knight of the blue communion-PETER IVER'S BAND-yolande bavan-1969- FULL ALBUM
LISTEN TO THE FULL LP FROM ORIGINAL PROMO ISSUE BELOW
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This was taken from the original Promotional DJ stereo LP issue USA pressing 1969.This is notorious to having bad vinyl pressings. I have 2 mint promo copies that both have issues - I had to take the best from the 2.The company didn't seem to care much about this album.Check out the themes and the cover. All alluding to the power of the Mushroomand also the facts behind the Jesus myth and death cults that the Mushroomwas a cornerstone to enlightenment. The ideas are sublte but also stark - the title BLUE COMMUNION - all psilocybe mushroomsstain blue - and then the obvious superimposition of the liberty cap on the Jesus figure.
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This was taken from the original Promotional DJ stereo LP issue USA pressing 1969.This is notorious to having bad vinyl pressings. I have 2 mint promo copies that both have issues - I had to take the best from the 2.The company didn't seem to care much about this album.Check out the themes and the cover. All alluding to the power of the Mushroomand also the facts behind the Jesus myth and death cults that the Mushroomwas a cornerstone to enlightenment. The ideas are sublte but also stark - the title BLUE COMMUNION - all psilocybe mushroomsstain blue - and then the obvious superimposition of the liberty cap on the Jesus figure.
This was released a year or two before John Marco Allegro published
the Sacred Mushroom and the Cross book about the dead sea scrolls
and his view was groundbreaking so much so he got dispelled for telling
the truth. ~ freQazoidiac
the Sacred Mushroom and the Cross book about the dead sea scrolls
and his view was groundbreaking so much so he got dispelled for telling
the truth. ~ freQazoidiac
Pretty interesting shroom connection... Btw that mushroom superimposed on the cover doesn't fit a liberty cap profile, except possibly with the cap fully open. They are usually more "arrow-head" shaped.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't get too exacting with the actual image as it is a pastiche arrangement of symbolic references. Possibly that 'Jesus' is no jesus whatsoever just some guy with a beard in a robe! lol - But the Mushroom itself has the very distinctive 'nipple' at the top which is a common indicator of the liberty cap - and being an amateur mycologist - there are areas of the Pacific north west where I spent many years where you see fully open liberty caps - and it is generally just the last stage in the cycle of the mushroom when they release their spores fully open. But there are other mushrooms that do have the nipple ! So it's debatable in general - but the right person to ask would be the actual artist of the album cover who I actually did send a few emails - have yet to hear from them ! Thanks for the discussion.
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