Dantalian’s Chariot - Chariot Rising vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
18-GUESS 252
“One of the most brilliant obscure psychedelic singles of the late '60s — indeed, one of the most brilliant singles of any era — was Dantalian's Chariot's ‘Madman Running Through the Fields.’ This 1967 effort was British pop-psych at its zenith, reminiscent of (and as good as) the classic early sides by Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd.
What made it all the stranger was that it was the debut single by a group of veteran musicians who, just a few months earlier, had been playing jazz/R&B fusion as Zoot Money's Big Roll Band. Money, a journeyman keyboard player and singer, had made a few records without getting anything close to a hit; his band featured young Andy Somers, over a decade before the guitarist would reach stardom with the Police (as Andy Summers). Such was the impact of psychedelic music in 1967, however, that by the middle of the year, Money had decided to totally revamp his sound. With Somers in tow, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band became Dantalian's Chariot. The music, written primarily by Money and Somers, changed as radically as the name, with airy melodies, spacy lyrics, and guitar/organ-driven arrangements.
This collection of Dantalian's Chariot tracks emerged first in 1996, and has always been a favorite around here. It includes several great tracks destined for a psychedelic LP the band worked on (the sitar-drenched ‘This Island’ and the soaring ‘High Flying Bird’ spring to mind) — an album that was never completed thanks to the indifference of EMI.
Dantalion's Chariot came to an end in the spring of 1968, with Somers joining the Soft Machine (and subsequently Eric Burdon's Animals); Money would also join Eric Burdon's Animals around the same time. Drummer Colin Allen went on to chalk up stints in John Mayall's band. Top notch UK psychedelia with West Coast and Eastern influences.”
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