TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Tales Untold" - Kopperfield (1974 - Rei-2024)

"Tales Untold" - Kopperfield (1974 - Rei-2024)

     So what if this gnarly, cool album cover looks like it was ripped from a three-ring binder of that one kid who sits drawing fantasy characters by the corner window during Algebra class?  How can you not love it?  This was a blind purchase, except for the hype sticker.  Apparently, this 70s band had been drinking from the rock waters of Michigan.  That was all I needed to know to make up my mind.  Kopperfield's "Tales Untold" sounds like the kind of early hard rock album you'd hear on the cooler radio stations.  Which is also cool, 'cause I kinda like that early classic rock stuff.  

     The band sounds a little bit like Bloodrock, but without the gloom.  And there's a Grand Funk vibe hanging around, as well.  Prog rock dust is all over it, but not heavily so.  Stoners will have no problem getting behind this.  "Tales Untold" is a banger and a lot of fun to spin.  

     It was only after I got the album home that I saw Kopperfield mentioned in the Acid Archives.  Always a cool thing.  The book basically said the album was nothing stellar, but not bad, either.  And that's about accurate, although I think I enjoyed the album a little more than the "Archive" author did.  That happens...on either side of the coin.  Another one-and-done band that slipped through the cracks, but still gets your motor running.  "Tales Untold" was a reissue, purchased new, with a $24 price sticker.  A number easier to part with than most of the overpriced squares on the market.  This, my friends, was a good purchase. 

"Tales Untold" - Kopperfield (back)

"Tales Untold" - Kopperfield (hypesticker)

"Tales Untold" - Kopperfield (4-page insert)

Favorites include:

"Brain Rot"

"Nothing Left To Give"

"Tales Untold"

     This copy is on the Out-Sider label, which is part of the Guerssen label family.  The album includes an insert with liner notes and photos of the band.  The album was housed in a resealable plastic sleeve and comes with a round pink hype sticker.

Out-Sider label

Cat #

OSR100

SIDE A  DEADWAX

V56228  Aꓥ  OSRꓥ00

SIDE B  DEADWAX

V56228  Bꓥ  OSRꓥ00

"Brain Rot" - Kopperfield / "Tales Untold" (1974 - Rei-2024)

TRACKS:

A1  "Moonride" 3:40

A2  "Anatomy" 3:06

A3  "Brain Rot" 4:40

A4  "Watching The Time Go By" 4:31

A5  "Nothing Left To Give" 4:51

B1  "Truckin'On" 3:42

B2  "Tales Untold" 3:31

B3  "Magic In Your Mind" 3:22

B4  "A Thousand Warriors" 2:58

B5  "Wiseman" 2:06

B6  "Dreams" 4:25

PERSONNEL:

Jimmy Robison - lead vocals

Chuck Eagan - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (A2)

Jerry Opdycke - bass, vocals

Keith Robinson - keyboards, vocals

Tom Curtis - drums, percussion

Paul Decker - vocals, percussion

Good stuff.

Casey Chambers

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