AKA: An Electronic Mass

Ceremony 1969 Album

Spooky Tooth Pierre Henry

And here is the idiotic idea which submarined any momentum the band had built up. The intention was to capitalize on the marginal trend of rock albums with religious themes. Wright wrote the tunes in advance, had the band record them, then they were sent to electronic composer Pierre Henry in France so he could add on his material to the project. The end result is completely mismatched, and I think it would do a service to listeners to release a copy - if it exists - of the tapes without Henry's ridiculous clanking, grinding, and whirring sounds on it, because what Spooky Tooth recorded wasn't too too bad. The cover itself is quite appropriate, I might add. But only listen to the aural contents within if you are really curious. The end result of this debacle was a mass exodus from the band. Well, at least Wright left, which felt like a mass exodus, since he provided the material. Whoever stuck around recorded a farewell album…of sorts.