EGO ON THE ROCKS ACID IN WOUNDERLAND UNPLAYED ORIGINAL

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Aug 8, 2010 Sold Date

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U.S. BUYERS SHIPPING MEDIA $ 5.50 PRIORITY $ 7.00 BOTH WITH A TRACKER. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PAY ACTUAL COST ( ESTIMATE $ 15.00 - $ 16) ADDITIONAL RECORDS ( $5 ) COMBINED SHIPPING ALWAYS HONORED. RECORD COVER EXCELLENT . RECORD MINT - NEVER PLAYED. JUPITER RECORDS . CATALOG # 6.24692 STEREO . PICTURES ON MONDAY. In 1979, Eloy released one of their finest albums, Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes in an era where I didn't expect much great prog rock coming out. I would have thought after Ocean it was all downhill for Eloy, but not at all. After Silent Cries, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal left the band. That didn't provide a problem for Eloy, they simply brought in some new members and surprisingly, in the dark days of prog, continued releasing some of the finest prog to be released in the early '80s with Colours and Planets that can hold their own with the stuff they did in the late '70s.

Frank Bornemann claimed the reason for Schmidtchen and Rosenthal's departure from Eloy was their egos. Well, I'm certain there's also the usual musical differences as well.

The duo recorded as Ego on the Rocks and released Acid in Wounderland in 1980 on the Jupiter label. Schmidtchen handled all instruments and vocals, except for drums, of course, which was handled by Rosenthal. Schmidtchen didn't seem to have that heavy German accent of Bornemann, and he also demonstrates quite well his abilities on guitar, since he was originally a guitarist, and it was basically his time with Eloy that allowed him to shine on keyboards.

There are some cuts on this album that aren't too far from the late '70s Eloy sound like "7 to 7 or 999 to 99 Hope" and "Unallgemene Bestürzune", but on a cut like "Erected Error" there are some Tangerine Dream or Jean Michel Jarre-like synth rhythms that would be out of place on an Eloy album. Another cut, "Mystik +1+9+8+0" is another piece that sounds quite a bit different from the Eloy sound. "Asylum" is by far the most catchy piece, once again showing the Eloy influence, especially the heavy use of string synths and Minimoogs. Throughout the album, you hear lots of snippets from German and American radio, movie and TV broadcasts, the stuff in English is obviously the American stuff.

If you own the Second Battle CD reissue, then you get treated with lots of bonus cuts, apparently from a never finished second album. Unfortunately my CD reissue did not come with those bonus cuts, only the eight cuts that made the original Acid in Wounderland album.

After Ego on the Rocks, both Schmidtchen and Rosenthal had retired from music, it's no wonder why they didn't participate in the Chronicles I and II projects (that were mainly re-recordings of late '70s to early '90s material), or appeared on the 1998 sequel to Ocean called Ocean 2: The Answer.

Acid in Wounderland certainly proves that this duo was able to hold their own without Eloy and it's great stuff!