Lady June ‎– Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy
Label:
Mental Experience ‎– MENT017
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Lady June’s Linguistic Leprosy
LADY JUNE
Lady June’s Linguistic Leprosy
MENTAL EXPERIENCE / LP
SECTION: PSYCHEDELIC, PROGRESSIVE, FOLK > 60's & 70's
Cat. No. : MENT017

From 1974, the legendary debut album by Canterbury Scene pivotal figure, performance poet, painter and experimental musician June Campbell Cramer, better known as LADY JUNE. Produced by KEVIN AYERS, who also plays on the album along with BRIAN ENO, PIP PYLE (Gong, Hatfield and the North) and DAVID VORHAUS (White Noise). Originally released by Virgin’s subsidiary Caroline, "Lady June’s Linguistic Leprosy" is a surreal, eccentric, psychedelic oddity of interest to fans of the Soft Machine–Gong–Canterbury family as well to experimental / sound poetry / art–rock explorers.

*First vinyl reissue of this cult album, included on the NWW list.

*Remastered sound.

*Insert with photos and liner notes by Ayers archivist Martin Wakeling.

*RIYL: GONG, CATHERINE RIBEIRO, LAURIE ANDERSON, BOARDS OF CANADA, MOPSIE BEANS...

"...a rare, minor masterpiece from one of England’s most enigmatic and unsung female performers." – Jan Zarebski (Record Collector).

"A true masterpiece!" – Mutant Sounds

Tracklist: 01: Some Day Silly Twenty Three – 02: Reflections – 03: Am I – 04: Everythingsnothing – 05:Tunion – 06: The Tourist – 07: Bars – 08: The Letter – 09: Mangel–Wurzel – 10: To Whom It May Concern – 11: Optimism – 12: Touch–Downer

Country:
Spain
Released:
16 Nov 2017
Genre:
Jazz, Rock
Style:
Experimental, Poetry, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist
    Side Once Upon A Timing
A1     Some Day Silly Twenty Three

    Guitar [Guitars], Bass – Kevin*

    
A2     Reflections

    Effects [Foot In Windscreen] – Kevin*

    
A3     Am I

    Piano – Kim Solomon

    
A4     Everythingsnothing

    Synthesizer, Double Bass [Bowed Bass], Sounds [Odds And Ends] – Kevin*

    
A5     Tunion

    Mixed By – Eno*, Kevin*Vocals, Music By – Eno*, Kevin Ayers

    
A6     The Tourist

    Harmonium, Guitar, Double Bass [Bowed Bass] – Kevin*

    
    Side Time Upon A Second
B1     Bars

    Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmony Vocals – Kevin*Drums – Pip PyleGuitar [Electronic], Harmony Vocals – Eno*Instruments [Kaliedophon] – David Vorhaus

    
B2     The Letter

    Piano, Guitar – Kevin*

    
B3     Mangel/Wurzel

    Vocals, Ukulele [Ukelele] – Kevin*

    
B4     To Whom It May Not Concern

    Guitar, Bass, Harmony Vocals – Kevin AyersPiano – Jakob Klaasse

    
B5     Optimism

    Music By [Music: Imminent, Linearment, Luna Lollipops] – Eno*

    
B6     Touch-Downer

    Mixed By – David Vorhaus

    
Companies, etc.

    Engineered At – Kaleidophon Studios

Credits

    Engineer – David 'Sunshine' Vorhaus*
    Liner Notes – Martin Wakeling
    Mixed By – Kevin Ayers (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B1 to B5)
    Photography By – Trevor Key
    Producer – Kevin Ayers
    Vocals, Artwork [Cover Art] – Lady June

Notes
Insert with photos and liner notes by Ayers archivist Martin Wakeling.