Champignons - Premiere Capsule (CD)

Original released 1972
CD reissue 2012 Flawed Gems
sealed !

The sole album of this French speaking Canadian band was released in 1972 and housed in a trippy day-glo mushroom cover. This great and still underrated record was filled with varied, imaginative and cleverly-arranged songs based mostly on pleasant sax and flute passages and was definitely influenced by the late 60´s psychedelia and classic progressive bands like King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator and Jethro Tull. The central point of this very professionally produced album was Le Château Hante-progressive, mostly instrumental, 11 minutes track dominated by twisted sounds, haunting whispers and very long, fuzzed-out guitar solo. This CD edition has been carefully remastered from original, analogue source and sounds better than ever!