ZAKARRIAS - ZAKARRIAS - HARD / BLUES / PROG ROCK - NEW
£
30
$
40
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
ZAKARRIAS - ZAKARRIAS - HARD / BLUES / PROG ROCK - NEW
Country Out Of Reach Who Gave You Love Never Reachin' The Unknown Years Sunny Side Spring Of Fate Let Us Change Don't Cry Cosmic Bride
After many years of mystery, turns out Zakarrias is an alias for an obscure Austrian singer slumming in London named Bobby Haumer, and most of the material came from a former power trio known as Salt. That band featured Hawkwind's Huw Lloyd-Langton on guitar and future Steamhammer member John Lingwood on drums. After Salt fell apart, Haumer was surprisingly offered a deal with Deram, where he re-purposed the material with a makeshift band including winds player Geoff Leigh (later of Henry Cow) and Peter Robinson (Quatermass) on keyboards. There's way more to the story of course, as told in great detail with the Cherry Red CD, but in effect that's the backdrop. The album wasn't promoted, and as such it barely sold any copies, hence its incredible rarity today.
The music is certainly an odd mix of folk, blues, hard rock, and progressive. Haumer's vocals really do possess a Robert Plant tone, and thus the Led Zeppelin references are credible (think LZ III). And knowing these tracks were initially written with a hard rock band in mind, the compositions do make more sense. But given all the acoustic guitars, piano, and flute, the material seems just a bit off from the presentation. And that's the charm I guess.
WHY NOT CHECK OUT MY EBAY STORE -
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Vinyl-and-CD-World
THERE YOU'LL FIND AROUND 2,500 NEW ROCK, PSYCH, BEAT, R&B, JAZZ, SOUNDTRACK AND AVANT GARDE TITLES - BOTH IN VINYL AND CD FORMAT - INCLUDING MANY QUITE HARD TO FIND ITEMS.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH YOUR ORDER - PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE OPENING A CASE WITH EBAY. IT WILL BE A GENUINE ERROR AND I WILL DO MY UTMOST TO RESOLVE IT FOR YOU
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS MY TRADING POLICY
ALL ITEMS ARE SENT IN NEW CARD MAILERS AND I GET PROOF OF POSTING FOR EACH ITEM
OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE I ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
FINALLY THE GRUMPY BIT - I WILL FILE NON-PAYER REPORTS WITH EBAY AND LEAVE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T PAY WITHIN 7 DAYS.
price rating
