Here's a video I've compiled using the songs 'Pate de Foie Gras' and 'Rumplestiltskin', along with photos and scans of the original Self Titled UK gatefold LP cover, and a few close-up crops of the labels, cover graphics, etc. I've always loved the silly cartoon strip featured on the outside of the LP jacket...so I've included that, and the revealing 'Rapunzel' inner gatefold pics as well! This great band was comprised of some of the best musicians in the UK at the time, although, probably for contractual reasons, they weren't allowed to use their real names. Bassist Herbie Flowers and guitarist Alan Parker were the main characters in this hard rock band, as was vocalist Peter Lee Stirling, who'd been in Hungry Wolf. They released two fairly rare albums in the early seventies and split, with the various members getting involved with the likes of Donovan, Sky, Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull. The band were the brainchild of American producer Shel Talmy. It was his idea to form a supergroup that might rival the highly successful outfits that dominated the early Seventies, such as Status Quo and Led Zeppelin. Instead of picking young, untried rockers, Talmy brought together highly experienced professional session men. Among them was drummer Clem Cattini. Although Rumplestiltskin wasnt a hit, it was nevertheless a serious project, as can be heard on the eight powerful tracks on their classy album, first released in 1970. The band also featured singer Peter Lee Stirling, who <b>...</b>
Rumplestiltskin
Pate
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Foie
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