| RARE ORIGINAL LP RECORD HARD ROCK on RARE EARTH Label
POWER OF ZEUS
"The Gospel According To Zeus"
Original lp on Rare Earth label Stereo 1970( RS-516) Motown
NOT FOR SALE / PROMOTION ONLY PRESSED NEATLY ON BACK LEFT CORNER COVER!
One of the more obscure hard rock acts of the early '70s, Detroit's Power of Zeus became the first hard rock group to sign and record for Motown subsidiary Rare Earth, but theirs was hardly a successful relationship. The band that would become Power of Zeus was formed in 1968 by vocalist/guitarist Joe Periano, shortly after his release from the Marine Corps and while working at a Chrysler plant outside Detroit. A newspaper ad brought him together with bassist/vocalist Bill Jones, drummer Bob Michalski, and, through a moneymaking side gig with a local country band, Hammond organist Dennie Webber. Drawing most of their inspiration from British hard rock and heavy metal titans like CREAM ,BLACK SABBATH, and LED ZEPPELIN, as well as the era's pervasive psychedelic stereotypes, the quartet -- then going by the name of Gangrene -- became the unofficial house band at the Wooden Nickel club, where they were eventually spotted by a local manager.
Motown soon signed the band on the condition they find a new name, so both parties came up with Power of Zeus shortly before starting work on 1970's The Gospel According to Zeus LP. Although it failed to find an audience upon its release (the blame was generally laid on Motown's inexperience with recording and marketing heavy rock), the album has since become a hard-sought collector's piece and sampling favorite among crate-digging hip-hop producers. Of course, none of this did Power of Zeus much good at the time, and internal squabbles over musical direction and drug abuse soon split up the group. Periano moved on to briefly work for Motown, produced a LUTHER ALLISON album, and spent a few years performing live with ex-Temptation DAVID RUFFIN before retiring from the road. Sadly, Webber died from a drug overdose in the mid-'80s and Michalski followed him a decade later because of a brain tumor. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide
Track listing:
side one: 1- It Couldn't Be Me, 2- In The Night , 3-Green Grass and Clover, 4-I Lost My Love ,5-The Death Trip.
side two: 1-No Time, 2-Uncertain Destination,3-Realization, 4-Hard Working Man, 5-The Sorcerer Of Isis.
Condition: ORIGINAL Vinyl lp: NM to EX+ ( very few very light surface hairline scuffs marks..!).
Cover Jacket : VG+ (light ring wear-corners-well-fixed surface wear,neatly writing phraze on back cover and promo not for sale pressed on top left corner)!still looks pretty good.
Heavy rock and heavy drums -- a fuzzed out classic that's one of the best lost hard rock albums of the 70s! with plenty of tight work on the drums and some really monster bass!
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Records are graded visually.
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Number of Records/Weight
(including mailer)
CANADA:
QUEBEC: $6.99 (1 LP) - $9.99 (2-6 RECORDS)
ONTARIO: $7.99 (1 LP) - $11.99 (2-6 RECORDS)
ALL OTHER PROVENCES: $11.99 - (1 LP) $14.99 (2-6 RECORDS)
U.S.
(Air): $8.99 (1 LP - under .500kg) - $14.99 (2-3 RECORDS - under 1kg)
Expedited (with Tracking #): $16.99 (1 LP - under .500kg) - $19.99 (2-6 RECORDS 2-3: under 1kg)
INTERNATIONAL
(Air): $18.99 (1 LP - under .500kg) - $33.99 (2-3 RECORDS - under 1kg)
Please note that some heavier vinyl, gate-fold jackets, inserts, etc. may increase weight equivalent to 2 records.
LP condition GRADING system:
M (MINT) : Sealed, never opened or played, new in original package.
NM (NEAR MINT) : Near perfect copy, played only a few times. At worst it may have one or two insignificant flaws. This is the highest grade I give for a non-sealed (used) record.
EX (EXCELLENT) : Clean copy, slight surface marks/hairlines, cover has minor defaults.
VG++ (VERY GOOD++) : More surface marks, minor flaws, or cover wear, minor edge wear (cover). Nothing serious but is not graded EX because of few minor defaults
VG+ (VERY GOOD +) : Played a lot, will show signs of handling, has marks, possibly few light scratches but no jumps or sticks. Cover wear (light ring wear, heavier corner or edge wear on cover)
VG (VERY GOOD) : Used record, played a lot, has marks, few scratches, some crackling while playing and but no jumps or sticks. Still quite listenable. Cover may have heavy corner, edge wear or split seams
G (GOOD) : Played a lot and more (but still playable), lot of scratches, crackles a lot while playing, may have jump or sticks and cover is damaged...so not so good ! This record must be very rare to be proposed in this state !!!
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