{"product_id":"12-5","title":"Wilburn Burchette – Guitar Grimoire","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Burchette Brothers Productions – 001\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 1973\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Occult\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMind-altering guitar seances from California mail-order mystic Master Wilburn Burchette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the story goes, Burchette began gorging on the full canon of parapsychological and occult literature from the early age of 12, heavily engrossed in the world of Tibetan mysticism alongside developing his own unique improvisational techniques for guitar.  Channelling his esoteric study of vibrations, he crafted a uniquely hallucinogenic playing style crafting tonal patterns and pictures.  In 1973, alongside his Brother (a chemist), they launched Burchette Brothers Productions with the Guitar Grimoire LP, self-funded and self-released, advertised in the back pages of various occult literature publications throughout the US.  A private mail-order franchise was born.  Or perhaps not - five years later after a short-run of now cult releases, together with hand-drawn artwork, a block-printed ‘Psychic Meditation Course’ and a variety of other paranormal goodies, the brothers abruptly ceased operations, discarded everything and burnt what they could.  Maybe they went too far?  Engulfed in the practice of crossing into other realms weights heavy on the mind.  Burchette’s haunting modal glissando, quivering steel tremolo and suspended harmonics sound like little else though, as if picking up the thread of American Primitive Guitar and carrying into the domain of the supernatural.  It’s a story that’s almost too good to be true, but it is.  Perhaps the epitome of the US private press outsider.  Rare OG!  (VG++)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1        Birth Of A Witch    5:14\u003cbr\u003eA2        Raising The Pyramid Of Power    8:11\u003cbr\u003eA3        Love Call    5:18\u003cbr\u003eB1        Invocation To The Horned One    4:39\u003cbr\u003eB2        Fire Spell    3:36\u003cbr\u003eB3        Building The Circle    4:41\u003cbr\u003eB4        Witch's Will    4:54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"821\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2gwR1phQ9I\" title=\"Wilburn Burchette - Guitar Grimoire (1973) - FULL ALBUM\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57900295979390,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_3574_c3d38273-5378-4021-be6b-bd65d97d146a.jpg?v=1787569002","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/12-5","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}