RARE 1971 M- LUCIFER BLACK MASS SINISTER PROG PSYCH

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SUPER RARE M- 1971 PROMO ORIGINAL CREEPY PSYCH UNDERGROUND COLLECTIBLE!                           

            BLACK MASS

                                 LUCIFER

                                       USA - UNI RECORDS - 73111

VERY RARE 1971 promotional first pressing vinyl with the elusive Black Mass/Lucifer inner sleeve -- all in top Minty condition... the *best* original copy found here in many, many years...the black cover shows wear in almost every copy that survives...this one is TOP clean.

Features the very rare inner sleeve with notes on every song (in MINT cond.)

The names of most of the tracks are vague "Satanic" references - "The Evil Eye", "Exorcism", "Witch Trial" - it is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Lucifer had the mysterious electronic musician market cornered when Aphex Twin was just a twinkle in some windowlicker's eye. A great underground Moog album from 1971 that's been well documented was the brainchild of Mort Garson, working under the conceptual name of "Lucifer". While it's hard to imagine a major label running with something this "out there" today, the real surprise for folks is the compositional tightness of the songs, and how enjoyably it all works as a whole. Not just a cultural artifact from the early 70's, it's got some genuine creepiness to it as well that could easily be seen as pre-figuring a lot of the sounds Goblin would employ some years later.

LUCIFER conjures up a sinister, minor-key atmosphere on tracks with titles like "Incubus," "Witch Trial," and "The Evil Eye" often achieving a tone that would fit well with horror films of the 70's. The technology available to Lucifer in 1971 was still being developed, and there's some evocative music on Black Mass/Lucifer, to be sure, perfectly rendered for a psychedelic Halloween party strong enough to raise evil spirits on its own. Anyway, it's is one cool/weird/groovy album, a real lost gem of electronic composition.

Black Mass Lucifer is the real deal: an unsolvable mystery that all the 0's and 1's of the Information Age can't crack. It's the Temple of Doom if the Temple of Doom had been directed by Fellini, shot on black and white and then lost for thirty eight years, only to resurface as a dusty 16mm reel sold for $0.75 at a yard sale. This is not available on CD and damn hard to find in any format...

No one knows how many copies of the original LP still survive. This music is the reason mp3 blogs were invented. Here, the *best* original copy we've come across in many years...

 Solomon's Ring

The Ride Of Aida (Voodoo)

Incubus

Black Mass

The Evil Eye

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Exorcism

The Philosopher's Stone

Voices Of The Dead (Medium)

Witch Trial

ESP

CONDITION: The cover is "EX" (excellent), really (really!) hard to find clean, the black cover with grey/silver pentagram usually shows much wear nearly 40 years later. Promo sticker on back cover.

The vinyl is all clean and glossy M-

The rare inner sleeve with notes on each track is crisp and MINT with no split tears.

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record