GOBLIN Profondo Rosso NM LP Italy DARK PROG MONSTER horror funk psych soundtrack

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GOBLIN Profondo Rosso NM LP Italy DARK PROG MONSTER horror funk psych soundtrack
Band/Record: Goblin - Profondo Rosso Label/Matrix: NL 1976 CNR  651.012 Condition Record/Sleeve: Mint-/Mint-  Extra Info: Italian DARK PROG MONSTER!! Rare Dutch press LP on the CNR label.



Goblin's debut album is a great soundtrack to a great movie by Dario Argento called Pronfondo Rosso (Red Blood), a fascinating giallo-gore-parapsychological thriller featuring the great David Hemmings in the main role. Profondo Rosso is also among the best releases from Goblin (with the ultimate classic Roller, the fantastic Suspiria and the creepy rockin'la via della droga). The music is totally evocative, revealing surreal, haunted ambiences, apparently innocent child like little musica and beautiful syncopated-jazzy sequences for sulfurous, intense moving themes. The opening piece is absolutely grandiose and weirdly sinister, including deep organ chords, efficient minimal guitar pics in a real moody atmosphere that can't be isolated from the film. Death dies is an energic, mysterious jazzy rock improvisation with ultra-technical dum parts, frightening piano / keyboard arrangements with nice groovy-funk touches. Really efficient. Wild Session is an other scary, dark jazzy improvisation with bizarre synth chords, syncopated drum / brass / piano ensemble and a solid bass section. Deep Shadow is an other great piece with an unique atmosphere mixing weird atmospheres with dissonant guitars and complex rhythms. School at night, you have to see the movie to appreciate this title because it appears to be out of place in a progressive rock record. The first Goblin's effort and almost all the ingredients that will make the success of the band are here. A really convincing album and a recommended introduction to Goblin's particular musical universe.
Here is a review by Donald A. Guarisco from allmusic.com:
This 1975 soundtrack made an impressive debut for Goblin, a legendary group of Italian soundtrack specialists. Originally known as "the Cherry Five," this quintet was commissioned by Italian director Dario Argento to create a soundtrack for his terrifying thriller Profondo Rosso. The resulting album took the group to the top of the Italian charts and helped them build a worldwide cult reputation. Profondo Rosso is an ambitious affair that blends jazz, prog rock, and heavy metal into an effective and totally distinctive style. The title track is an impressive exercise in dynamics, building tension as it moves back and forth between a quiet, intricate riff doubled on acoustic guitar and keyboard, with a full-blooded variation of that theme led by surging, gothic-sounding organ. Other highlights include "Death Dies," a frantic piece of jazz whose pounding piano riff was later sampled by Beck, and "Mad Puppet," an atmospheric excursion that slowly adds layers of keyboard to a hypnotic, serpentine bass riff. However, the cut that prog buffs will probably like most is "Deep Shadows," a frenetic slice of King Crimson-style jazz-rock that slows down midway for a dazzling mid-tempo section where a mesmerizing rolling piano line duels it out with snaky solos from the bass and electric guitar. All in all, Profondo Rosso is a powerful album that will appeal to both soundtrack fans and prog rock addicts.
he career of Yes took an important turn with the release of their third album. Their music moved closer to what would become their classic sound, becoming their commercial breakthrough, reaching number four on the British charts and eventually selling over a million copies in the United States. Four members of the band’s original line-up returned for the third time. Vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bill Bruford, and keyboardist Tony Kaye had coalesced into a tight-knit unit. The big change was that guitarist Peter Banks was out and Steve Howe was in. He would become one of progressive rock’s leading guitarists and be responsible for moving them away from their psychedelic-rock roots.

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