YEZDA URFA BORIS original 75 PRIVATE PSYCH PROG DEMO NM

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2,381

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A VERY RARE ORIGINAL LP COPY (NOT THE "ANAZITISI" 180G REISSUE!) YEZDA URFA "BORIS" LP FROM 1975. THIS PRESSING ON PRIVATE LABEL WAS USED AS A DEMO TO TRY TO SNAG A RECORDING CONTRACT. (READ REVIEW BELOW FROM: GNOSIS AND HISTORY FROM YEZDA URFA BAND MEMBER) VINYL IN NM / JACKET IN NM. A NICER COPY OF THIS GEM WOULD BE VERY HARD TO COME ACROSS, IF EVER AT ALL!  THIS IS A REAL BEAUTY!!

"This was a demo album put together by ourselves. We had wanted to make a good recording, showing off our music, with the hope that someone of influence would eventually hear the album and get us a recording deal. It finally happened, but it took over 10 years and long after the  band's demise...

This album was recorded in about three days in a professional studio in Chicago. However, this studio was normally used for commercials and other, more "normal" recording, and they were quite amazed at our music, our long hair, and our crazy antics.

Three of the five pieces on this album were reworked and appeared on our second album, Sacred Baboon. There are only a few copies of this album left".Unfortunately, this item is out of print. It has become a collector's time. Some copies have sold for thousands of dollars. You may find a copy occasionally offered on eBay". - YEZDA URFA BAND MEMBER

Mike McLatchey 27-April-2001 Boris
"Unheralded in their day and basically only known now for their belated second album Sacred Baboon, Yezda Urfa were one of the finest American progressive rock groups of the 70s. Their extremely rare debut album Boris has long been an in-demand collectors item and for good reason. It shows the band in a slightly rawer early stage performing five tracks that would later be rearranged for Sacred Baboon. Sacred Baboon, of course, is a very fine album in its own right, but I prefer Boris for its more immediate intensity. Yezda Urfa's brand of dazzlingly complex, Yes-influenced symphonic rock is an exercise in mad genius and rare dexterity. Often played at frantic speeds, the quintet rips through long (except the banjo stomp "Texas Armadillo") compositions of key and time changes like they spent every minute of those years practicing them. Suffice it to say that there isn't a second of this that doesn't awe you with their prowess, as they tear mercilessly through 32nd note speed riffs, contrapuntal craziness and jagged start/stops. It all leaves one completely breathless in the end and ready for more. Although the album is a $1500 collectors item. One of progressive rock's last unreissued masterpieces"

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GOLDMINE GRADING STANDARDS

MINT-It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect  (FYI- I ONLY GIVE THIS GRADE TO SEALED LPS)

NEAR MINT-Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS-The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully.  On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD-Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD-Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR-Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.

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