lp EELA CRAIG

EELA CRAIG

Limited Edition of 2000 hand-numbered Copies

 

Country of release: Germany, 2015

Originally released: 1971

Label: Garden Of Delights

Catalog number: lp 019

Barcode: 4016342700191

Gatefold cover/gatefold sleeve: Yes/Yes

Includes 20 PAGES Insert

 

 Condition Record: mint

Condition Cover: mint

  lp is still welded / lp IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo from my own lp / Photo taken From my own copy)

 

 

Tracks Side 1:

1. New Born Child - Part 1   

2. New Born Child - Part 2 (7:45)

3. Self Made Trip (10:29)

4. Stories (4:39) (Bonus track, Single A-Side, 1974)   


 

Tracks Side 2:

1. A New Way (7:04)

2. Indra Elegy (11:43)
a. 1st Movement: From Nowhere   
b. 2nd Movement: Burning   
c. 3rd Movement: Elegy   
d. 4th Movement: To Nowhere   

3. Cheese (4:38) (Bonus track, single B-Side, 1974)

 
 
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This album would be very representative of The typeof oddballMUSICSTILL pervasive in 1971,ATime awayFrom even wilder musical trips To come,A rawer, morePsychedelic Woodstock eraSound (lotsof groove , baby) that would be played in countless underground European clubs (some not even serving alcohol, hint?) in those early days. I remember One in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland in particular that played this album often in its entirety. As was often The case then, The testing verve hadA tendencyTo veer off into something sublimeSide Of The sonic sky,ABreathless adventureof style and less form that could encapsulate everything FromA violinToA kitchen sink. This Austrian band From Linz had quite an impactOnThe prog community and pioneered many future prog methods in termsof pure progressive experimentation. But it will not come across as 21st century release by any stretch, rooted deeply in The prog-rock nativity as A baby step. "New Born Child" starts off with A swirling organ dirge that introduces both A painful birth (that howl is creepy) andA morose funeral procession. Halfway through A pulsating bass comes rumbling through, supremely confident while riding Hubert Bognermayr's electric piano and Harald Zuschrader's wild sax. Heinz Gestmair rippling guitar only adds more promenade To The puzzle. The 10 minute + "Selfmade Trip" is quite aptly named, A brooding, restrained, groovy little flight, The fuzzy/bluesy guitar laying downThe melodic spine, with some fab percussion work,A lazy lead vocal careening intoThe fray ("Acid pills no more than I have myselfTo play"),The Chugging section flips upThe tempo with The flute fluttering,The bass bopping alongFORThe ride. Yeah, groovy, man (as we used To say)! Just as mightily, The euphoria then abates temporarily, A quiet respite before anotherTourofThe garden (complete with tricky back-tape effects). " A New Way" is closer To West Coast psychedelia, withA laid back vocal andA butterfly flute carvingThe new routeof aural bliss and musical adventure (as perThe lyrics!). "Indra Elegy" is another extended hysterical trip into The land of Krautrock with vocalist Wil Orthofer pleadingHIS case with sincerity. The saturated effects On The ax add even more fearToThe electric piano musings,The rhythm section keeping it loosely tight,ifYou see what I mean. ( ). "Stories" is A warm cascade of string organ washing overA classy melody, thus inspiringA strong ITCOTCK?feel, asThe mellotron spews its lush melancholy. "Cheese" is probably well-named, as The Santana rip-off guitar induces initial amazement and abruptly metamorphoses into A languorous pastoral arrangement that introducesA massive male/female vocal duet that is pleasing in its simplicity (I guess that's what they meant by cheese!)
This is part of The pioneering seriesof rock groups that formattedThe futureof prog and even rockMUSIC along withKING Crimson, Deep Purple, Procol Harum and RoxyMUSIC , To name onlyA few. Thus it is required LISTENING FOR those who wantTo understand where today'sMUSIC cameFrom . 4 Linzer tortes. (tszirmay/progarchives.com)



Hubert Bognermayr - piano, vocals
Gerhard English - bass
Harald Zuschrader - Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Flute, Saxophone (Track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Horst Waber - drums, percussion (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Heinz Gerstmair - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Organ (Track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Wil Orthofer - Vocals, Saxophones (Track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Joe Drobar - drums, percussion (track 4, 7)
Fritz Ridelberger - Guitar, Vocals, Piano (Track 4, 7)
Hubert Schnauer - Flute, Mellotron (Track 4, 7)


 

 

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This album would be very representative of The typeof oddballMUSICSTILL pervasive in 1971,ATime awayFrom even wilder musical trips To come,A rawer, morePsychedelic Woodstock eraSound (lotsof groove , baby) that would be played in countless underground European clubs (some not even serving alcohol, hint?) in those early days. I remember One in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland in particular that played this album often in its entirety. As was often The case then, The testing verve hadA tendencyTo veer off into something sublimeSide Of The sonic sky,ABreathless adventureof style and less form that could encapsulate everything FromA violinToA kitchen sink. This Austrian band From Linz had quite an impactOnThe prog community and pioneered many future prog methods in termsof pure progressive experiment