OPHIUCUS - FRENCH PROG PSYCH - Mint TEST PRESSING - VERY RARE
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Apr 28, 2015 Sold Date
Apr 21, 2015 Start Date
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This is a VERY RARE copy of OPHIUCUS - FRENCH PROG PSYCH MUSIC

It appears to be some sort of TEST PRESSING. Disc label is marked "ECHANTILLON" which is French for "SAMPLE"

Disc in Mint condition.

Cover overall is excellent but corners have some slight bends

Ophiucus may be the name of an obscure constellation, but it's also the name of a French band that recorded an exceptional album in 1972 for the Barclay label. All the members of the band had already enjoyed ample success in music before musician/actor Emmanuel Booz brought them together in 1971: Jean-Pierre Pouret was a well-known session-man for Sylvie Vartan, brothers Alain and Bernard Labacci released albums as Tom & Jerry, and supported Jimi Hendrix for a TV appearance, Michel Bonnecarrere had founded the band Zoo (one of Andy Votel from the B-Music labels favorites), and was one of the composers, arrangers and musicians for that groups first two albums. Apropos of the period, the band members decided to live together as a small family in Flagy, a small town in France, where they lived a happy life, and wrote the tracks which adorn this reissue. This ambitious album somehow manages to blend grungy psychedelic rock, acoustic blues, and densely orchestrated French pop/psych (in an Ilous & Decuyper vein) into an impressive and cohesive whole. Sandy Spencer, cellist and member of Mormos contributed wonderful playing on Ne cherche plus and Inacheve.


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