RARE PROG PSYCH LP VALHALLA ON UNITED ARTISTS excellent condition
$
54
$ 54
Sold For
Aug 24, 2012
Sold Date
Aug 17, 2012
Start Date
$ 50
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Up for auction-"VALHALLA" s/t on united artist one of the best psych prog lps from long island new york ever?
original gatefold promo issue on UA promo embossed stamp in upper rt corner-kinda hard to see
sleeve-a conservative vg+ very minor corner/spine wear,minimal ring wear on rear /back of sleeve
vinyl-ex condition looks un-played no marks,no spindle marks!
MEDIA MAIL-4.00 EXRESS TO THE US 12.00 INTERNATIONAL-EUROPE.ASIA-16 PLUS A 12 DOLLAR CONFIRMATION/EXPRESS SHIPPING-NO EXCEPTIONS
from orexis of death blog
VALHALLA – VALHALLA – 1969 (US) heavy psych/hard rock
United Artists managed to sign several good groups (Thunder and Roses, Boffalongo, Pookah for example) but never gave them much promotion. Led by Mark Mangold who composed their material, Valhalla is another of these forgotten groups and their album deserves to be rediscovered. It mixes heavy rock, prog and psych with a predominant organ and powerful vocals on tracks like Psychedelic Minds Going Nowhere and Overseas SymphonyValhalla's only album was a rather haphazard mix of end-of-the-'60s psychedelic and heavy rock influences. Even if it's not particularly outstanding or original, however, it has its enjoyable aspects, especially for those who enjoy late-'60s combinations of bluesy hard organ and bluesy hard rock guitar. In its slightly overreaching, over-serious feel with a hint of religious pomposity, it's often slightly reminiscent of early Deep Purple and -- more distantly, especially in the fairly penetrating organ -- the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Graham Bond, and Lee Michaels. Throw in some more guitar-oriented hard rock with songwriting and riffs reminiscent of Cream and the "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"-era Yardbirds, and it's a little surprising to learn that this band came from Long Island, not Britain. At times, too, the record takes strange right turns into more orchestrated, skewed pop and jazzy tempos, as if they were trying to get a little more mainstream but couldn't quite iron out their more uncommercial aspirations. Some faint symphonic pretensions both add and detract in some ways, but there are some pretty commanding lead vocals and organ, which put it a notch above many other secondary psychedelic albums of this kind.
RICK AMBROSER bs, vcls
BOB HULLING vcls
DON KRANTZ gtr, bs
EDDIE LIVINGSTON drms
MARK MANGOLD organ, perc, vcls
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