixture of instrumentals and songs featuring lead (and sometimes only background) vocals, containing mostly originals but also at least a couple of covers, including The Beatles' renowned "Back in the U.S.S.R." - a completely different reworking compared to the original version!!
The orchestral arrangements on this album were handled by Lew Warburton and of course John himself - well renowned for his flawlessly produced "easy listening" albums (featuring plenty of horns and Hammond organ) of the late 60s/early 70s, very much in the same style as the James Last Orchestra (John's other very important claim to fame was the fact that he was the manager of The Status Quo, as they were called back in the late 60s/early 70s, during their formative years spent with the seminal Pye label).
TRACKS: GROW YOUR OWN, WANNA THANK YOU GIRL, BACK IN THE USSR, A PICTURE OF YOU, WANA NENE WANA NENE, WITCHI-TAI-TO, THE BIRD HAS FLOWN, FAMILY OF MAN, SMOOTH HEAT, WIGWAM.
CONDITION (RECORD VISUAL GRADING): EX
CONDITION (SLEEVE): VG- (THERE IS A TEAR ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE SLEEVE WHERE THE PREVIOUS OWNER REMOVED A STICKER) SEE PHOTO FOR EXTENT OF DAMAGE!
IF FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH YOUR ITEM THEN I WILL REFUND PAYMENT, MINUS ALL POSTAGE COSTS, ON RETURN OF ITEM. PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS.
POSTAGE FOR ONE LP (AIRMAIL ONLY!):
UK = $6
EUROPE = $10
REST OF THE WORLD = $12
For each additional LP up to 4 lp’S add $1 per LP. For larger purchases contact me for postage quote.
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