Supernatural Fairy Tales 1967 Album

Art

Before there was such a thing as Spooky Tooth, there was Art, which grew out of a British Mod-era group called The V.I.P’s (who, once upon a time, counted among their members a keyboard player named Keith Emerson), who were at the crossroads of some important happenings but never seemed to get anywhere in particular. The few things that set Art apart from Spooky Tooth are as follows – 1) no Gary Wright, 2) a pronounced garage-rock vibe, and 3) a noticeable lack of direction. The collected players have loads of individual talent, and parts of this can be entertaining, but ultimately their off-the-cuff take on psychedelia can only take them so far.