Back in 2012, I had an original U.K, Vertigo swirl copy of Dr. Strangely Strange's "Heavy Petting," a lovely and well, strange album, that I really enjoyed owning, but not enough to pass up the $500 that it sold for on eBay. That sounds like a ton of money for one record, except that just three weeks earlier, the same exact copy sold for $1100. Right place, wrong time, as usual.
But yes, Dr. Strangely Strange were a group out of Dublin that played trippy, psychedelic folk music. They only recorded two records before splitting up in 1971, but both are worth a spin, especially "Heavy Petting," which features Fairport's Dave Mattacks on drums and a very young, pre-Thin Lizzy Gary Moore on lead guitar for about half the record. Plus, it has a striking cover by Roger Dean.
I dialed the album up a few days ago and it still held up, if you are, like me, open to experimentation and the occasional wig out guitar solo.
Take a listen up top to Gary Moore having a grand old time.
4 comments:
Gary's solo is very tasty and Dave's drumming is as solid as ever. Sadly, the flute/whistle intro and solo are not. For those who agree with me, skip to 4:00 where Gary starts his bit.
- Paul in DK
I think the flute is charming. Sounds exactly what I think I'd hear walking around Malahide. ;)
Gave the Strangely Strange only a cursory listen back in the day, but up for it now thanks to your post. Brendan "Brush" Shiels was also in the band and he and Gary formed Skid Row (no, not that one - the excellent Irish one) with Noel Bridgeman on the drum kit. Anyhow, cheers for the spin!
Loving Gary Moore as much as I do, I never got around the hearing these albums. After hearing this track, I need to get those albums. I hope there are reasonably priced CDs, out there somewhere.
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