NIAGARA AFIRE VERY RARE ORIG GERMAN-ONLY '73 FINGER RECORDS AFROBEAT LP

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·       NIAGARA - AFIRE (GROUP'S THIRD AND LAST STUDIO ALBUM) - ORIGINAL GERMAN-ONLY PRESSING - ORIGINAL 1973 FINGER RECORDS STEREO LP 2960 102

·       ORIGINAL GERMAN PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED FINGER LABEL WITH WHITE TOP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST GERMAN PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (EUROPEAN STYLE)

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

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Klaus Weiss is the man behind the group, a drummer who was widely admired by many an American musician and who actually appeared onstage with the lies of Cecil Bridgewater, Johnny Griffin ad Herbie Mann. Unlike many other jazz drummers, and the reason he is of such interest to krautrock fans, is that Weiss was anything but a conserveative in his musical pathways and his creative explorations. World music was an attraction to him as was rock, although the latter was a genre that grew more important because it was sign posted by his hero, Miles Davis.

Niagara was a percussion project delving into rock, jazz and world rhythms that was also known to have a revolving door policy in terms of the band line-up. Every album seemed to feature an almost new band set up.

This release was the band’s third and final album. Released in 1973, it featured George Brown, Sabu Rex and Norman Tolbert – all percussionists – plus Dave King (he of Embryo and Toto Blanke). King adds flavour but the core of the album, composed and arranged by Weiss, is the percussion which projects a complex interplay between pure beats and content. At times, sounding like it has been sliced from a Santana arrangement, the band can sit deep into a funky groove and work the rhythms from there, on longer pieces. Moving a little to the left, a little to the right the group can introduce an almost hypnotic thread into their work which plugs right into the krautrock aspect of their approach.

A track like Terpsichore has a layered conglomeration of beats and rhythms that almost seems to move ahead of its own accord after a while as the group introduces elements of variation that doesn’t build into any false crescendo. It just…is. And becomes more wonderful because of that.

An energetic and, at times, mesmerizing album.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

Track list

A1 - - What For - 2:28

A2 - - City Walk - 4:34

A3 - - Terpsichore - 6:14

A4 - - Rhythm Go - 2:45

A5 - - Carnival - 2:33

A6 - - Malanga Two - 2:41

B1 - - Rolling - 2:18

B2 - - Dance In Seven - 3:44

B3 - - Bangu - 1:41

B4 - - The Third One - 3:22

B5 - - Afire - 5:20

Recorded At – Bavaria Musikstudios

Credits

Bongos – Sabu Rex

Congas – Norman Tolbert

Congas, Timbales [Tymbales] – Charlie Campbell*

Drums, Percussion – George Brown

Drums, Percussion, Timpani [Tympanis], Composed By, Arranged By, Producer [Produced By] – Klaus Weiss

Electric Bass [Fender Bass] – Dave King

Engineer, Mixed By [Remix] – Wolfgang Löper

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE VINYL IS IN DECENT, VERY GOOD (VG) CONDITION. CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in clean, playable condition. There are a few surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters) and a few others that might cause short periods of pops and clicks, specially during the low, quiet passages.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       THE COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.

-        Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams

-        Cover has two corners slightly worn (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER

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