ART
Supernatural Fairytales, Island Records, UK, 1967. £375+ Art were originally known as the V.I.P.s, who formed in Carlisle in late 1963. They released a handful of decent beat/R&B singles, the third of which, I Wanna Be Free, gave them a hit in France. Due to the lack of success with follow-up single Straight Down The Line, and in a bid to get with the psychedelic times, in ’67 there was a change of personnel. They were joined briefly by Keith Emerson, who soon left to form The Nice, at which point The V.I.P.s changed their name to Art.
Housed in a fantastic period sleeve, designed by Hapshash And The Coloured Coat, Supernatural Fairytales is an important, under-acknowledged album. With opener Think I’m Going Weird, the subject of drugs makes…
