This release from 1969 was very much a masterwork of proto-prog. I reviewed a CD box set that included all the songs on it, but I think it's important to think about this as an album, and a snapshot of time, by taking it outside of that collection. I should mention a couple things, though. First, since the songs here are the same as those on that CD, I've modified or used the track reviews from that review here for the sake of consistency. Also, I had these guys listed as "Principal Edwards" previously, as there was a release under that name. I've put this one under the full moniker.

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An alarm clock starts this. Then a ticking clock creates the rhythm. Other percussion instruments join in that same beat. Acoustic guitar and folk elements join. The female vocals come in, bringing this very much into a folk prog style. I like this song a lot. It feels a bit dated, but it's also quite cool.

Olde worlde folk music starts this with female vocals. As the male vocals take the second sung segment, the cut works to more Celtic sounds. It shifts toward weird psychedelia as the female vocals return. Then a smoking hot 1960s blues rock jam works forward from there. Beyond that, it returns to the first section of the cut. From there, it works through the same series of changes as we heard before. This time, though, after the blues rock jam it works to more of a psychedelic version of that kind of sound. The guitar solos like crazy as the bass lays down some exceptional sounds for the bottom end. After that it drops back down to a reprise of the beginning again, and we work forward from there in a familiar pattern. The harder edged section closes the cut.