PENTWATER S/T RARE '78 US ORIG CHICAGO PROG LP w/INSERT

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"PENTWATER"  1978 US ORIGINAL ISSUE PRIVATE PRESSING CHICAGO AREA PROGRESSIVE ROCK LP, BEEF RECORDS ORIGINAL WITH INSERT!

RARE! I HAD NEVER HEARD THIS LP UNTIL TODAY AND IT WAS QUITE AN EAR-OPENING EXPERIENCE. I WAS EXPECTING THE USUAL CHICAGO BAR BAND CLONE OF STYX, KANSAS, SUPERTRAMP ET AL, BUT THIS BAND AND THIS ALBUM IS SO FAR BEYOND THAT TRITE CATEGORY WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY FITTING INTO THAT WIDE GENERAL GENRE IT IS HARD TO PINPOINT.

WHILE LISTENING TO THIS I DEFINITELY HEARD VERY STRONG SHADES OF QUEEN WITHOUT ANY OF FREDDIE'S HYSTRIONICS, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE VOCAL HARMONIES, AND YET THERE WAS A SORT OF SUPERTRAMP THING GOING ON BUT WITHOUT THAT WHINY ROGER HODGSON VOCAL ANNOYANCE. MORE LIKE SUPERTRAMP THE BAND WITH SOME OF THE MELODIC THINGS IN THE VOCAL LINES WITHOUT THAT 'ANGELIC' HIGH RANGE LEAD VOCAL THING THAT BUGS ME ABOUT SUPERTRAMP.  AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN HEAR A BIT OF YES IN THE PERFORMANCES AND EVEN IN SOME OF THE VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS. OCCASIONALLY THE LEAD VOCAL REMINDS ME JUST A BIT OF JON ANDERSON BUT I HEAR THAT AS A POSITIVE NOT A NEGATIVE.  GREAT DIVERSE SONGWRITING, VARIES FROM POWERFUL TO DELICATE, NEVER OVERBEARING OR CLICHE, CREATIVE AND YET VERY MUCH A PART OF THE PROGRESSIVE SCENE, AND VERY VERY BRITISH OR EUROPEAN SOUNDING RATHER THAN MIDWESTERN AMERICAN LATE 70'S FM TRASH. QUITE A SURPRISE. NO WONDER THIS ALBUM IS HIGHLY REGARDED AND DRAWING SOME SERIOUS COLLECTIBLE ATTENTION! 

ANYWAY, HERE'S A REVIEW I FOUND ON LINE. I DON'T AGREE WITH ALL OF IT AND WILL MAKE EDITORIAL COMMENTS WHERE I FEEL NECESSARY:

"Pentwater formed in 1970 in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and toured the Midwest and East coast throughout the 70's, headlining their own concerts and backing Rush, Hawkwind, Starcastle, Journey, REO, and more. By 1979 the band quit the road and concentrated on studio work and songwriting. Often called "musician's musicians" for their playing talents and tasty chops in their compositions......  and their 1977 debut (original copies of which go for over $500) (ED: copyright date on most of the songs on the album as shown on the lyric insert is 1978 not 1977) The Pentwater sound carries influences of the early 70's UK prog rock scene of such bands as Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis, ELP (ED: maybe in the Greg Lake songwriting style but Pentwater does not remind me of Keith Emerson), and some of those legendary Vertigo bands with some contemporary classical elements. Surprisingly their sound does not hint at anything related to the usual 1970's Midwest prog sound of Styx, Kansas, or Starcastle (ED: I agree, thank God!), though for comparison sake they come closer stylistically to the music of Happy The Man, Mirthrandir, and/or Echolyn.  On the surface one could call their music hard rock or spacey rock, (ED: definitely not 'spacey' this has both feet firmly on the ground, it's not 'Dream Theater' but it is miles away, pardon the pun, from Kansas) - this is complex music with layer upon layer of instrumentation and vocals. Pentwater developed their own sound and stuck with it, and this makes them all the more intriguing. (Absolutely!) One of America's finest progressive bands and highly recommended." (Ditto!) 

CONDITION DETAILS:

• PARTIAL COVER WEAR RING
• SOME LIGHT CORNER TIP & SEAMS SHELF WEAR BUT NO SPLITS
• NO WRITING, NO STICKERS
• BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN LABELS
• PLAYING SURFACES ARE VERY NICE & CLEAN, HAS SOME INNER SLEEVE DUST TO CLEAN OFF OTHERWISE BRIGHT & SHINY
• ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT IS NICE & FLAT

TRACKS:

• A.M.
• LIVING ROOM DISPLAYS
• MEMO
• ORPHAN GIRL
• FRUSTRATION MASS
• VALENDRODE
• WAR
• GWEN'S MADRIGAL

SOLID VG+ TO VG++ COVER, NEAR MINT LP!

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