Friday 24 May 2013

Mount Vernon & Fairway: A Fairy Tale (1973)

Here's a little oddity; a bonus EP attached to the Holland album, its material primarily composed by Brian Wilson and narrated by band manager Jack Rieley. It's a bizarre little item, a self-proclaimed fairy tale about a prince, his magical transistor radio, and the Pied Piper. A friend of mine has described it as "truly the sound of a man who has lost each and every one of his marbles". I kinda like it... it has its own strange yet charming atmosphere, though Brian's Pied Piper voice is that uncomfortable mix of hilarious and genuinely disconcerting.




If you can't get into the "story", here's a track from the Good Vibrations boxset, called "Fairy Tale Music", featuring Mt. Vernon's musical segments without any of Rieley's narration.


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