B Side Track #2
Benninghoff
Plantation Records PLP-502
1976 Meadow Properties
Sometimes an LP blindsides you and you just don't what to say.
I bought this LP because I like the horrible cover artwork. At least the art is worth $6 don't you think? I mean... Chopin snuggled up to a bar maid with some guys sitting in chairs (who in the hell are those guys?) and and why is some super hero figure shown barging through the door? That's worth $6! Now wait! There is a note on the cover that explains that the guys sitting in the chairs are historical figures: George Sand, Chopin, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Heinrich Hiene, Lord Byron, Novalis and Captain America. What?!! And wait... CAPTAIN AMERICA? That is NOT Captain America and I hope Marvel Comics didn't see that mention! I have no idea what the cover means. It must mean something...
Not be outdone by the cover, the music is a incredibly strange mix of orchestrated "Chopin" pieces mingled with "psych" tunes. Found on the B side, track 2, is sort of a mini rock opera that includes Prelude In A Minor – OP. 28#2, Waltz – OP. 64 #2 Part 1 and Waltz – OP. 64 #2 Part 3.
This track is actually groovy and maybe Benninghoff was on to something and rock operas where starting to "happen" in the 70s.
That is MOST unusual! I never expected the psych twist. true oddity!
ReplyDelete