Art - Supernatural Fairy Tales (Island 1967) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

Art were the psychedelic halfway house between the V.I.P.s, the soul - and R&B - rock group they evolved from, and Spooky Tooth, the much more famous progressive rock group that Art evolved into in the late 1960s. Art did one album for Island at the end of 1967, Supernatural Fairy Tales, produced by Guy Stevens, and indeed it's almost exactly at the midpoint between British R&B-soul-rock and British prog. Actually it's not too much different from early Spooky Tooth, except that the material's a little more psych - and pop - oriented. It's fair, though not great, psychedelia that's most effective when the vocals are sullen and the melodies haunting. Richie Unterberger AMG

Track listing:

A1. I Think I’m Going Weird
A2. What’s That Sound
A3. African Thing
A4. Room With A View
A5. Flying Anchors
A6. Supernatural Fairy Tale

B1. Love Is Real
B2. Come On Up
B3. Brothers, Dads and Mothers
B4. Talkin’ To Myself
B5. Alive Not Dead
B6. Rome Take Away Three

Luther Grosvenor – guitars
Mike Harrison – vocals, keyboards
Mike Kellie – drums, percussion
Greg Ridley – bass, guitar
Produced by Guy Stevens