EELA CRAIG One Niter LP w/ POSTCARD Austrian sym prog

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Mar 30, 2009 Sold Date

Mar 20, 2009 Start Date

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Eela Craig is perhaps the best-known prog rock band from the admittedly small field of Austrian groups that fall into that category. One thing that makes Eela Craig almost unique is their use of no less than three keyboardists. One Niter was their second release. Writing for the New Gibraltar website, Kai Karmanheimo says this about the album: “Consisting of two long medleys of segued tracks and three unaffiliated songs, the album is a smorgasbord of sumptuous symphonic sounds, a few precious, ethereal vocal sections, and surprisingly sweaty, funk-tinged electric piano and rhythm guitar licks. The album achieves lot of its power through delicious contrasts between these elements. For example, "Benedictus" and the short Bach quote "Fuge" are soaked in classical sanctity with lavish orchestral smears and baroque, harpsichord-like electric piano arpeggiation, but are immediately followed by the profane "V.A.T." whose throbbing bass and dirty guitar jamming makes one expect a shrill female chorus to blast out any minute with the cry of "SHAFT" (doesn't happen, of course). The expanded line-up with no less than three keyboard players is used for good effect, never overcrowding or overblowing the arrangements, yet creating a rich and sophisticated sound that stays generally closer to the mellow side.” This copy includes the rare promotional postcard. The album also comes with a lyric insert. Released in Germany on Vertigo in 1976. The cover is in Ex and the record is in Ex+++ condition. (Click on the “me” icon above for info on my grading system.) For other albums by Eela Craig, see my other auctions.

Up for auction this week is part of a very special collection—including lots of rarities—compiled over many years. I will be listing many more items from this huge collection in the coming months. This week I am mainly listing progressive rock, art rock, and related albums. This includes symphonic prog, classical rock, neo, RIO, Zeuhl, Canterbury, fusion, progressive folk, progressive electronic etc. To see more rare and collectable items, click on the “View seller’s other items” button above.

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Winner pays postage (in the U.S., this would be about $4.58 for one LP sent by Media Mail). Package insured upon request. Winners outside of the U.S. will be notified of postal fees, but an approximate cost for one LP to many countries is $15.60 by airmail (but Canada and Mexico will be less than this for most single LP packages). If you bid on and win more than one item, you WILL save on postage! Note: I do not gouge on postage and packaging costs. Record will be carefully packaged in a strong, oversized LP mailer. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. E-mail: david.o@jjldj.com. International Customers: please DO NOT use the Checkout (Pay Now) option, or you may end up paying more for postage than is necessary, as eBay tends to calculate shipping and handling on the high side. Instead, wait for me to contact you with an invoice and the correct total amount due. I will do my best to contact you within a day of the auction’s end.

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