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COMUS

FIRST UTTERANCE: REMASTERED EDITION
Label ESOTERIC
Catalog ECLEC2629
Format CD
Discs 1
Category ROCK/POPS
Street Date 2018-05-25
Description
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a new re-mastered and expanded edition of the legendary album First Utterance by COMUS. Released in February 1971 on Pye Records’ progressive rock label Dawn First Utterance was a darkly stunning masterpiece by COMUS a group who arguably defy being classified in any genre. Too dark loud and eccentric to be folk but too unconventional to be classified as a rock band the influence of Comus’ work extended far beyond their short life. Mikael Akerfeldt of Swedish band Opeth was so enamoured with the band that he named Opeth’s 1998 album My Arms Your Hearse from the lyrics of the Comus song Drip Drip. COMUS were regular performers at DAVID BOWIE’s Arts Lab in Beckenham Kent in 1969. Earning a reputation on the UK college and university live music circuit COMUS signed to Dawn Records in 1970 releasing the album “First Utterance” and the ‘Diana’ maxi single in 1971 before falling apart. Their 1971 album later attained a significant cult following and is regarded as one of the most interesting and influential releases on the Dawn label. This expanded and re-mastered reissue includes four bonus tracks taken from the ‘Diana’ maxi-single along with the song ‘All the Colours of Darkness’ recorded during the “First Utterance” sessions. The booklet restores the original album artwork and features an essay by Malcolm Dome and interviews with band members.
tracklisting
1. DIANA
2. THE HERALD
3. DRIP DRIP
4. SONG TO COMUS
5. THE BITE
6. BITTEN
7. THE PRISONER
BONUS TRACKS
8. DIANA (MAXI-SINGLE VERSION)
9. IN THE LOST QUEEN’S EYES
10. WINTER IS A COLOURED BIRD
A & B-SIDES OF MAXI-SINGLE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 1971
11. ALL THE COLOURS OF DARKNESS
RECORDED AT PYE STUDIOS IN DECEMBER 1970
 

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