The Troll
Animated Music (1968)
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Length:  37:50
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Satin City News    2:41
      2.  
      		 Mr.Abernathy    3:28
      3.  
      		 Fritz Und Sweeney    4:36
      4.  
      		 Everybody's Child    2:54
      5.  
      		 Solitude    0:31
      6.  
      		 I've Only Myself To Blame    3:45
      7.  
      		 Professor Pott's Pornographic Projector    2:59
      8.  
      		 Have You Seen The Queen    2:21
      9.  
      		 Mourning Of The Day    5:10
      10.  
      		 A Winter's Song    4:00
      11.  
      		 Werewolf And Witchbreath    5:18
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      The Troll - Animated Music (1968)

      Personnel:
      RICHARD CLARK organ, vcls A
      RICHARD GALLAGHER gtr, vcls A
      MAX JORDAN, Jr. bs, vcls A
      KEN APPLES drms
      KEN CORTESE drms


      ALBUM:
      1(A) ANIMATED MUSIC (Smash SRS 67114) 1968


      NB: (1) counterfeited on CD (Flashback 10) 1997.

      45s:
      1 Every Day And Every Night/Are You The One? (ABC Paramount 10823) Feb. 1966 96
      2 Something Here Inside/Laughing All The Way (ABC Paramount 10884) Dec. 1966 -
      3 There Was A Time/They Don't Know (ABC Paramount 10916) 1967
      4 Baby, What You Ain't Got (I Ain't In Need)/Who Was That Boy? (ABC Paramount 10952) 1967
      5 I Got To Have You/Don't Come Around (USA 905) Feb. 1968 129
      6 Satin City News/Professor Potts Pornographic Projector


      [quote]At last. This 1968 release from the Chicago psychedelic rock quartet, The Troll, gets the Radioactive treatment. Although originally signed to ABC Paramount, for whom they released aseries of four singles, one of which (Every Day And Every Night/Are You The One) managed to edge its way into the charts, the band is best remembered for Animated Music, their only release for the Mercury offshoot label, Smash (SRS 67114). The album’s style is varied, ranging from the power of Werewolf And Witchbreath, to the more psych-orientated vibe of Satin City and Everybody’s Child, via the vaudevillian tones of Have You Seen The Queen and Professor Potts Pornographic Projector. The influences of melody and the vocal harmonies are felt throughout the album and the musical performances are uniformly excellent. There are also some periodic injections of varispeed vocals and strange sound effects that were becoming all the rage on late ‘60s major label psych albums. The album is now regarded as a psych masterpiece and is finally receiving the critical acclaim it so richly deserves. Of course, the consequence of this is that the price of an increasingly hard to come by original has risen inexorably over the last few years. [/quote]

      Troll / Animated Music
      Year: 1968
      Track Title
      1. Satin City News
      2. Mr. Abernathy
      3. Fritz Und Sweeney
      4. Everybody's Child
      5. Solitude
      6. I've Only Myself To Blame
      7. Professor Pott's Pornographic Projector
      8. Have You Seen The Queen
      9. Mourning Of The Day
      10. A Winter's Song
      11. Werewolf And Witchbreath
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