Value : From 150- to 200+ euros
Formed out of a band called Jon,
Titus Groan took their moniker
from the first book of Mervyn
Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy and
wove a gothic-inspired brand of
elemental folk-prog – not a
million miles away from Jethro
Tull, but not as accomplished,
either. Based around the organ-and-
guitar riffing of Stuart Covell,
the band had a secret weapon in
the prog one-upmanship-stakes
of 1970 – a woodwind player.
Tony Priestland, with a mix of
sax, oboe and the more obligatory
flute, provides a decidedly odd
and often beautiful counterpoint
to the fairly standard prog being
peddled by the other three. Well-harmonised
vocals, such as those
on It’s All Up With Us, do little to
mask the sometimes quite
shocking lyrics, and its most
definitely in the extended jams
where things hot up most. The
mid-section of the 11-minute Hall
Of Bright Carvings is packed
solid with witty instrumental
asides that must have pleased
the band’s huge live following at
the time – a group of people
that must have been
disappointed when the band
split the following year.
Taste :
Titus Groan – Hall Of Bright Carvings
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By Electric Looser
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