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First Utterance

Their only album of the first era, recorded in London over two months.
Comus, 1971

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The line-up was Wootton on acoustic guitar and lead vocals, Goring on guitars and hand drums, Pearson on violin and viola, Hellaby on bass, Watson on vocals and percussion, and Young on flute, oboe and hand drums. A studio power cut left Goring painting the centerfold by candlelight, according to a photo caption in the Vinyl Press piece. Tiny Mix Tapes gave it five out of five in 2006 and AllMusic three. A digital edition adds "All the Colours of Darkness" (7:21), and Music On Vinyl reissued it on LP in 2017.

Track listing

  1. Diana4:37
  2. The Herald12:15
  3. Drip Drip10:56
  4. Song to Comus7:31
  5. The Bite5:27
  6. Bitten2:16
  7. The Prisoner6:15

Sources

  1. First Utterance, Wikipedia
  2. Comus: First Utterance, part II, Vinyl Press (2018-08-08)
  3. Comus: First Utterance, Tiny Mix Tapes (2006-12-14)