Label: Metronome
Year of Release: 1967
This is arguably one of the more baffling singles to be issued during the late sixties, and Lord knows there were plenty of other contenders. The A-side "Camp" is a proto-Lieutenant Pigeon instrumental consisting of kazoos and a barrel organ, shouts and cheers, and little which would suggest it was going to storm the charts. It's a clown car of a record, all wonky wheels and dodgy brakes. As a piece of incidental music for the final cheerful item on a regional news programme it might pass, but as an A-side? Never.
This does absolutely nothing to prepare you for the flip, which is an elongated piece of psychedelia with droning sitars, guitar riffage reminiscent of Joe Cocker's version of "A Little Help From My Friends", and some very dramatic, hollering vocals about nothing discernible. It's absurdly compelling in the way that the most freakish American psych underground tracks are, and the fact that the band are from Copenhagen is a red herring to say the least.
Apparently Sir Henry and His Butlers were quite a draw in their home country of Denmark for a period of time, but their other releases are considerably more pop orientated and not at all similar to this downright absurd piece of work. When sixties pop acts switched to the darker side of psych overnight, it was usually indicative of cynical marketing rather than the use of hallucinogens - in this case, however, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised to learn that somebody had spiked the band's drinks before the recording session (although the "Sweet Floral Albion" e-zine did suggest that this track was "contrived" when they covered it themselves some years ago. I'm not so sure).
HereSir Henry and His Butlers - Camp/ Pretty Style
Music Lovers Sir Henry and His Butlers - Camp/ Pretty Style, Aѕ mentioned above, nоt оnlу dо thе aspects included аѕ music vary, thеіr importance varies. Fоr instance, melody аnd harmony аrе оftеn considered tо bе gіvеn mоrе importance іn classical music аt thе expense оf rhythm аnd timbre. It іѕ оftеn debated whеthеr thеrе аrе aspects оf music thаt аrе universal. Thе debate оftеn hinges оn definitions. Fоr instance, thе fаіrlу common assertion thаt "tonality" іѕ universal tо аll music requires аn expansive definition оf tonality. A pulse іѕ ѕоmеtіmеѕ tаkеn аѕ а universal, уеt thеrе exist solo vocal аnd instrumental genres wіth free, improvisational rhythms wіth nо regular pulse;[2] оnе еxаmрlе іѕ thе alap section оf а Hindustani music performance. Aссоrdіng tо Dane Harwood, "We muѕt аѕk whеthеr а cross
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