Space Opera - 1972 Columbia 2 Eyes Unipak Original - Track Sheet Inner Sleeve
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The Time Has Come to Auction Off A Sizable Portion of My Collection Each Album is an Original Not A Modern Reprint Unless Specified These Have Been In My Library For 40 Plus Years Inner & Outer Sleeved and Played with Loving Care I Have Play Tested Both Sides of These Prior To Posting Them
Space Opera – Space Opera Label: Columbia – ES 90116 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Canada Released: 1972
Red "2 Eyes" Columbia Label. "360 Sound" Cover is UNIPAK Gatefold
An obscurity from day one, Space Opera is an overlooked classic-rock wonder. Three of the four members of Space Opera (Philip White, Scott Fraser, David Bullock) had previously recorded a stellar country-folk gem in Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit, and Greenhill. As good as that record was, they were still green compared to the fully developed band (adding drummer Brett Wilson) they would become by 1972.
From Forth Worth, Texas, but recorded in Canada, Space Opera forged a familiar rock sound in an unheard context, combining blissful three part harmonies with searing guitar leads and righteous, intricate jams. This is appropriately billed as “12 string prog rock”. References to the Byrds and Zappa abound in reviews. Though it is a must; Space Opera combines these musical forces like nothing You have ever heard before. Still, if you have ever hankered for the sounds of local FM radio rock, this is an album you won’t believe didn’t hit the airwaves.
“Guitar Suite” is the album’s instrumental centerpiece that successfully merges prog and country rock during every moment of sound; gnarly double-tracked harmonica and tape effects stealing the show. The recordings are so warm it’s as if the master tapes were filtered through a rainbow of vintage tape machines, and the flutes on “Outlines” even sound suspiciously mellotron-esque. Some of the beauty to this record must be owed to the warmth and grit that you just can’t get with modern digital technology.
Tracks: Side 1 1. Country Max (David Bullock) - 3:19 2. Holy River (Scott Fraser) - 5:26 3. Outlines (Philip White) - 4:11 4. Guitar Suite (Scott Fraser, David Bullock, Philip White, Brett Wilson) - 7:38
Side 2 5. My Telephone Artist (Has Come and Gone) (David Bullock) - 3:46 6. Riddle (Philip White) - 3:07 7. Prelude No. 4 (Philip White) - 3:52 8. Lookout (Scott Fraser) - 2:47 9. Blue Ridge Mountains (David Bullock) - 2:13 10.Over And Over (Scott Fraser) - 5:54
The Space Opera David Bullock - Vocals, Flute, Harmonica, Guitar Scott Fraser - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards Philip White - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards Brett Wilson - Drums, Percussion
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