Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Ithaca - A Game For All Who Know (1973)


First off, don't be deceived by the shitty album cover, because this is a really good album. Ithaca was a British band that played melodic, progressive psych-folk. This is their last album, which was a private-pressed LP that never gained much attention. Most of the album is fairly sparse, sophisticated arrangements of acoustic guitar and electric organ accompanied by male and female vocals that trade off very naturally and pleasantly. There is some use of piano, electric guitar, strings, Mellotron, and recorder, which are all subtle and well integrated. Most of the songs are songs within songs, so there are a number of drastic changes that are very well conceived compositionally and thematically. I've had this album for a while now and it continues to grow on me more and more, especially considering my initial copy's tracks were out of sequence. I find it to be very compelling lyrically, thematically and stylistically. There just seems to be a lot going on that isn't initially apparent.

"Questions (Did You Know - Will We Be Alive)"


Download A Game For All Who Know

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Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful record. I'd almost given up trying to find a copy or a complete download anywhere.

Doug said...

Most welcome. Yeah, this one seems to be quite hard to come by.

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