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The Masterpeace

JOHN STRANG The Masterpeace (2020 UK 18-track vinyl LP on Seelie Court, a new archival label home to ultra rare British titles dating between 1965-78, all sourced from a private collection, expertly remastered with audio restoration courtesyofReynolds Mastering. 25 copies were privately made in 1968 by the 17 year old Strang, who carried them home from the studio in a rucksack! Very few originals survive today. The songs are apocalyptic poetry that confront the Cold War, Hiroshimaand Nagasaki, platonic forms and the nature of reality; there are also a few explicit drug references to LSD and amphetamines. Gatefold pictre sleeve with lyrics printed inside)

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Release Year 2020 - 4 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Seelie Court
Complete Stock List Go to John Strang
Product Catalogue No SCLP008
Music Genre Folk
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
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25 copies were privately made in 1968 by the 17 year old strang, who carried them home from the studio several miles in a rucksack on foot. Very few survive today, and it is a little understood LP. The title refers to nuclear armageddon and the total death of all life, not a hippie idyll, and the songs are apocalyptic poetry that confront the cold war, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, platonic forms and the nature of reality, there are also a few explicit drug references to LSD and amphetamines.

This darkness of intent makes the LP exceptional for the time, and seminal. Musically it draws from Donovan and the Incredible String Band , at times becoming experimental, and yet with an air of fragility that predicts Vashti Bunyan's LP made two years later. John Strang continues to compose privately to this day, but walked away from a Transatlantic Records deal in the early 70s
to pursue a career in Psychiatry, for which he was knighted. A concept LP about mental illness was due for release on Transatlantic, which we are currently restoring from surviving tapes and cassettes, entitled “Shame and Stigma” - it is forthcoming.

Full lyrics included which demand careful reading, plus an insert explaining the LP, written by the artist himself.

Tracks:
A1 Village School
A2 Seagull No.3
A3 Late In The Day
A4 Dreams
A5 Madame Bartholemew
A6 Acid Albatross
A7 Little Fat Man
A8 Butterfly
A9 Ge-Bomb

B1 Masterpeace 1
B2 Twisted Tree
B3 Swallow No.7
B4 He Was Only A Child
B5 Blistered Blades Of Grass
B6 No Money To Pay
B7 Love Grew In The Night
B8 Little Anna
B9 Masterpeace 2




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Recording Artist John Strang
Product Title The Masterpeace
Product Information John Strang The Masterpeace UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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