1973 Orig GREEN BRAIN NOVALIS BANISHED Prog Psych

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1972 ORIGINAL GREEN BRAIN SYMPHONIC COLLECTIBLE                                                                 

PIONEERING KRAUTROCK PROGRESSIVE                                                                        

                        NOVALIS

                   Banished Bridge

                        GERMAN Green BRAIN Records

Original 1972 first pressing in clean condition...nice laminated gatefold cover to a legendary and pioneering progressive rock collectible...

 "Banished Bridge" is simply an essential recording and stands up easily to all other German prog bands of the 70's "Banished Bridge" is 4 tracks of indispensable lush symphonic prog rock with deep melodies. Many of NOVALIS' lyrics were based on the poetry of 16th century poet Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg ("NOVALIS" was his alias). The opening 17-minute title-track track is worth the admission into this one alone, with some succulent organ and synth work, PINK FLOYD-like atmospheres and even sound effects. The wild thing on this album is that there is very little guitar and the lack of is far away from a problem. Lead singer Jürgen Wenzel sings (and speaks) in English and does so without any irritation to the listener. The 3 other tracks are also excellent with more FLOYD-like atmospheres (aka "Ummagumma") with a highly exploratory nature... something they kind of deviated from on their more symphonic later albums. A great album !

- Hartwig Biereichel / drums, percussion
- Lutz Rahn / organ, mellotron, piano, synthesizers
- Heino Schünzel / bass
- Jürgen Wenzel / vocals, acoustic guitar

1. Banished bridge (17:06)

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2. High evolution (4:27)
3. Laughing (9:10)
4. Inside of me (inside of you) (6:40)

CONDITION: The gatefold cover is stiff and solid, nicely laminated..."EX" (excellent) to M- top levels ... makes for a nice keeper collectible...

The vinyl is glossy on both sides, VG++ having only scuffy inner sleeve light paper-type scuffs...nothing that will make an affect on playback

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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