1973 Orig CATHARSIS Vol III Prog Psych ACID ROCK ORGAN FUZZ EFFECTS LP
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$ 63
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Jan 3, 2021
Sold Date
Dec 29, 2020
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$ 10
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ATMOSPHERIC PSYCHEDELIC PROGRESSIVE
- ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- Catharsis
- " Volume III "
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- France - Festival - FLD 652
- TOP COPY
- Original 1973 gatefold first press from 47 years ago and the reward besides scarcity, is its a surprisingly interested album throughout, weaving gushy organ, fuzz guitar, sound effects, bizarre atmospherics, all in all progressive rock drenched in psych
- ...Want a groovy and psychedelic sounding album? One that is a bit peculiar yet fun? Well then this might just well satisfy your needs. Starting with a cool organ playing a catchy tune, this grows to a full spectacle of psychedelic and experimental showmanship. From the entire band playing in a full fledged lineup to the solo piano playing and then to tribal percussion and other instruments (such as a wacky style sax), this opening piece has the full gamut of what this band was capable of - not only in terms of playing and instrumentation but also in being able to create varied psychedelic textures and soundscapes. This track alone is such great fun to listen to; it's a great ride made up of smaller segments that make it up a varied whole. The goofiness shown in some parts of the tracks balances the more psychedelic and spacey parts but does not ruin them at all; on the contrary, it adds distinction to their sound. The whole album flows very naturally from one track to the other, linked by the common sound and style, the organ and the occasional humorous additions. The drumming here is very good, as it gives the great flow of the album and the excellent rhythm that the album has. The organ gives it a somewhat transcendental aspect, and is balanced out by the other instruments and the way the music is arranged. I find the tunes to be very well organized. "Les Chevrons" for example starts out with the organ dominating it but ends up with the whole band joining in a beautiful harmony and a gorgeous vocal line. This album is well worth checking out!
- The band CATHARSIS can be considered as psychedelic progressive but there's a lot more going on, they can be quite symphonic at times but there's also some krautrock kind of experimentation and all kinds of middle eastern influences too.
- The music is dominated by the spooky farfisa organ by Roland Bocquet, and that's the reason they are often regarded as a Pink Floyd influenced band, but aside from the organ sound the music is nothing like Floyd. Bocquet's playing has some clear classical influences, so the music has a very unique vibe to it. Can't help but think that "32 mars" sounds more like something that was released circa 68' rather than a 70's album, the sound at times has a strong Doors feeling due to the organs and drum sound, but the music is nothing like it too. It seems to me like there's two main styles when talking about psychedelic music, there's the more ambienty trippy experimentations without any actual structure, and there's the more song based psychedelic stuff, where you can follow an actual melody. Catharsis are exploring both styles, but here in this album it's the more song based kind of style, and it's the one 50% usually prefer.
"32 Mars" is the main piece here, 11 minutes of cool and trippy experimentation which goes from one part to the other smoothly. It starts with an exciting Arabic / classical melody on top of an upbeat rhythm, beautiful keyboard work there! It then goes in another direction, a frightening atmosphere played only by piano, like something out of a Stanley Kubrick movie. When that's over it's time for some weirdness, shrieking saxophone noises on top of rolling drums rhythm and some background organs to spice things up, we can listen to this all the day long, it just works perfectly. "Masq" is a song which appeared on their debut, this version is slightly shorter but enjoyable as well. It's quite symphonic this time, it goes from one melody to the next, nothing special overall, just enjoying the melodies with beautiful vocals chanting. The debut's version contains a weird piano part which definitely adds a more progy feel to it. "Les Chevrons" was originally released in their second album titled the same. Again this one explores the spooky atmosphere with hints of a classical inspired theme.
- 32 mars (11:08)
2. Masq
Les Chevrons
32 mars
Total Time: 23:30
Line-up / Musicians
- Yves de Roubaix / bass, guitar, vocals
- Charlie Eddi / drums, percussion
- Roland Bocquet / keyboards, vocals
- Patrick Mouila / vocals, guitar, percussion
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: M- top copy of 47 years ago GATEFOLD final collection copy ,,, colors are bright, there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: M- very clean plays fantastic - someone's gonna love this! both Fesitval labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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