EARTHRISE s/t SEALED rare private press NJ prog psych ACID ARCHIVES
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EARTHRISE S/T STILL SEALED!!!
Super rare to find in sealed UNPLAYED condition. Here's a link to the album (not from this copy obviously):
Earthrise LP
From Prog Archives:
Earthrise biography
The year is 1975, the first golden era of Prog is at it's peak and three American musicians Kenn Pierog (Bass), Bill Drobile (Keys) and Greg DiDonato (Drums) decide to form a band that will be called EARTHRISE, a clear reference to the name of a CAMEL song even though they considered themselves more in the style of EL&P.
The band starts to play mostly live, but in 1977 in a small studio they release their first album just called Earthrise, but being that this was the first big project of the studio, they were disappointed with the thin sound of the album, so they only pressed 400 copies, some of which were sold and others were given to friends and after some gigs the bad splits in 1979 without recording a new album.
But the surprises begin, Earthrise becomes a collector's issue, reaching prices of $ 800.oo to $ 1,000.00 in auctions, and hidden fans contact the band asking for new albums that didn't existed.So in the year 2000 the band is reformed and they decide to make a new recording of the original music, sadly this was a huge problem, but being that people kept calling and the master tapes were missing, they make a remastered CDR from an old vinyl, that is being sold in their site with some success. Now, they have decided to release a new record, but the project is still on stand by.
I had heard that EARTHRISE was mostly an EL&P clone, but this is unfair,from the Youtube videos, I hear }some sort of CAMEL oriented band (More alive than CAMEL of course), with a massive use of Hammond Organ and keyboards that reminds a bit of EL&P, but in general terms is quite an original and fresh sound despite the years passed.
From Discogs:
Earthrise (2) ?– Earthrise
Label: Arceden Music ?– none Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock
Tracklist
A1 Eden's Child 6:45 A2 Arcturus 9:55 B1 Earthrise 5:50 B2 New Clear Dawn 10:08Credits
- Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Ken Pierog
- Drums – Greg Didonato
- Keyboards, Guitar, Lead Vocals – Bill Drobile
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progfan97402 June 26, 2013 This New Jersey prog rock band of the '70s deserved much better than a small batch of private pressings, this really should have ended up on Passport Records, just like Fireballet (another New Jersey band) did. Also Earthrise never made it as a CD reissue, this was the type of album begging to be reissued on Syn-Phonic. There was apparently talks that this was to be reissued on Syn-Phonic but it never came through. So that means you'll have to seek out the LP, which is not easy, nor do copies show up frequently. But I have the luck to hear it, and it's actually rather decent prog. They're a trio, so ELP is a frequent comparison, but Bill Drobile's keyboard playing tends to be more restrained, and frequently a nice spacy feel to go with his Moog playing. Vocals sound like your typical "American prog" vocals of the time. I've also seen comparisons to SFF, probably because of the keyboard department, but unlike SFF, no Mellotron (Earthrise would have sounded great with a Mellotron). Also it's nice to see an American prog band that didn't flirt with AOR the way Kansas and Styx does. So you don't have the commercial tendencies and FM-rock ready sound with Earthrise. The sound quality isn't the best, but I have the impression that these guys didn't have a big budget so they didn't have access to the best equipment. If this ended up as a proper CD reissue, I'm sure many more people will discover this band. I dig that '70s vibe of this album, and, while I don't think it'll totally knock your socks off, there are no bad songs, the only weak spot being the needless drum solo on "New Clear Dawn". Worth having for the die-hard prog collector.SHIPPING INFORMATION
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