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CHANGES
Legends
1999 TPRT-1 CD
21:45
Legends is devoted to heroic myths, legends and history. The
CD insert displays its creators: the energetic and multi-talented
Robert Taylor - who appears ever more Merlin-like, cousin Nicholas
Tesluk and studio engineer and musician Robert Ferbrache. The
first release on Robert's Taproot label, the album is an extended
ballad in six parts: 'Homeric', 'The Aeneid', 'Eddic', 'Song of Igor',
'Arthurian' and 'El Cid'.
Robert wrote the original poem in the winter of 1969-70, with Nicholas
providing the music soon after. As Robert added new sections, Nicholas
produced variant melodies based on the same theme. The album is cast in
Changes' distinctive 60s/70s 'contemporary folk' style, but the period
associations run deeper than just the musical form.
As Robert himself explains in the notes, the poem is an authentic product
of the 60s/70s upsurge in cultural rootedness which manifested itself
in the popularity of Tolkien, and interest in heroic fantasy art, re-enactment
societies, witchcraft and the occult, pre-Raphaelite art, early music
and role-playing games.
Rik - 10 January 2000
LEGENDS CD is available for $16 ppd USA. Elsewhere
$20 ppd. Please send cash (USD) by registered letter or IMO. A full size
sheet music booklet is also available for $5. Orders to Taproot Productions,
PO Box 297, Washington Island, WI 54246, USA.
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