SENSATION'S FIX PORTABLE MADNESS 1974 SPACE ROCK LP

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Aug 24, 2010 Sold Date

Aug 14, 2010 Start Date

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SENSATION’S FIX ‘PORTABLE MADNESS’ 1974 POLYDOR VINYL LP

Sleeve Condition: Fairly rubbed with a split to top edge and stickers (sticker removal damage to one corner) to all corners. However, there is no writing or marking and the sleeve is flat and without bumping or creasing.

Record Condition: Much better news here; allowing for the ‘iffy’ Italian vinyl, very nice, Ex or even Ex+ condition.

Very trippy, spacey and trancey and pretty electronic. Simultaneously, Psychedelic Space Rock, Progressive Electronic, Psychedelic Krautrock, Psych Ambient, and Kraut Symphonic Prog, as well as rock, jazz, electronic, blues, soul, folk and funk.

Much in common with Ashra, Pink Floyd, Ash Ra Temple, A.R. & Machines, Hawkwind, Nektar, Eloy, , Fripp/Eno, Agitation Free, Popol Vuh, etc and some Japanese psych perhaps. Their sound manages to be fresh and distinct from each of these bands, with a very creative and original musical sensibility. Some of the electronic parts show this band to be an early pioneer of both psychedelic/progressive electronic and psychedelic space rock a la Ashra (whom they preceeded by 2 years!), Pink Floyd (whose album 'Wish You Were Here'-1975 they preceded with their first 3 albums-all 1974 by 1 year!), Eloy (whose masterpiece 'Ocean' came 3 years later-in 1977), and Tangerine Dream (who released Pheadra the same year) More "song"-oriented than its successor.

Sounds in line with the German electronic, krautrock and symphonic genres, though an abundance of other styles are invoked here and there, with touches of French and English psych and electronic (they were an Italian band). Of interest is their use of simultaneous synth/keyboard and acoustic guitar. Just sublime, spacey rock!

Studio Album, released in 1974

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Smooth and round
2. Fullglast
3. Phase one and phase two
4. Underwater
5. The next place of nobody
6. Party day resistance
7. Leave my chemistry alone
8. Strange about the hands
9. Relative jump into water

Line-up / Musicians

- Keith Edwards / drums, percussion
- Franco Falsini / acoustic & electric guitars, synthesizers
- Richard Ursillo / bass, bass pedals

Release information

LP Polydor 2448 034 A

I am currently listing, or am in the process of preparing to list in the coming weeks and months, several thousand Japanese, Krautrock, French, Dutch and Norwegian and UK prog rock. I will also shortly be listing an extensive collection of Metal, Hair Metal, Heavy Metal and NWOBHM. If any of this is your bag, keep an eye on my site.

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