M- 1972 ORIG TANGERINE Guitar Prog & Psych FEM VOX
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RARE 70's PSYCHEDELIC PROGRESSIVE COLLECTIBLE
TANGERINE
Canada - GAMMA - GS 212
QUITE RARE lesser seen very first album by the early 70's European Progressives TANGERINE featuring multi guitar blends and a female vocalist of choice....the music is very accessible and often reflectings of the West Coast hippie scene....
Tangerine’s first album features the lovely progressive-folk-infused vocals of Valéry Btesh garnished liberally with four guitarists including Ms. Btesh herself. Some of them 12-strings. Plus bongos, flute and spindly clavier, an instrument that always makes music sound slightly (or completely) baroque.
Several things about this band stand out aside from the four guitarists and minimal drumming. They also alternate between English and French vocals, something that is rather unusual for a native French band. They wear both sounds quite well, although there is a clear tendency to emulate the early seventies American West Coast sound on the English tracks. And their arrangements seem to slide effortlessly between folk & progressive. Plus just about every track has a fadeout ending, something that is rather unique.
Aside from Ms. Btesh’s exquisite vocals, the predominant sounds come from the guitars. With four of them to leverage the band is able to layer strumming guitars with more elaborated rhythms and even a bit of picking. The multitalented Marc Donahue also lays down some very cool reeds tracks in places, most notably on the long and languid “Méditations”.
In contrast “Liberté” is pretty heavy on flute and three-part vocal harmonies, and even though this one is sung in French the timbre is a lot like American West Coast sound.
After the riff-lifting opening title track, the brief “Death”, and the lengthy “Liberté”, the rest of the album consists of six more tracks, all of only three or four minutes each and most of them rather similar: flute, guitar strumming, and two (sometimes three) part vocal harmonies. The only real exception is “It's Ending” in which only Btesh sings and the guitarists manage a pretty ambitious rhythmic volley that lasts several minutes punctuated by the whirling flute and bongos.
The band would lose Btesh before their next release a year later, and as part of the change would also adopt a decidedly more blues-rock sound with significantly more English vocals. So if you want to hear the band at the height of their creative expression this is probably the album you want.
- Valéry Btesh / Vocals, guitars
- Marc Donahue / Vocals, guitars, flute, claviers, bongos
- Gabriel Malka / Vocals, 12-string guitar
- Charlie Sabban / Vocals, guitar
1. De L'Autre Côté de la Forêt (2:58)
2. Death (2:45)
3. Méditations (7:30)
4. Liberté (3:52)
5. It's Ending (4:22)
6. Listen (2:34)
7. Time (3:34)
8. Éveil (3:42)
9. Direction Sud (3:35)
CONDITION: The thick cover is very nice, solid and well kept over the many years...M- having no seam splits, no bends and no writing ...nice vibrant bright colors that should readily please the lucky winner...
The vinyl is all glossy both sides...and very clean...M- ...plays SUPER!
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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