Titus Groan
Titus Groan
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Titus Groan was a British musical group formed in 1969 by guitarist and pianist Stuart Cowell. The band's name was taken from a novel by Mervyn Peake. Titus Groan played mainly progressive rock music. The line-up debuted at the Hollywood Pop Festival in May 1970. The group was noticed by representatives of Dawn Records and in the autumn of 1970 began work on their first L…
Open The Door Homer
Proto-prog act Titus Groan came together in London from disparate influences: drummer Jim Toomey, who later played in the Tourists, had a trad jazz background, and then played in a soul act with saxophonist/flutist/oboist Tony Priestland; bassist John Lee had played with jazz saxophonist Dick Morrissey, and guitarist/keyboardist Stuart Cowell was a blues fan, hence the diverse directions of their sole LP. Rare 12-inch ‘Open The Door Homer’ features their cover of the unreleased Bob Dylan song th…