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Artist:	GRUDZIEN, PETER
Title:	The Unicorn
Label:	RADIOACTIVE RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	RR 167CD

"Originally released in 1974 (P.G. 101), The Unicorn is considered to be one of the prime examples of what is now known as 'Outsider Music'. Its creator, New Yorker Peter Grudzien, grew up in the '50s listening to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and other country music artists. By the '60s he was writing and recording his own country styled tunes and had added rising star Bob Dylan to his list of performers to aspire to. Comprising a selection of lo-fi home recordings made over several years (the earliest being from 1960), The Unicorn has songs of religious visions and redemption, life's struggles, and tales of romance gone wrong (brief references are made to Grudzien's own gay affairs, he 'came out' in song in the '60s). Predominantly rooted in country and bluegrass picking, the music also features electronic experiments, and borrows a few 'classic' tunes here and there in an early attempt at sampling. Intense, claustrophobic, eccentric, challenging, overwhelming, but about all, honest. These are all words that have been used to describe this album. You can add 'unique' too... for all those who prefer their country music with a twist."

Artist:	GRUDZIEN, PETER
Title:	The Unicorn/The Garden of Love
Label:	SUBLIMINAL SOUNDS (SWEDEN)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$36.00
Catalog #:	SUBL 023LP

First time exact vinyl reissue of this rare, legendary and highly praised urban hillbilly one-man-band "outsider artist" LP from 1974. The "first psychedelic country concept" album featuring bluegrass mountain music Americana from the twilight zone mixed with tape effects, musique concrète, fuzz guitar, surreal lyrics, imagery and themes from religion, death, sex and other timely concerns. Also included is a bonus LP record, The Garden of Love, with some truly amazing and haunting unreleased material spanning the 1950s-1970s. The Garden of Love LP includes, amongst others, a song about wandering around in the desert eating peyote. All the music has been carefully transferred from the master tapes and is a facsimile of the original album (previous CD-only reissues contained altered mixings). Read more about Peter Grudzien in the Incredibly Strange Music and Songs in the Key of Z books. This release features a gatefold sleeve with the original The Unicorn artwork plus loads of photos and liner notes. Limited edition of 500 copies only.

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