EMBRYO Rocksession LP BRAIN 1973 GER re+green+foc BRAIN 201.109 JAZZ/KRAUTROCK
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EMBRYO
One of the most original and innovative Krautrock bands, Embryo fused traditional ethnic music with their own jazzy space rock style. Originally a jazzy space rock band, Embryo were formed in 1969 in Munich, Germany, by former R&B and jazz organist Christian Burchard (vibraphone, hammer dulcimer, percussion, marimba), Edgar Hofmann (saxophone), Lothar Meid (bass), Jimmy Jackson (organ), Dieter Serfas (drums, percussion), Wolfgang Paap (drums), Ingo Schmidt (saxophone), and John Kelly (guitar). However, the lineup was already different by the time sessions for their debut album began. The resulting record, Opal (1970), is considered Embryo's masterpiece of their early, more psychedelic sound. By the time of Embryo's Rache (1971), the group was already adding ethnic touches to its music...
"ROCKSESSION"
<reissue, originally published in 1973>
LP BRAIN RECORDS BRAIN 201.109
MADE IN GERMANY 1976 REPRESSING
[First reissue, still with green Brain labels but no "metronome"]GATEFOLD COVER
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Barcode: none
LABEL: BRAIN - GREEN LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) 201.109 (rear) 201.109 (0649)
Catalog on labels:
(Side A): brain 201.109 (201.109 - a) 0701.122 s 1 (0664.370 s 1)
(Side B): brain 201.109 (201.109 - b) 0701.122 s 2 (0664.370 s 2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 0664.370 S1(raised 3) PF st-1036-A(raised III) (Stamped): K 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 0664.37O S2 PF brain-1036-B (Stamped): H 1
On labels: rim text reads "all rights........made in germany by metronome records gmbh"
gema p.1973
produced by embryo
Rights Society: GEMA
On Inside Panels: Photo
On back cover: Cover: Gil Funcius
Im vertrieb der METRONOME RECORDS GmbH.........Made in W. Germany
tracklisting
Side A: A PLACE TO GO - ENTRANCES
Side B: WARM CANTO - DIRGEgrading
RECORD from VG to VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Progressive rock provides the framework but jazz-rock gives the flavor to this powerfully seductive album-length workout, four extended numbers (on which the vocals who are present are buried so far down in the mix that these are essentially instrumentals) that surge forth with saxophone solos and keyboard runs to rival the best-known English and U.S. prog rock bands -- and Christian Burchard's myriad percussion sounds (outdoing even his keyboard timbres at times) are in a class of their own. The difference between Embryo and their English-speaking rivals is that Embryo are content to take their time, even compared with acts such as King Crimson, getting where they're going, and don't mind going in long, extended detours into the funkier side of jazz. "Entrances" -- which, despite its title, is the second track on the album -- is worth the price of admission by itself for its seeming digressions, which all pull together around Jorg Evers' amazing bass work. And the rest of the record is no letdown, even after the quarter-hour of soaring excursions on that number. It all should have been more widely heard outside of Germany and Central Europe...(AllMusic)
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