FANTASY Paint A Picture LP £1650 1973 UK 1st Press STEREO POLYDOR PROG MEGA RARE LP

UK Prog Band `Fantasy` released their ` Paint A picture` LP in 1973 on the major `Polydor` records label (2383-246 Stereo) which should have sent them stratospheric along with other prog acts like Genesis but with poor management and lacklustre response the band soon disappeared making this one of the UK Prog Rock `Grails` released in a gatefold sleeve the original UK copies are extremely rare with a top copy selling in 2020 for £1650 Why not subscribe as I post rarities regularly! Side 1 1. Paint A Picture 0:00 2. Circus 5:23 3. The Award 11:44 4. Politely Insane 16:35 5. Widow 20:06 Side 2 1. Icy River 22:20 2. Thank Christ 28:20 3. Young Man`s Fortune 32:26 4. Gnome Song 36:07 5. Silent Mime 40:30 Fantasy was an English progressive rock band, formed around 1970 in Gravesend, northwest Kent, UK. They started out as Chapel Farm with members Dave Metcalfe (keyboards), Paul Lawrence (guitar/vocals) and Dave Read (bass), together with drummer Brian Chatham and guitarist Bob Vann. With a support slot to Argent just three weeks away, tragedy struck the band when, turning up for a Melody Maker competition held at a hotel in Cliftonville, Bob Vann fell off the cliffs outside their hotel. In spite of this awful blow to the them and the band, the group eventually decided to stick together, for Bob's sake if nothing else. With Brian Chatham also having left the line-up, Chapel Farm recruited guitarist Pete James and drummer Jon Webster from local band Joy, and began supporting progressive heavyweights like The Edgar Broughton Band and Pink Fairies. After they sent out demos Polydor signed a three-year contract in spring 1973, the group entered Chipping Norton Studios in May with producer Peter Sames, emerging with a ten-song album that would have delighted Genesis and Caravan fans had they heard it. Metcalfe remembers, "We just couldn't get through that barrier of recognition. I don't think Polydor understood our music, and our management appeared not to take us seriously enough." The label, then riding high with Slade, may have also detected a slight lack of commitment in the fact that the group members still maintained their day jobs. #vinyl #collecting #records #rare #progrock