PETER IVERS' BAND - "Knight of The Blue Communion" - 1969 SEALED vinyl LP WILD
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PETER IVERS' BAND (with YOLANDA BAVEN)
"Knight of the Blue Communion"
Epic BN 26500
1969
SEALED
Sealed copy of this obscure but righteously odd release from 1969. The arrangements are incredible and the lyrics beg for closer listening. Iver's had several LPs released in this era and this is by far his most well known and critically acclaimed. This really seems to be one of those LPs that people either LOVE or hate and if you love it, it's in your top 10. Really! Of course, sealed LPs (especially this obscure for a major label) retain their value and are always excellent additions to any collection, especially A-list collections.
Here's what the fine Allmusic web site has to say about this LP: "As this is one of the most avowedly uncommercial records released on a major label in the late '60s, one does wonder whether the person responsible for signing Ivers to Epic lost his or her job when the results (and sales figures) were given to the board. It's difficult to compare this mixture of rock, improvised jazz, blues, and impressionistic/stream-of-consciousness lyrics to anything else going on at the time, except perhaps for Captain Beefheart and (much more distantly) Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Ivers' ensemble isn't nearly as aggressive or macho as vintage Beefheart, though. Yolande Bavan's whimsical, spontaneous jazz style of vocals is backed by hard-to-hum melody, jagged rhythms, and spiky blues-rock-funk guitar and harmonica. Experimental composition also comes into play with the unpredictable course of the tracks, which utilize sax, bassoon, oboe, contrabass, and an "intermodulator" in addition to more standard rock instruments. While some of Timothy Mayer's lyrics have religious allusions in the titles ("Lord God Love," "Confession," "Knight of the Blue Communion," "Gentle Jesus"), the songs are really more absurdist than devotional. It's an odd record indeed, easier to admire than enjoy."
I bought this in 1969 or 70 at Rhodes Department Store in San Antonio, Texas at Wonderland Shopping City. I cleaned up that day. Stored vertically in a smoke free environment for 47 years.
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