UK FREAKBEAT "FIRE" ● MINT og '68 ● CRAZY WORLD ARTHUR BROWN ● Psych PROG Garage

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• STILL IN FACTORY CELLOPHANE
• + FIRE custom sticker
  
  *** 1968 MINT TRACK RECORDS *ORIGINAL***
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• CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN
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• USA - TRACK RECORDS - ST - 613005
  

1.   RARE and Hard to find original 1968 pressing, most copies, after 56 years ago past are beat up...this one MINY CLEAN all over = preserved nicely ...and on the famous "Track" label!
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       1968 Classic British (wild) freak-beat 
3. features pre-Atomic Rooster organist Vincent Crane and percussion extraordinaire Carl Palmer.
4. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown issued just one album in 1968 on Track Records. Their only album holds up as one of rock’s great freak-beat wonders. Prior to releasing this Lp Brown had been singing in a number of obscure beat-rock bands throughout the early 60’s while studying in France. It was during this period that Brown developed a very strange &  unique strange stage persona of eccentric nature.
   
       Signed to Track who a year earlier had signed the jimi Hendrix Experience, the "Crazy World" album is a great/timeless slice of intensely drenched psychedelia, notable for Brown’s wailing vocals amid heavy gushing organ interplay. 
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6. In 1968 Brown and the group released "Fire", a huge top ten hit over in England and in the USA too. When "Fire" hit the airwaves nothing sounded quite like it. Brown’s vocals were demonic, the song’s lyrics were threatening and like the album above, it had all the right adventurous freak-beat/early prog-rock moves.
7. One of the pioneering underground rock experiences in the late 60’s the album remains a confident, flamboyant excursion that has few LP's equal. 
8. Opening with "Prelude - Nightmare," a powerful piece of early progressive rock with crazed vocals, thundering drums and gushy organ via Vincent Crane - a true classic. The two covers, :I Put A Spell On You" and "I’ve Got Money" are surprisingly fine examples of British R&B. While "Spontaneous Apple Creation" is possibly the album’s most psychedelic cut with lots of sound effects and bizarre lyrics yet a strong display of music regardless. The band flirts with catchy pop-rock on "Rest Cure" but for many "Child of My Kingdom"was the group’s finest moment on lp. This track is superb British rock/psychedelia, featuring a great 'lost-zone' vibe. The albums atmosphere is dark in a tongue in cheek kind of way.
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10. Vincent Crane was one of the great organists in rock music and his musical contributions to The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown cannot be underestimated.
    
    Brown's songwriting is steeped in Gothic horror, with mystical fire-based themes usually playing a strong part in his lyrics
    
    Fire Poem echoed the kind of work Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek were doing across the Atlantic with The Doors. Brown then sends the album into the stratosphere with Fire, a great timeless creation, every time heard
    
11. Vincent Crane was one of the first great organists in rock music and his musical contributions to The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown cannot be underestimated.
    
    Brown's songwriting is steeped in Gothic horror, with mystical fire-based themes usually playing a strong part in his lyrics
    
    Fire Poem that echoed the kind of work Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek were doing across the Atlantic with The Doors. Brown then sends the album into the stratosphere with Fire, a great experience every time heard
    
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    Prelude - Nightmare
    
    Fanfare - Fire Poem
    
    Fire
    
    Come & Buy
    
    Time
    
    B:
    
    I Put A Spell On You
    
    Spontaneous Apple Creation
    
    Rest Cure
    
    Money
    
    Child Of My Kingdom
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    CONDITION:
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15. The cover: rated: MINT a beautiful example of this thick laminated color cover still in 1968 shrink wrap, plus the scarce FIRE custom sticker ...there are no faded areas, no delete marks, and no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...

1. The vinyl: Rated: MINT strikingly clean across both sides, playing fantastic ...both TRACK labels are perfect