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'Igginbottom'Igginbottom's Wrench

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

Year:

Tracklist

The Castle2:55
Out Of Confusion2:09
The Witch3:03
Sweet Dry Biscuits2:52
California Dreamin'4:00
Golden Lakes5:12
Not So Sweet Dreams5:00
Is She Just A Dream4:33
Blind Girl3:46
The Donkey10:42

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Notes

Advertised in Record Mirror, issue: 16 August 1969.

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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 1969-09-00, Vinyl'Igginbottom's Wrench
    LP, Album, Stereo
    Deram – SML 1051UK1969UK1969
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 1969-09-00, Vinyl'Igginbottom's Wrench
    LP, Album, Mono
    Deram – DML 1051UK1969UK1969
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 1989-03-05, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Deram – K32Y 2190Japan1989Japan1989
    New Submission
    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 1999, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Si-Wan Records – SRMC 0082, Deram – 844 116-2, Deram – DO 0376South Korea1999South Korea1999
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2000, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue
    Angel Air Records – SJPCD064Europe2000Europe2000
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2000, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Unofficial Release, Limited Edition
    ООО "Канкард" – KDCD 656Russia2000Russia2000
    New Submission
    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2000-08-01, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Purple Pyramid – CLP 0907-2US2000US2000
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2001, Vinyl'Igginbottom's Wrench
    LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold
    Get Back – GET597Italy2001Italy2001
    New Submission
    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2005-03-16, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Paper Sleeve
    Air Mail Archive – AIRAC-1097Japan2005Japan2005
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2005-03-16, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
    Air Mail Archive – AIRAC-1097Japan2005Japan2005
    New Submission
    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2009, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Esoteric Recordings – ECLEC 2164UK2009UK2009
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2011, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered, Papersleeve, SHM-CD
    Belle Antique – BELLE 111847Japan2011Japan2011
    New Submission
    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2014, CD'Igginbottom's Wrench
    CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Esoteric Recordings (4) – ECLEC 2164Russia2014Russia2014
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    Cover of 'Igginbottom's Wrench, 2022, Vinyl'Igginbottom's Wrench
    LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram
    Ethelion – ET 1036Europe2022Europe2022
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    Reviews

    • MysterySeason's avatar
      MysterySeason
      is this the 2 0 2 2 reissue ? .
      • ParchmentFarm's avatar
        Someone needs to get on with a decent LP reissue!
        • ultimathulerecords's avatar
          Often touted as one of the primordial pioneers of the expanding "Canterbury Scene" the unlikely named 'Igginbottom actually originated from Bradford in Yorkshire! Back in 1969, they were fresh faced and highly explorative combo who then went south with the promise of a lucrative record deal on the burgeoning Deram record label. But no fame came their way, as the album they created became more of a controversial talking point than anything else. According to one source it never sold enough to pay the band's advances, and rather than keep 'Igginbottom on the label's roster, like the similarly ill-fated Aardvark, they were dumped and forgotten, with many of the remaining stocks sold-off cheap at places like Woolworth's and Tesco.
          The reason 'Igginbottom would become a talking point amongst the few that bought the album would have been down to its intrinsically strange "uniqueness". Only one track I know of elsewhere inhabits this same musical world, and that is Moonchild from King Crimson's debut IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING. That track itself divides King Crimson fans often quite extremely, so what of an album that roughly inhabits that strange abstract world throughout?
          The line-up of 'Igginbottom looks conventional enough, with Dave Freeman (drums), Allan Holdsworth (guitar, vocals), Mick Skelly (bass) and Steve Robinson (guitar, vocals), but it's the way they combine and scatter these instruments, using such subtle and precise invention and dexterity that's the surprise. You may think when listening to it that these guys were all stoned and out of it. But, if so, how could they have so acutely both dissonant and coherent. No, a lot of that craziness was just the mood of the time. Basically, they played jazz lines in a complex rock and folk concoction, or you could say it was the other way round. Alan and Steve's guitar's, often played with a semi-acoustic hybrid of early Fripp and soft-blues, tend to dance around each other both in and around the structure of the pieces, whilst the bass and drums tend to hold it together. This is not always the case, as sometimes the music gets so loose and ethereal that you expect the musicians to fall asleep.
          You probably won't even recognise the version of California Dreamin'. It's an album that stylistically defies any attempt at serious description or classification. As the rear of the LP reissue states "unique, unique, unique".

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