Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup was a 1960s British psychedelic rock act. 'Boeing Duveen' was Sam Hutt, a qualified doctor and associate of Pink Floyd who has been described as "the underground community's de facto house doctor" by David Wells, curator of Grapefruit.[1] Hutt later became known for his work in the country and western genre under the name of Hank Wangford.
The band released one single on 10 May 1968,[2] "Jabberwock" backed by "Which Dreamed It", on the Parlophone label.[3] The single is one of the earliest productions by Tony Visconti.[1] Both songs' lyrics were adapted from poems from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, and Carroll was credited as co-writer with Hutt. Hutt would later reflect "I'd learnt the guitar in the Fifties, but I couldn't write words".[1] Hutt played sitar on "Which Dreamed It".[1] Initial copies of the single featured a picture sleeve reproducing John Tenniel's original illustration of the Jabberwock. The band's name also comes from a poem by Lewis Carroll, Beautiful Soup, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Both sides of the single were included in the Rubble series - "Jabberwock" in the 14th volume and "Which Dreamed It" in the 20th.[4][5] The single is included in David Wells' 2005 book Record Collector 100 Greatest Psychedelic Records.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Wells, David (2017). Looking At The Pictures In The Sky - The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1968. Grapefruit. p. 7.
- ^ "Boeing Duveen And The Beautiful Soup – Jabberwock / Which Dreamed It". Discogs.
- ^ "Boeing Duveen And The Beautiful Soup". Discogs.
- ^ "Rubble 14: Magic Rocking Horse". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Rubble 20: Thrice Upon A Time (Nothing Is Real)". Discogs. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
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