Terry Durham — Crystal Telephone 1969 (UK, Folk Rock)

Terry Durham — Crystal Telephone 1969 (UK, Folk Rock)

Terry Durham is a renowned English artist, poet, and vocalist. He recorded his only solo album in 1969. In the early 1970s, he was the lead singer of the band Storyteller.Pairing poet Terry Durham with talents including avant-garde saxophonist Evan Parker and veteran arranger John Coleman, Crystal Telephone remains one of the singular records of the late '60s, a lush and funky word-jazz fantasia shrouded in cigarette smoke and drunk on language. Durham's crushed-velvet voice recalls John Cale's spoken word recitation of "The Gift" on the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat, albeit couched in Coleman's cinematic, thickly rhythmic jazz-rock settings. His vividly perverse song-poems capture the romantic allure of fatalism (or is that the fatal allure of romance?), and his attempts at crooning, especially Crystal Telephone's transcendent title cut, are particularly effective. A masterpiece of decadence and indulgence.Crystal Telephone Review by Jason Ankeny

Tracks:

01. Crystal Telephone - 0:00

02. Branwells Corner - 3:09

03. White Room Dreaming - 6:50

04. Sleep Train - 12:30

05. Fryston Man - 15:11

06. Sunday Morning - 18:04

07. The Fortunate Isles - 20:55

08. Dreams Of Tomorrow In Every Language - 24:40

09. Moving Through My Life - 29:21

10. Stills From A Late Night Movie - 32:59


Personnel:

Terry Durham - vocals
Alan Parker - lead guitar
John Coleman - piano
Evan Parker - soprano saxophone (02)
Chris Karan - drums (02)
Tony Chapman - producer



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