Methuselah - Matthew, Mark, Luke And John (Expanded Edition) (1969/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 432 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 161 MB
1:05:09 | Psychedelic Rock | Label: Grapefruit
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 432 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 161 MB
1:05:09 | Psychedelic Rock | Label: Grapefruit
First-ever master-tapes reissue of collectable late 60s UK psychedelic/early progressive LP only issued at the time by Elektra in America. Includes previously unreleased songs and alternative mixes from the December 1968 album sessions. After a single for Decca as mod/soul band The Dimples, the Scunthorpe-based Gospel Garden cut a similarly- fashioned 45 for the Camp label before falling under the spell of emerging underground bands like Family and Jethro Tull. Honing their new sound on the burgeoning college circuit, they were signed by visiting Elektra label boss Jac Holzman and given a new identity: Methuselah. With American songwriter Kenny Young as producer, in December 1968 they recorded a quasi-concept album given the title ‘Matthew, Mark, Luke And John’ after the four-part song suite that dominated Side One. But Elektra failed to give the LP a UK release, and the US issue was delayed until October 1969 – by which time the band had split, with John Gladwin and Terry Wincott turning their backs on electricity to work as Amazing Blondel.