5013929472945
First Utterance
Comus - First Utterance (Remastered Edition) - ECLEC2629

First Utterance

Comus

£12.99
£12.99
Out of Stock

Format: CD

Cat No: ECLEC2629

Release Date:  04 July 2025

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5013929472945

Genres:  Rock  Progressive Rock  

  • Description

    Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a new re-mastered and expanded edition of the legendary album First Utterance by COMUS.Released in February 1971 on Pye Records' progressive rock label Dawn, First Utterance was a darkly stunning masterpiece by COMUS, a group who arguably defy being classified in any genre. Too dark, loud and eccentric to be folk, but too unconventional to be classified as a rock band, the influence of Comus' work extended far beyond their short life. Mikael Akerfeldt of Swedish band Opeth was so enamoured with the band that he named Opeth's 1998 album My Arms, Your Hearse from the lyrics of the Comus song Drip, Drip.COMUS were regular performers at DAVID BOWIE's Arts Lab in Beckenham, Kent in 1969. Earning a reputation on the UK college and university live music circuit, COMUS signed to Dawn Records in 1970, releasing the album "First Utterance" and the 'Diana' maxi single in 1971 before falling apart.Their 1971 album later attained a significant cult following and is regarded as one of the most interesting and influential releases on the Dawn label. This expanded and re-mastered reissue includes four bonus tracks taken from the 'Diana' maxi-single, along with the song 'All the Colours of Darkness', recorded during the "First Utterance" sessions.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. DIANA
      • 2. THE HERALD
      • 3. DRIP DRIP
      • 4. SONG TO COMUS
      • 5. THE BITE
      • 6. BITTEN
      • 7. THE PRISONER
      • 8. DIANA (MAXI-SINGLE VERSION)
      • 9. IN THE LOST QUEEN'S EYES
      • 10. WINTER IS A COLOURED BIRD
      • 11. ALL THE COLOURS OF DARKNESS

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