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Supersister – To The Highest Bidder (LP)
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Supersister

To The Highest Bidder (LP)

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Original 1971 UK edition on Dandelion of the superlative second album of irresistible and complex Canterbury-influenced progressive jazz-rock by the Netherlands' finest. Essential masterpiece on the NWW list.

condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (light sticker removal damage and label's advertising sticker on front)

Gatefold sleeve.

Another guest from across a border: Supersister were Dutch, from The Hague, and To The Highest Bidder (1971) is their case for being the Low Countries' answer to the Canterbury scene. Led by the keyboardist Robert Jan Stips, later of the Nits, the quartet plays jazzy, witty, Soft Machine-shaped prog with flute, fuzz bass, and a Zappa-ish streak of absurdity, the long Energy (Out Of Future) showing how far they could stretch a single theme.

The album reached Britain through John Peel, who put it out on his Dandelion label, the pressing offered here. Not German, but cut from cousin cloth, and a delight for anyone who loves Caravan and early Soft Machine.

Details
Cat. number: 2310 146
Year: 1971

Release notes

Recorded June and July 1971 Released in a gatefold sleeve. Some copies appeared with a sticker in the top left corner which appears to be in reference to the song She Was Naked. See images.

Tracklist
A1She Was Naked3:44
A2A Girl Named You10:50
A3No Tree Will Grow (On Too High A Mountain)7:20
B1Energy (Out Of Future)16:20
B2Higher2:56
Credits
William Reppel
Photography By
Hans Van Oosterhout
Producer
R.J. Stips
Written-By