SENDELICA 7" Fruits De Mer#13 VELVET UNDERGROUND CVR=GREAT PSYCH LTD:20 DkGreen

	A$		36
	$		24

ARTIST:    SENDELICA 
TITLE:          "FRUITS DE MER - VOL. THIRTEEN"      

TRACKS:   1. "VENUS IN FURS" (original by The Velvet Undergound)

2. "MAGGOT BRAIN" (original by Funkadelic)

FORMAT:              ...vinyl 7” single…
LABEL:              Fruits De Mer
CATALOGUE #:   CRUSTACEAN-13
PRESSED IN:       USA
RELEASE DATE: 2010

CONDITION: (cover/record):  (MINT / MINT) 

...BRAND NEW - NEVER PLAYED...

...ONLY 300 PRESSED (IN TOTAL)...280 ON TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL WITH NICE INSERT...THE OTHER 20 WERE ON A DIFFERENT VERY DARK GREEN VINYL (ALSO WITH INSERT)...this is one of the 20 dark green copies...the whole pressing is long out-of-print...

Here's three separate reviews that all seem to hit the nail on the head:

"Starting out very folk-oriented Sendelica's Venus In Furs has a sly-seductive mix of acoustic instruments at first,...soon blooming into a full band mix during the song's chorus. The lead vocals are handled sweetly with a touch of Siouxsie ,although the singer here has much wider vocal range coming close to Grace Slick's power at times. I find this a very cool variation on this Velvets song. A bit more "temptation" is added here with the female vocal difference. Yes,I suppose I agree with the company "blurb"....this is as sexy as it gets! Just on a side note - is the "I am tired ,I am weary,I could sleep for a thousand years..." part of this song the whole basis of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold",...or is that just in my twisted mind? Ahhh,well.... This single must be the sexiest of this company's releases? Coming to side "B",this bit is "sexy" for guitar freaks! Here a cover of Maggot Brain is pulled-off perfectly. You've got to have a style that's tasteful and hot at the same time to get this baby right,and here is a cover that is stunning. Beginning with a bit of a "confession" and I DO mean a confession,....as in "It's now been 36 years since I last spoke to you lord....". Really it's a continuation of the original intro.....so,again,a great twist here! If you don't know this song,first,shame on you,...and then second,imagine finding thee great lost Hendrix solo(but really originally, actually played by Funkadelic's excellent Eddie Hazel) and you can be sure this will satisfy all you may imagine when dreaming what that sweet solo might be. It's been said that the inspiration for the original solo was George Clinton giving Mr. Hazel a tab of acid and saying to him ,"Imagine someone just told you you're Mother died..." ,then near song's end he said ,"now imagine you just found out she's alive!" It's perfectly sad and sweet....you can not go wrong hearing either version. That's as much of a salute I can give this band and track. You've done well,space children. Yes,it's another little vinyl disc that you should really dig." ___?____

"It must take some balls to try and cover the Velvets' finest hour. To decide you're going to back that up with a version of Funkadelic's 10 minute guitar frazzle is...insane. However, every release sent to me by Fruits de Mer has sounded batshit and overambitious on paper,,,and then they've gone and pulled it off, somehow. But covering 'Venus in Furs'? This might sound weird but Sendelica's version sounds like Fleetwood Mac covering The Velvets. I can't work out if it's a clever, audacious cover, or a very wrong piece of blasphemy, or both. Oddly, the Funkadelic version works very well, replicating the guitar work, editing it down to 7" length nicely and getting all ethereal on us too. I'm still tortured by their Velvets cover, though. It makes me singalong with it, even though it's wrong. And I know I'm going back for more."   Was Ist Das?

"Thanks to an electro acoustic makeover, 'Venus in Furs' is turned completely on its head and transformed into a psych-folk of Sendelica's own making. Emasculated of much of the dark menace and intensity that complements the sadomachochistic overtones of the original so well, Alice Davidson's mesmerising vocals seem to add a naive innocence at odds with the lyrics, making it both sinister and erotic in its own way. 'Maggot Brain' on the other hand is pretty much a straightforward stab at the original, except it's half as long, has an updated "Mother Earth" spoken intro and the addition of choral-like female vocals at the end. Anyone would be hard pushed to replicate Eddie Hazell's iconic funkadelic workout with as much emotion, let alone better it! Full marks to Sendelica - it takes a brave band to undertake covers of either of these sacred cows".  Shindig!

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Thanks for considering this item. Best of luck if you decide to bid...Cheers, Jules.

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