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"And I'll dream a giant drama
simply called life..."
Exactly in 1967, the debut of King Crimson was released, a monumental album that made history, but unfortunately, this first (and only) album by Little Elf, a supergroup founded by Jim Harris, the band's lyricist, shy and talkative yet an indefatigable dreamer, who died a few years after this album following a small concert near Memphis.
This album is something magnificent and gigantic in its small and talkative soul.
Upon reaching the market, it was distributed by "Strawberry," which went bankrupt in 1988, a producer of many albums now semi-unknown, including "Irish Soviet" by Bongo, "American Utility" by "Deorum," and this little jewel of rare beauty, a mix of progressive rock and pop with dark splashes.
Unfortunately, today it's practically impossible to find. There’s nothing left on eBay, and the only existing copy was priced at just 25 dollars and was bought by an anonymous wealthy person from Houston in 1997.
I was fortunate, in 2008, to find the only surviving recordings on YouTube and its "official" cover image from a now-closed site, Gaddons.
Songs like "Drama," "Locus," and "Tree" are unique in their progressive-pop mix and greatly remind one of a chilling, yet at the same time fabulous and unreal, sad atmosphere. Songs like "iv ost endond erp pre li oluc" (the name says it all) are grotesque, disturbing, and very noise.
This album is too underrated for the beauty it exudes. Unfortunately, today it is practically unobtainable, a sign that great artists are not recognized as they should be.
"into my head I saw a deer
he was talking about his life
how he died and how he looks like
only flesh, no more light"
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