The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown is the Debut Album by the English Psychedelic-Rock Band The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown.While studying Philosophy and Law in the University of Reading, Arthur Brown started developing a serious interest for Music and Performance. In no time, he quit his studies and moved to Paris where he spent his time working on his representation skills (he also recorded two songs for a film based on a novel by Emile Zola). Upon his return to England in Late 1966 he was a member of the Band The Foundations, which he left as soon as they got a good deal with Pye Records. It was time for him to set off to find himself a Band. TCWOAB got, as soon as they started a reputation for their Wild Performances where Brown would use a ton of make-up and the weirdest items of clothing possible, and finally set fire to his hair (This started by mistake in a Concert, which ended with two fans putting out the fire with their beers). One of their songs "Fire", was very popular selling over 1,000,000 copies and has been covered numerous times, even in this last decade. It is also noteworthy to mention that the Producers were Kit Lambert and Pete Townshend of The Who fame.
Best Tracks - "Prelude/Nightmare", "Fanfare/Fire Poem", "Fire", "I Put A Spell On You", "Rest Cure", "I've Got Money" and "Child of My Kingdom". Not my favourite Psychedelic Album ever but it is indeed very interesting. I miss the Guitar and I did not enjoy some of the Songs. There were others however that were fantastic and really worth the time spent on them.
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown:
- Arthur Brown – Vocals
- Vincent Crane – Keyboards.
- Sean Nicholas – Bass.
- Drachen Theaker – Drums.
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One of my favourite albums of all time. Although he's made a lot of interesting covers, and has a great voice, IMO Arthur has never bettered this.
ReplyDeleteThe sleeve sadly gave no band credits. I always understood Carl Palmer played drums? A few weeks ago Ronnie Wood said he played bass on Fire.
If you're in London in August, Arthur and the band are playing at the Half Moon Putney. Details http://www.l-i-v-e.biz/tickets/
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ReplyDeleteI saw Brown perform at the Grandee (Sp?) Ballroom in Detroit in 1968 or 69. My recollection is that the only musician with him was an organist, whom I believe was Keith Emerson, whom I had not heard of at the time, although he became very well known in America a few years later (in Emerson, Lake & Palmer). I'm not sure, but I think that Brown probably introduced him that way. It was a very interesting act, with very colorful costumes and a series of bizarre hand-held masks which Brown would hold in front of his face. He performed the entire "Fire" side of the album. I don't think he did any songs from side 2.
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