Rare 70s KYRIE ELEISON THE SUNRISE Prog MELLOTRON
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RARE MELLOTRON & HEAVY GUITAR DRENCHED PROGRESSIVE CLASSIC
RARE "PRIVATE PRESS" 70's ORIGINAL
KYRIE ELEISON
Fountain Beyond The Sunrise
\ Austria - MERLIN RECORDS
RARE mid 70's original first pressing, by a very talented Austrian progressive band -- their only album, (now very hard to find) is a private press on the "Merlin" label...
Contains the scarce lyrics insert
For fans of progressive 'art-rock theatre' this is your baby ...filled with dramatic flowing qualities not unlike the Peter Gabreil led Genesis ...lots of keys includig mellotron ...a full saturation concerning the Organ sound, driving the composition...
This is rock theater stuff, every bit as pretentious and naïve as anything that was released in the same period. The shortest track is the nearly nine-minute “Forgotten Words”, and all the rest are considerably longer. The use of mellotron and synths is as heavy as you could expect for the time, and the arrangements have the mark of classical leanings. One thing that strikes out is the heavy guitar and bass throughout, more like heavy rock than European symphonic (except for the keyboards), which is certainly okay with most collectors. The ranging “The Fountain Beyond the Sunrise” is the best example of this. The KYRIE ELEISON works could very well pass quite easily for being "The Lost Genesis (1971-2) Album". Style and composition is strikingly similar but there is also the odd hint of Yes/Pink Floyd/King Crimson/Van der Graaf Generator in places.
AdmittedHighlights are immediately felt in the first two awesome tracks, with the full on assault of martial drums, organs, rough cut yet harmonic vocals, booming bass, synths, and circus feel in the "Reign" part of the title cut being the hands-down highlight. It's like something we could have imagined from Genesis but not a direct copy of anything they did do. But each part segues into the next like a disturbingly tight dream sequence. .
The remaining two tracks including some blistering lead guitar and mellotron on the latter, the pieces seem more cobbled together, and they throw in a few direct Genesis quotes, like "Musical Box" and "Battle of Epping Forest".
Overall this is a superb mellotronic symphonic album. If you love the best GENESIS, you'll love this one.
1. Out of Dimension (10:10)
2. The Fountain Beyond The Sunrise: (14:20)
a) Reign
b) Voices
c) The Last Reign
d) Autumn Song
3. Forgotten Words (8:44)
4. Lenny (16:42)
- Manfred Drapela / acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
- Gerald Krampl / keyboards, synthesizers, Mellotron, backing vocals
- Norbert Morin / bass, bass pedals, acoustic guitar
- Karl Novotny / drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Michael Schubert / lead vocals, percussion
CONDITION: The dramatic cover is M- clean and lovely, been in good hands for many years, with no problems anywhere
The vinyl is all glossy clean and smooth M-...plays delightfully clear...
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
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