
Although the official recorded
work of Opal Butterfly extended to just three
singles, Robbie Milne and I have trawled through
various archives and toiled over audio
processing software to bring you...
Opal Butterfly Complete
The CD is no longer available,
but I've put full versions of the tracks up on
the Audio page.
Here's a short review of the CD from Mike Reed:
"I'll bet many of you aren't familiar with
Opal Butterfly. They're a psych band that
existed for a short time in the late sixties.
The band included future Hawkwind drummer
Simon King(1971-79). It's been noted that
Lemmy was in the band for a short time after
Sam Gopal disbanded. These eleven tunes were
apparently 'salvaged' from the band's actual
45's and some dust-gathering 30 year old plus
cassette tapes. The first two tracks (Electric
Prunes cover "I Had To Much To Dream" and
"Wind Up Toys") are of muddy sounding quality,
though I've heard worse. Rest assured, because
after that, this CD does indeed get better.
Remember, this is a recording that its
existence alone is more vital than its sound
quality. Really, for a true rarity as such,
it's not bad. Best described as psychedelic
pop, the band does appear to have some
songwriting talent. The songs that I enjoyed
the most were "Speak Up", "My Gration Or?"
(both demo and the remastered version), the
psych gem "Gigging Song" and the irresistible
"Groupie Girl". Definitely aimed toward true
collectors and Hawkwind completists".
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