PESKY GEE / RARE PROG/PSYCH/MOOG Pye '69 UK Original
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Description
PESKY GEE UK PROG / PSYCH 1969 PYE NSPL 18293 " Exclamation Mark "
THIS IS NOT A RE-ISSUE - THIS IS SCARCE UK ORIGINAL
CONDITION RECORD : EX++ hardly looks to have been played at all / *** CONDITION COVER : VG|+/EX-
FRONT OF COVER HAS HAD STICKER CLUMSILY REMOVED - WHICH HAS DAMAGED COVER SLIGHTLY - SEE pics
Some Background info :
Starting out as a typical U.K. club soul band, and then turning toward psychedelia and prog rock in the latter half of the '60s, it wasn't until Pesky Gee! changed their name in 1970 to Black Widow, transformed, and released the satanic Sacrifice that they reached the public eye. If not singular in any particular way, the prog-edged Pesky Gee! album, released on Pye in 1969, has enough cool Hammond organ flourishes and late psych-intoned vocals (male and female) to cause interest. Much is aimless, relies too much on the blues-rock boom, or is downright bad ("Born to Be Wild"), but when they got the mix right they were superb, as on their original psych/soul/prog numbers: on "A Place of Heartbreak" there is a superb male/female vocal, a soulful beat, and some haunting changes; while "Where Is My Mind" (both songs were released as a 45) has a driving rhythm, a unique use of horns, and sees the beginning of the band's fascination with sinister subject matter and horror vocalization. The covers get a bit much, although the Julie Driscoll-intoned reading of Donovan's "Season of the Witch" has some fine moments. Not a solid affair but representative of the change in the British music scene of the late '60s. ~ Jon 'Mojo' Mills, All Music Guide
Often described as one of the best psych/prog Lp's of all time !!! LOW START - NO RESERVE - Forget price guides - doesn't turn up in this condition.
P/P UK £ 2.75 / EUROPE £3.75 / WORLD £5.75
Records GUARANTEED **** PLEASE SEE POSITIVE FEEDBACK *****
