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Rumplestiltskin was an English hard-rock/psych studio band that released a 1970 self-titled album on Bell Records, followed by a 1972 second, Black Magician, on the German Bellaphon label. The members also recorded instrumental-psych albums as Hungry Wolf and Ugly Custard.

Background

Rumplestiltskin was assembled in 1970 by four prominent British session musicians: keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw, guitarist Alan Parker, bassist Herbie Flowers, and drummer Clem Cattini. Their name is a variant spelling of the German folkloric imp Rumpelstiltskin, who spins a girl’s hair into gold in exchange for jewelry.

Hawkshaw first recorded with Emile Ford & the Checkmates and wrote songs for assorted beat groups and pop singers, including Mickey Finn & the Blue Men and Irish star Cloda Rogers. Recently, he played in the soul-funk project The Mohawks and toured Japan with The Shadows. Starting with the 1967 release The Sound of Pop, he featured on numerous library albums on KPM Music.

Parker played on various recordings from the mid-’60s onward, including cuts by Crispian St. Peters and the Alan Tew Orchestra. Much of his work went uncredited, such as with Donovan (“Hurdy Gurdy Man”). In 1970 alone, he played on albums by Billie Davis, Elton John (“Take Me to the Pilot”), Melanie, and Peter Collins.

Flowers first played in jazz groups and moved into pop and easy listening during the late ’60s. During 1969 and 1970, he played on albums by Brian Bennett, David Bowie, Hardin & York, Elton John (Tumbleweed Connection), and Sunforest.

Cattini initially drummed for Billy Fury and Marty Wilde, then joined Johnny Kid & the Pirates and co-founded The Tornadoes, playing on their 1962 transatlantic #1 “Telstar.” Later in the ’60s, he played on albums by Graham Gouldman, Joe Cocker, Jan & Lorraine, and Roy Harper. In 1970, he played on folk-rock albums by Jade, Edwards Hand, and Amazing Blondel.

Parker and Flowers recently started the popular soul-pop project Blue Mink (with American singer Madeline Bell). They also played on the 1970 debut album by the Collective Consciousness Society (CCS), formed by blues guitarist Alexis Korner. Along with Cattini, they recorded an instrumental-psych album as Ugly Custard. Concurrently, all three teamed with Hawkshaw for a soul-psych album as Hungry Wolf. For that and the Rumplestiltskin albums, they hired singer Peter Charles Greene, a Birmingham native who issued four 1966/67 pop singles on Decca as Peter Lee Stirling.

1972: Black Magician

In 1971, Rumplestiltskin issued “Wimoweh,” a cover of the 1961 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (colloquially known as “Wimoweh”) by doo-wopsters The Tokens, rendered here with the heavy crunch of Slade and the comedic vibe of Hotlegs. Copies of the single on the German Bellaphon label show the members in Groucho beards. It was backed with a taster from their upcoming album: “Through My Looking Glass,” a churning rocker with a fuzzy, pronged guitar figure, rattling percussion, and flaring vocals.

Their second album, Black Magician, appeared in 1972, but only in Germany on Bellaphon. The cover sports an illustration of an Indian Buddah in a red-lined robe by artist Roman Salicki. Of the 10 songs, all are Hawkshaw/Parker/Greene co-writes except “Can’t You Feel It” (Parker/Greene), “Black Magician’s Daughter” and “Evil Woman” (both Flowers/Greene).

The “Black Magician’s Daughter” takes Greene by surprise over a descending, chromatic piano thump (in Dm), which cuts to a martial half-step bridge and gospelly chorus. In under three minutes, choice shifts in cadence take this song far from its music hall beginnings.

Style-wise, Black Magician strikes a balance between the refined, gospelly hard-rock of Spooky Tooth and the contrapuntal energy of Fuzzy Duck.

Talmy produced Black Magician amid sessions with Axiom, Spreadeagle, and String Driven Thing. The tracks “Loneliness Is What My Life’s All About,” “Lord of the Heaven and the Earth” and “Black Magician’s Daughter” were all issued as single sides.

Tracklist

Lord Of The Heaven And The Earth

Can't You Feel It

Evil Woman

I Am The Last Man

Loneliness Is What My Life's All About

Through My Looking Glass

Black Magician's Daughter

I'm So Afraid I'll Leave Unsaid

I Am Alone

I've Had Enough Of The Army


Credits


Peter Lee Stirling: Vocals

Herbie Flowers: Bass

Clem Cattini: Drums

Alan Parker: Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar

Alan Hawkshaw: Piano, Organ

Roman Salicki: Design, Illustration

Shel Talmy: Producer


Discography

Albums

Rumplestiltskin (1970)

Black Magician (1972)


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