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It was only a matter of time before Julian Koster's strict adherence to dated recording techniques, oddball instrumentation, syrupy-sweet melodies, and relentless nostalgia would lead to a full-on circus sideshow. Bolstered by an ambitious Kickstarter campaign, Koster and his band of merrymakers plan to take their latest concoction, the typically lush, fractured, and kaleidoscopic Mary's Voice, on the road in style with The Traveling Imaginary, a mobile big-tent event replete with music, games, stories, films, and amusements. It's a fitting notion, as the 14-track collection of new material, the band's first since 2008's well-received Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes, plays like a fire-twirling, tightrope-walking, funnel cake-devouring Sunday-afternoon performance with Koster wearing the top hat. Peppered with bursts of incidental music suggesting a surprised handshake between the Beach Boys' SMiLE and Tom Waits' Frank's Wild Years, Mary's Voice can sound much bigger than its 1930s Webster Chicago Wire Recorder and 1960s Ampex AG-440 four-track would imply, especially on standout cuts like the desperate and bountiful The Big Beautiful Shops (It's Said That It Could Be Anyone), the old-timey bard-pop ballad The Dark Is Singing Songs (Sleepy Time Down South), and the glorious last minute and a half of the sweet and sentimental closer, Takeshi and Elijah. There's nothing new here for the established Elephant 6 fan, as all of the collective's notable idiosyncrasies are present and accounted for, but while Koster's childlike enthusiasm, meandering, impressionistic lyrics, and Anglophile steampunk posturing may be the very definition of twee (or tweed, in this sense), like Willy Wonka, it's hard not to admire his Luddite tenacity, especially in an age that prefers instant gratification to pure imagination. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
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Wadsworth Mansion was the archetype of one-hit wonder bands. The act formed in Providence RI, and took their name from a landmark building in Middletown, CT. In reality, there were two Wadsworth Mansion groups. The first recorded Sweet Mary and their eponymous LP for Sussex Records in late 1970. On board were the Jablecki brothers: Steve (who wrote the song) and Mike, along with John Poole and Wayne Gagnon. John played bass, Mike was the drummer, while Wayne and Steve provided guitar work and vocals. After the surprise Top 10 success of Sweet Mary (their only Top 100 hit). Steve and John hit the road to tour, with new drummer Cha, lie Flannery and lead guitarist Howie Forrest McDonald (both formerly with the group Pale Ryder). Together, they toured 35 states, opening for acts like Alice Cooper and Edgar Winter, and appearing on American Bandstand and The Dating Game. But Wadsworth Mansion's career was literally washed away, as the rains came while the group was booked to play in Pennsylvania. The band was set up at the Colonel's Club in scenic Edwardsville when angry floodwaters lashed the room. In a flash, their antique organ, amplifiers, speakers and all the rest of their stage equipment and gear were gone. The loss came to more than $15,000, not to mention the lost summer's worth of scheduled engagements stretching from Newport to North Carolina. The Providence Evening Bulletin of July 8, 1972 carried a story of how the band didn't qualify for small business relief, and was getting nowhere with whatever political machinery they had turned to. Worse, their record company had no incentive to put out any follow-up recordings (although they were already in the can), as there was no working band to tour in support of any new releases. Yet, Sweet Mary, they weren't coming home yet! Undaunted, and still hanging by the thread of their only hit, Wadsworth Mansion somehow got new instruments and another tour. All was going well until they were busted after a show in Louisiana for loitering on the street with some unsavory locals. That ill-fated event marked the last time the act played together as a group. Steve and Forrest packed it up, moved to Hollywood, and formed the band Slingshot. Despite playing gigs at The Whiskey and The Starwood in LA, Shngshot did not propel them back to the charts. Today mint copies of the Wasdwotrth Mansion LP fetch upwards of $100.00 on Ebay
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