GROUP 1850 - orig. '69 Dutch Psych monster PARADISE NOW

£ 39

$ 52

£ 39 Sold For

Jun 1, 2005 Sold Date

May 25, 2005 Start Date

£ 14 Start price

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Germany Country Of Seller

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E-SUNSHINE PROGRESSIVE RARITIES!

In the next few weeks I’ll put on auction more than 200 nice and most rare Progressive LP’s. Have a look, it is worthwhile! Most of my vinyl comes from my own collection and is in great, collectible condition. This collection contains many rare German Kraut, progressive-psych folk, early electronic and psychedelic records from the period 1967 to 1977. All records are original first press, IF NOT I clearly mention it. I have chosen not to spend too much time in describing how great these records all are, i hope true collector's know how great these records are....

Band Record: Group 1850 – Paradise now (WOW what a great record! For the people who do not do know this record i have collected some more album info (below). Paradise now is worldwide one of the best psychedelic records ever made and OOOHHH so hard to get in collectible condition. 90% of all the copies i see are so damaged, that it looks like it was used like a frisbee, going from party to party. With this record you should be happy if runs through........However..............i few years ago i got my hands on a nice looking copy with only a few very light surface scratches, looking VG++. Last night i played it...........EX+ to Mint- !!!! Truly amazing, i could not believe my ears. Not a single background noise to be heard. Plays clean from the beginning to the end !!! I garantee that the winner will enjoy this!

Label matrix: Discofoon VD 7063

Country year: Netherlands 1969

Extra info: (Tom Hayes) By all rights, the Dutch music ensemble Group 1850 should hold the same mythic stature that Pink Floyd obtained. First of all, Group 1850 represent Continental Europe's first progressive rock band. Their compositions are designed for the trippy effect, organ overlays, relentless throbbing bass, active percussion, spacey and phased voices and, best of all, an acidic guitar tone that uses every bit of studio trickery and tone affectation available at the time. Clearly a parallel group to Pink Floyd, Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth is taken from the same cloth as Saucerful of Secrets. In retrospect, though, Group 1850's work is more creative which one may expect from a Continental band without any commercial restraints. Sure, there are some pure psych moments to be had - but just hearing the title track should put anyone in awe who can hear this is an historical perspective. There just flat out wasn't anything like this in 1968. The fuzz guitar, the trippy voices, the acid induced phased effects, and the drumming (oh - the drumming). It's a bona fide masterpiece in the field of psychedelic progressive music. Paradise Now is possibly even better. Now they've managed to lose the trendy psychedelic trappings for a truly creative work. There is a more pervasive ethnic element this time around with wind instruments and hand percussion. It's amazing how timeless this music is 30+ years later. Just brilliant.

Condition Record/Sleeve: VG+++ (plays EX+, clean labels)/VG++ (woc)

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