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The only album by the band The End, formed in Surrey, England, in 1965, is a rock/pop/psych LP featuring dreamy vocal harmonies; it came about thanks to the support of the Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, who also produced it. The recordings took place over a fairly long period, from September 1967 to June 1968, at Decca Studios with Glyn Johns as sound engineer. Wyman also co-wrote their psychedelic classics Shades Of Orange and Loving, Sacred Loving. His bandmate Charlie Watts was also present during the recordings, playing the tablas on one track. Other guest musicians included the legendary pianist Nicky Hopkins (harpsichord), Ken Leeman (saxophone) and George Kenset (vocals).
Unfortunately, despite the prominence of the musicians involved, Decca provided no promotion whatsoever. And to make matters worse, their debut album Introspection was not released until the following year in November 1969! The reasons for this remain a mystery to this day. In the rapidly changing musical climate of the late 1960s, the LP not only seemed outdated by that point, but the band was already virtually disbanded. Their only album therefore went completely under the radar and remained largely unknown. Today, it is regarded as one of the best albums of the great British psychedelic era and is highly sought after by many collectors. Alongside the original German edition, which was released at the same time as the British version, the UK first pressing is particularly in demand.
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