 genre: prog country: us quality: mp3 (256k, covers) time: 50'22" size: 102 mb misc.: 1991
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EASTER ISLAND was originally formed in 1973 by guitarist Mark Miceli. They were easily one of the best US prog bands to have recorded during the 1970's. The music places emphasis on excellent mini-moog and Mellotron work as well as guitar, like most prog bands from the mid-'70s seemed to do. Their original and progressive music has its roots in the compositional techniques of KING CRIMSON, YES, and ELP.
Musically their new opus recalls latter-day KING CRIMSON mixed with heavy doses of world music (in the rhythms) and some modern rock sounds, too. Maybe a little GENESIS creeps in here or there, but the majority of this album really recalls no one in particular. If you want good songwriting and original arrangements done in a fresh way, this is for you. If you want a retro 70s sound, buy their first album!
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genre: jazz
country: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, booklet scans)
time: 31'35" size: 198 mb
01 - Vienna Breakdown 2:24
02 - Plantagenet 1:42
03 - Lieutenant Loose 2:43
04 - Askin' the Way 3:01
05 - Turning Point 2:17
06 - Slivadiv 3:48
07 - Jive Grind 2:53
08 - Human Bed 2:29
09 - Catcote 1:59
10 - Waltz for a Wollum 2:24
11 - Folksong 3:06
12 - Back Door 2:49
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 genre: soul country: germany quality: mp3 (192k, scans) time: 35'08" size: 51 mb
01. He's Got A Gun In His Hand 4:18
02. Hot Rocks 2:57
03. Out Of Tune 3:27
04. Don't Put The Lady Down 3:21
05. Northern Bounty 4:05
06. Haven't You Heard 5:31
07. Just Blues (Session) 11:29
Bass - Karl-Heinz Schott
Drums - Ringo Funk
Guitar [Lead] - Frank Diez
Guitar [Rhythm] - Rainer Marz
Keyboards - Adrian Askew
Vocals - Inga Rumpf |
genre: soul
country: germany
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 1:11'57" size: 461 mb
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01. Get It Up 5:21
02. Big Brother 5:05
03. Rock'n'Roll Preacher 3:39
04. Maybe It's Useless 3:38
05. Let's Get On The Road Again 3:31
06. Living At The End Of Time 9:05
07. Words Of Love 4:52
Rainer Baumann - Guitar
Carsten Bohn Bandstand - Drums
Curt Cress - Percussion, Drums
Inga Rumpf - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Rebop Kwaku Baah - Percussion
Frank Diez - Guitar
Jackie Diez - Vocals
Jean Jacques Kravetz - Keyboards
Jean Roussel - Keyboards
Karl Heinz Schott - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
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08. Get On Board 3:45
09. Change My Mind 4:29
10. The Man 3:44
11. Let Me Stay For A While 3:56
12. Keep The Music Going On 2:48
13. Chartbuster 3:12
14. The Captain And The Ship 3:46
15. If I Couldn't Sing 3:37
16. Tried To Climb A Mountain 4:32
17. Mainline Florida 2:56
Rainer Baumann - Guitar
Carsten Bohn Bandstand - Drums
Curt Cress - Drums
Inga Rumpf - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Adrian Askew - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Frank Diez - Guitar
Ringo Funk - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Jean Jacques Kravetz - Keyboards
Rainer Marz - Guitar, Vocals
Karl Heinz Schott - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
see also:
1973 ~ Its Getting Better
1975 ~ Live at Fabrik 1973-1975 2lp
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genre: prog
country: france
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, booklet scans)
time: 43'06" size: 271 mb
Scented Gardens Of The Mind:
This album was the brainchild of record engineer and producer Jean-Pierre Massiera. Like Visitors, Atlantide was not a real group but just a recording concept. The resulting album shares the same flaws and oddities as the Visitors album, being an unspectactular mixture of quasi-psychedelic heavy rock mixed with more symphonic ingredients. The instru-mentation is rudimentary for a French production, largely guitars with some electronic effects (and mellotron on just one track). It contains irritating falsetto vocals and clichй heavy riffs, much like the worst of Vanilla Fudge, Uriah Heep or the Italian New Trolls and the drum solos are, as always, superfluous, especially when the album clocks in at just 32 minutes. Some acoustic guitar parts are reminscent of Steve Hackett. This is a weak and ill-focused album. Some of the session musicians also played with Visitors, Orion and Carpe Diem.
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genre: fusion
country: italy
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 58'56" size: 322 mb
01. 15.000 umbrellas (parte prima) 5:26
02. 15.000 umbrellas (parte seconda) 6:15
03. Liquiescenza 2:13
04. Wedding Day 4:34
05. Chernobyl 7991 5:12
06. Fall Down 3:49
07. Il faut marteler 4:34
08. Efstratios 5:30
09. Mbira & Orizzonti 5:30
10. Colchide 3:08
11. Deriva (sogni sognati vendesi) 6:35
12. Sedimentazioni 6:10
- Patrizio Fariselli / pianoforte and tastiere
- Paolo dalla Porta / contrebass
- Giulio Capiozzo / drums
- Pietro Condorelli / chitarra in "Mbira & Orizzonti" and "Wedding day"
- Gigi Cifarelli / chitarra in "Chernobyl 7991"
- Stefano Bedetti / sax soprano in "Mbira & Orizzonti"
- John Clark / French corn in "15.000 umbrellas"
- Marino Paire / voice in "Fall down"
see also:
1979 Event '76
1980 Tic & Tac
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genre: prog
country: germany
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 49'11" size: 129 mb
misc.: 2002
Cosmic Dreams:
Here is another one of those albums with a very funny cover! The sleeve of the Hamburg band Ardo Dombec's only LP pictured a melting ice cream cone containing a cactus! Inside the fold-out cover the group were standing posing with ice cones, harmless ones this time! The group has often been dismissed as 'bad, boring and jazzy' (I know those words are synonymous for some people), but their album was actually quite good! Sax, guitar and flute dominated their sound. Some songs had interesting lyrics: "Clean Up Sunday" dealt with a nun who believes salvation can be secured by dropping some coins into the collection box each Sunday. "Downtown Paradise Lost" told about getting busted in Hamburg's red light district. They were also good musicians and enjoyed playing strange or complex rhythms, as Soft Machine did before them. Colosseum were also a likely inspiration to them. The group had two further tracks included on the Pilz' Heavy Christmas sampler. |
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