M- 1974 ELOY FLOATING Hard Heavy ACID Psych PROG

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Aug 30, 2009 Sold Date

Aug 27, 2009 Start Date

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~ 1974 ORIGINAL RARE COLLECTIBLE ~

HEAVY PSYCH/SPACE THRILLER!

"INSIDE"

ELOY

\ GERMAN - HARVEST RECORDS - C 062 29-521

NICE CLEAN SCARCE original 1974 FIRST PRESS on the Harvest label in laminated cover...this is the powerful psych rocker, the most intense of all Eloy albums, released within highs of the Krautrock scene

Eloy has been most probably of all German progressive bands the most successful one, at least in an international frame. Many times they have been entitled as "German Pink Floyd". They certainly can be considered one of the best German bands of the early 70's. During the band's career they've shown a quite interesting development from progressive heavy bluesrock on their debut over psychedelic space rock ala Floyd into more symphonic type of Prog on their later releases like Dawn, Ocean and Planets.

There are similarities in their 2nd (1974) Lp "Floating" from from their (1973) first, 'Inside', since both albums belong to the same period of Eloy's career. The overall feeling is while 'Inside' is mostly introvert, dreamy and outworldly. 'Floating' has its dreamy parts, too, but overall it's a very intense psych-rock, high-energy project. Those who are looking for the more spacey side of Eloy might get a bit disappointed, but the sheer electric intenseness will surely bring pleasure to ones head. There is, however, one song, the epic fourteen-and-a-half minute 'The Light From Deep Darkness' which contains all the elements of Eloy's music. This is a brilliant composition, with excellent psychedelic organ & acid guitar solos, and, like in the whole album, a very tight and precise drum-bass section. The intensity and amount of music in this early Eloy album is trully staggering. 'Plastic Girl' is not as long as 'The Light...', but long enough to allow space for excellent improvisation. Frank Bornemann's vocals are excellent and nicely blending with the music. Long guitar jams are quite abundant here. 'Floating' is quite adventurous; not as well 'defined' as most other Eloy albums, but with short themes and expanded jams than often have little to do with the main theme. The two guitar-based songs 'Castle in the Air', and 'Madhouse', for instance, change themes and style in dramatic complex movers. The closing guitar solo in 'Madhouse' is staggering. The opening title track immediately introduces the listener to the hard, distorted sound of what's to come, so you have a fairly good idea what to expect after the first track "Floating".

All said, this is an excellent set and if you are looking for hard psych rock with imagination, you need look no further...

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"Floating" – 3:59
"The Light from Deep Darkness" – 14:35
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. "Castle in the Air" – 7:13
"Plastic Girl" – 9:07
"Madhouse" – 5:15

CONDITION: The laminated cover is "EX" (excellent), no seam splits, no bends and no writing anywhere

The vinyl is very clean and clear grooves, M-

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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