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The year is 1971 and Stephen Titra, from Chicago,
records an LP with advance money from Universal. The
record company ends up passing on the album, and the
project, Of Wondrous Legends, grinds to a halt. And
just like that, the world lost a fabulous yes, fabulous
folk LP. Dawson Prater, head of Locust Music, stumbled
upon one of a handful of test pressings over 30 years
later, managed to track down Titra, and finally released
Of Wondrous Legends in 2008. By then, unearthing obscure
psychedelic and freak folk recordings was the craze,
with very mixed results, but rest assured that this
album has nothing to do with those kinds of productions.
In fact, Of Wondrous Legends is surprisingly
'straightforward' and well recorded............
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