Artist: Wigwam Title Of Album: Tombstone Valentine Year Of Release: 1970/2013 Label (Catalog#) :Esoteric [ECLEC 2372] Country: Finland Genre: Progressive Rock Quality: Flac (*image + .cue,log,scans) Bitrate: Lossless Total Time: 00:43:12 Total Size 272Mb
Tombstone Valentine is a studio album released by Wigwam in 1970. While the previous album Hard 'n' Horny was more of a jazz influenced album, Tombstone Valentine in one of their more pop-ish albums. The album sounds more like the records of the "Deep Pop" era (Nuclear Nightclub, Lucky Golden Stripes and Starpose) than the records of the progressive rock era (Hard 'n' Horny, Fairyport and Being).
This is the first album with Pekka Pohjola in the band, replacing bassist Mats Huld?n. Guitarist Nikke Nikamo also left after Hard 'n' Horny, but a permanent replacement for him couldn't be found, so Jukka Tolonen of Tasavallan Presidentti plays guitar on some of the tracks. Tombstone Valentine represents the sound they forsook for the next two progressive albums, Fairyport and Being.
Unlike the other Wigwam albums, this was produced by "non-Finnish" producer, the American Kim Fowley. The track "The Dance of the Anthropoids" is not a Wigwam track, but an experimental electronic piece by Erkki Kurenniemi, recorded in 1968 originally. Kim Fowley thought it was so brilliant that it had to be on the album.
Tracks: ------- 1. Tombstone Valentine (3:03) 2. In Gratitude! (3:44) 3. Dance of the Anthropoids (1:08) 4. Frederick & Bill (4:24) 5. Wishful Thinker (3:43) 6. Autograph (2:36) 7. 1936 Lost in the Snow (2:08) 8. Let the World Ramble On (3:19) 9. For America (4:21) 10. Captain Supernatural (3:01) 11. End (3:35) Bonus tracks on 2013 remaster: 12. Pedagogi (1970 single) (3:30) 13. Haato (1970 single) (4:11)
Personnel: ----- Jim Pembroke / vocals Jukka Gustavson / organ, piano, vocals Pekka Pohjola / bass, violin Ronnie ?sterberg / drums ---------------------------------- Heikki Laurila / guitar, banjo Kalevi Nyqvist / accordion Jukka Tolonen / guitar Erkki Kurenniemi / Andromatic synth recorded in 1968 (3)
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