Mice & Rats in the Loft [Import, Original recording remastered]

Jan Dukes de Grey, Jan Dukes de Grey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Cool Sound
• ASIN: B000AKAYMY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,359,349 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sun Symphonica

2. Call of the Wild

3. Mice and the Rats in the Loft

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Progressive rock at its finest, April 18, 2005

By 

Gyorgy Makranczy (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mice & Rats in the Loft (Audio CD)

I just bought this CD, which I havent't listened to since I sold my turntable. Yes, this is a little weird music, perhaps not for everyone, but you get the same quality as with "Pete Brown and his Battered Ornaments". I absolutely like these albums for being so unique. Such music you can only find on this album and nowhere else.
The sound is not really what the sticker says on top: "1971's acoustic folk album". Well, 1971 may be correct. The rest are false. What you'll get is acoustic guitar with electric amplification, and flute/clarinet/saxophone played with great intensity. There's an orchestra in the background (which I do not normally like, but here works to a great effect). This is not really what folk music is about. I would rather call it prog rock.
Bottom line: You won't find this boring!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Weirdest, December 30, 2004

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Fred Rayworth (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mice & Rats in the Loft (Audio CD)

I was into Captain Beefheart and thought I'd run across weirdness to the extreme, but when I found this gem in the base library at Torrejon AB in Spain in the mid seventies, I had to admit I had not heard it all.

The songs are long weird pieces with a scant sound that almost makes them seem like half the tracks on each song are missing. Yet, despite that impression, I kept playing this album over and over again. The album was also unusual for the fact that it had only three tracks. The band has been a big mystery to me for almost 30 years because info on them was practically nonexistent. I stopped listening to Mice when I stopped using my reel to reel and I may still have that tape buried in my garage. I'll have to dig it out someday.

Update. I finally dug out my reel to reel and burned this to CD. The fidelity is horrible but the music still comes out nicely. Yup, it's as weird and as wonderful as I remember. A fresh listen brings out more progressive than folk influences with a whole lot of weirdness thrown in. The vocals have a nasal, wavering quality that adds to the whole vibe. This is good stuff!

If you can find this gem and are ready for something unusual, you won't be disappointed.