ALPHA OMEGA orig.1976 Aust.LP progressive jazz-fusion masterpiece (M- ) Cybotron

	A$		82
	$		54

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...vinyl LP...

Artist:   ALPHA OMEGA

Title: "ALPHA OMEGA"

Date Released:  1976 ()

Country Of Release:  Australia

Label:  Clear Light Of Jupiter ()

Catalogue Number:   CLOJ-781 ()

Original first pressing? :   Yes, it is...with laminated cover...

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One enthusiastic reviewer had this to say: 

"I am very happy to present Alpha Omega, an album whose style is impossible to pin down, in fact I would say it's 'sui generis'. You might even call it chamber fusion, to make a new genre. It always reminds me of Italians Orch. Njervudarov's brilliant classic. Especially the first song's riff really recalls the angularity of their album. Notice that although Steve Maxwell Von Braund plays all keys, the composing (which is the 'ne plus ultra' of this work) is credited to John Bellamy. I don't find much information about him at all, I would like to know if he composed more, or if this is his one-off masterpiece. Another good point of reference would be the "Midnight Madness" album that Phase did, or fusion quartet comprovisations - very composed jazz rock incorporating a lot of orchestral-style elements. When I listen to some of his guitar riffs, they are so chromatic and fast I have a lot of trouble following the notes, of course I'm not a professional musician, but I have no problem with standard radio fare. Consider for example the title track, starting with a Dzyan-like guitar riff repeated in different keys, then the bass keeps going up and down by minor seconds as the others riff on top. I guarantee no other fusion record from the period has such an oddball chart. It sounds improvised, but I doubt it is. Or consider the track Dawning, with perhaps the oddest melody in all fusion history, played by a guitar and a sax an octave apart, sax with great wah-wah effects. Only in the last acoustic song do we get some more 'conventional' songwriting, with its straight-up E minor.

Or consider the first track, after the drum solo, the re-intro guitar riff is first played a minor 3rd above on the keys, but then again he plays it a minor 2nd above-- I'm like, "Could it be--?" is it a mistake? it couldn't be, it's the same riff but a half-tone above. Totally against any god-fearing compositional rule there. Then near the end of same song, he plays a D octave up in the pattern: duh dee duh duh dee, a dead giveaway that he had a classical education, which almost of all them did back then, of course. And finally, I won't even get into the crazy guitar solos Bellamy plays, which are so off the blues scales or any scales they are functionally atonal in an Arnie Schoenberg way. ((And I would love to say, John Bellamy, if ever you read this, please comment and tell us more! I love this work of yours.))".

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CONDITION:   

OK…I use the following gradings (in descending order, from pristine down): MINT, M-, EX (EX = most people's NM), EX-, VG++, VG+, VG, VG-, G+, G 

Cover:  VG++ ...cover has some minor laminate-lift on the front...and some crinkles on the back near the opening edge...see pix...

Vinyl:  M- ...if I was marking out of 10, with 10 as perfectly MINT, this would get a 9.9...it is THAT close to utterly pristine...

Labels - Side 1:  MINT  ......  Side 2:   MINT  ......

If you have any concerns about the accuracy of my gradings, please check my feedback for the odd nice comment from some satisfied folk out there.... (and hopefully you may be able to join their ranks).

Tracking for Overseas parcels costs AU$5.95 extra....and during this current pandemic, is demanded by Australia Post for any parcel over 250grams...meaning all LP parcels. 

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- - For each extra LP after 15 x LP's, add: $1.00 each

- - Double LP's count as TWO, triple LP's as THREE, etc.
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Double LP's count as 2, Triple LP's count as 3, etc.

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...or...Registration is $4.00 extra

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Up to 5 or 6 CD's can be sent for same postage as one CD if they are ALL in card or PVC/plastic thin sleeves...or sent without cases.

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