SCARCE 1971 M- Orig King Crimson GORDON HASKELL IT IS & ISN'T Blues Folk Prog

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 HARD TO FIND 1971 UK BLUESY FOLK/PROG with FANTASTIC LAID BACK GROOVES

                       =  King Crimson = 

               GORDON HASKELL

           It Is And It Isn't          

                            USA - Atco - SD 33 - 378 

Original 1971 first pressing of a hard to find off shoot of early king Crimson member Gordon Haskell ... a lovely record that should surprise more than a few....

The quiet, unassuming melodies do grow after a couple/three listens...Haskell has a great voice, he not only was involved with Crimson's "Lizard" album, and remember he's the singer on the beautiful Cadence And Cascade From Crimson's "Wake Of Poseidon" album.  With backing from guitarist Alan Berry (who gets a cool bell sound out of his guitar) and King Crimson's John Wetton; Wetton handles the bass work in good style. As usual he's adept, interesting and serviceable. You have moments here that hark back to some progressive rock feels, but generally the whole album is a good deal more laid back most prog albums. Just the same, all the tracks are infectious and overall the album comes across as more of a thoughtful, bluesy/folk kind of work with small bursts of progressive stylings. Might be surprising to many how strong the songs memorable melodies all are. They are not polished, but then that would be the point of an album that is filled with ambivalence. As we can tell from the album title and song titles, Haskell's album is a catalogue of ambivalent scenes, emotions, observations and a whimsical non-participation in the rock-posturing common in 1971.

Haskell's at his best on up-tempo rockers such as ''No Meaning, 'Could Be' and 'Sitting By the Fire' and all in all makes for a pretty impressive album, with our favortie track being the bizarre 'Worms'. The overall vibe is mellow, relaxed and mature... it's an album that asks you to relax and take it in gently. And that is perhaps why Gordon Haskell didn't stay on with King Crimson; he wasn't really intense like the other guys heading into more harsh albums like "Larks Tongues" & "Red" ...

1. No Meaning

2. Could Be

3. Upside Down

4. Just A Lovely Day

5. Sitting By The Fire

6. When I Lose

7. No Need

8. Worms

9. Spider

10. Learning Not To Feel

11. Benny

12. When I Laugh

CONDITION: The cover: Stiff and clean with original colors in top M- ...hard to find without a delete mark, here's a top copy as such ... no bends, no writing and no split seams 

The vinyl: all clean and smooth M- over both sides ... plays great !!  

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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