MAGMA Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh 1973 UK A&M TRANSLUCENT PURPLE VINYL
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£ 34
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May 28, 2012
Sold Date
May 18, 2012
Start Date
£ 22
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Great Britain
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MAGMA Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh 1973 UK A&M TRANSLUCENT PURPLE VINYL
MAGMAMekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh
1973 UK A&M (AMLH 64397) FIRST PRESSING OF MAGMA'S STUNNING OPUS "Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh"
AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF PROG
THIS COPY HAS POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED AND DELIVERS NEAR MINT AUDIO BUT THERE ARE MARKS TO THE VINYL SURFACES AND THE SLEEVE HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS (please see full details below)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE TAN A&M LABELS (AND AS THE RECORD WAS PRESSED BY PYE IT HAS THEIR CHARACTERISTIC TRANSLUCENT PURPLE/RED COLOUR WHEN HELD UP TO THE LIGHT - difficult to capture on camera)
FIRST ISSUE CORRECTED MATRICES:
Side 1: AMLH 64397 A, A&M SP 4693-M1 (crossed out), ?18263 (crossed out), eng
Side 2: AMLH 64397 B, A&M SP 4694-M1 (crossed out), ?18263-X (crossed out), eng
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT, LIGHTLY TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND " MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" TEXT PRINTED IN GREY
MDK is a song-cycle for small choir with baritone soloist accompanied by a jazz ensemble (including brass/woodwind choir) doubling on orchestral percussion. The sound of MDK is fantastically original- yet also ironically, even perversely traditional- because to a large degree MDK's sound is aggressively Teutonic due in large part to the use of antecedents found in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana song cycle, particularly the extensive percussion resources. Further contributing to this powerful effect is MDK's orchestral foundation contrasting a variety of separate choirs. The primary choir is 'mixed voices'- primarily mezzos, sometimes subdivided- and a second choir of mixed horns and woodwinds. Above all is the arresting vocal sound- an almost unique blend of techniques from both the European operatic and Afro-gospel vocal traditions- which gives this music its dramatic 'Heroic' character.
MDK incorporates the Carmina's percussive orchestra with other rhythmic developments of 20th-century art-music (the use of piano as a percussion sound, syncopated rhythmic "phasing") within the larger form of a song cycle, i.e., a suite of unified and seamless music sung attacca- without audible breaks between the named sections. The effect sculpts a complex, angular and at times ecstatically propulsive orchestral sound especially suited to the oppressive and militaristic storylines of what is a desperately dystopian tale. This martial sound even projects something of the essential aggression and savagery found in later "Black/Death Metal" styles. Consider MDK's delirious falsettos and obsessive, growling repetitions of distorted rhythmic cells- as well the Middle-European mass of the composer's synthetic Kobaian language as embodied by his choir- against any other music of alienation.
Throughout these novel riches and depths MDK remain essentially a cabaret piece, presentable onstage by less than a dozen people. European art-song elements fuse over light 'electric-jazz' textures, with crisp yet momentary energetic rock strophes. Composer Vander credits the "spiritual" aspect of John Coltrane's output as his primary inspiration, and the MDK choirs are nothing if not volcanic. Yet apart from a similarly essential, broad and quite idiosyncratic virtuosity, MDK's sound is essentially a very melodic one
Track Listing (the play is continuous with no breaks to the music on either side)
Side 1:
Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn West
Ïma Sürï Dondaï
Kobaïa Is De Hündïn
Side 2:
Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanïk
Nebëhr Gudahtt
Mekanïk Kommandöh
Kreühn Köhrmahn Iss De Hündïn
LABELS: MINT
Clean, factory-fresh labels with no spindle traces or signs of play
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD
Both surfaces have non-penetrating marks (not scratches and nothing feel-able to the touch) but none of these have any audio significance
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Regardless of the markings to the vinyl the labels indicate this copy has seen very little (if any) play and my play-check at loud volume revealed practically nothing to fault the incredibly strong and powerful music.
Only one or two background 'pops' and a touch of surface on the long held final note of Side Two were noted (both very minor issues) otherwise, no other audible distractions of any kind - sounds fantastic
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
The gatefold, being soft in construction and mostly black has picked up wear/rubbing over the past 39 years but is good and solid with no structural damage
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £7.00 or £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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