Paradise (The Sound Of Ivor Raymonde) (Vinyl 2xLP) 60s 70s Psych Prog Rock

Paradise (The Sound Of Ivor Raymonde) (Vinyl 2xLP) 60s 70s Psych Prog RockClassic singles like Billy Fury's Halfway To Paradise, Dusty Springfield's I Only Want To Be With You and The Walker Brothers' Make It Easy On Yourself would not have been hits without Ivor Raymonde. As their arranger, and in the case of I Only Want To Be With You songwriter too, he shaped the final recordings. He decided on the orchestration and backing vocals, chose the instruments and determined what was heard on the radio and what record buyers

A stellar example of progressive rock

Rolling Stone listed the album as No

and in a way heralded his return to the ethos of the blues and r&b

Flying Microtonal Banana

' 'Rock N Roll Woman' and many many more

elaborate instrumental sections

explores a far broader

and Bolan's vocals are playfully mannered in a manner that suits his loopy poetry

the fuzztone sneer of a thousand teenage garage bands

I was exposed to more music every day through other people's record collections

"Guess Who's Lookin' For Love Again" and "Funky Love"

can anticipated the world music boom of the 80s by succumbing to the polyrhythms and primal