Excalibur Music Group
Milkwood Tapestry (US,1969)**°°
This was the sole album from the American duo Roland Antonelli and Joseph Ransohoff. After having been neglected in its time it became a record with some fame and status. We can describe actually two different styles on this album, which fit well together on one album. The first is a kind of acid folk-psych with acoustic ballads, partly arranged (orchestrations, harpischord, flutes, ..) and with a sweet original kind of vocal lead. Here the combination has a tendency to a certain mellowness, combined with a strong band sound, which makes it something really specific and special (like "Wonderous Fairy Tale"). The psych-rock tracks have a certain rawness. This includes a strong fuzz use on a couple of tracks (especially , "Purple Side of Sunset" but also "Window Sill's Song" and "Signs of the Invisible Chalk") which makes these tracks more psychedelic.
The album was re-released on CD before by the Gear Fab label, and has now found its way onto the vinyl collector’s market.
