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Spooky Tooth, Pierre Henry

Ceremony: An Electronic Mass

LabelUniversal Island Records

FormatCD

GenreExperimental

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Ceremony is a 1969 album by progressive UK rock band Spooky Tooth in collaboration with French electronic and "found-object" composer Pierre Henry. The album takes the form of a church service. A Pierre Henry-free version of the closing track "Hosanna" with different lyrics appears on 2015 Universal release 'The Island Years 1967-1974' under the title "When I Get Home." The release also includes an alternate take of "Have Mercy" (also without Henry) and a session outtake titled "Shine a Light on Me." The album is considered by singer and songwriter Gary Wright to have ended the band's career. "Then we did a project that wasn't our album. It was with this French electronic music composer named Pierre Henry. We just told the label, 'You know this is his album, not our album. We'll play on it just like musicians.' And then when the album was finished, they said, 'Oh no no — it's great. We're gonna release this as your next album.' We said, 'You can't do that. It doesn't have anything to do with the direction of Spooky Two and it will ruin our career.' And that's exactly what happened."

Details
Cat. number: 570 547-0
Year: 2016

Release notes

SPOOKY TOOTH & PIERRE HENRY Ceremony: An Electronic Mass Released as Island ILPS 9107 in 1969. Track 7 originally released as European single A-side in 1969. Tracks 8 & 9 originally released as single A and B-side only in Germany. Tracks 10 & 11 recorded at Morgan Studios, London, during the " Ceremony " sessions. Tracks 7 to 9 are mono.

Tracklist
1Confession7:02
2Have Mercy7:51
3Credo8:25
4Offering3:26
5Hosanna7:33
6Prayer10:50
Bonus Tracks
7That Was Only Yesterday (Mono Single Version) 3:53
8 Waiting For The Wind (Mono Single Version) 3:31
9Feelin' Bad (Mono Single Version) 3:19
10Have Mercy (First Version) 6:10
11Shine A Light On Me 4:36
Credits
Phil Smee at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium
Artwork [Reissue]
Joe Black
Coordinator [UMC]
Mike Kellie
Drums
Spooky Tooth
Electronics, Directed By [Réalisation Sonore] (1 to 6), Producer (1 to 6)
Andrew Johns
Engineer (1 to 6)
Luther Grosvenor
Guitar
Gary Wright
Lead Vocals
Mike Harrison
Lead Vocals
John Holmes
Painting [Cover Painting]
Pierre Henry
Performer, Producer (1 to 6, 10, 11)
Jacques Aubert
Photography By
Jimmy Miller
Producer (7 to 9)
Mark Powell
Reissue Producer, Research, Coordinator, Liner Notes [Reissue]
Ben Wiseman
Transferred By [Digital To Analogue Master Tapes]