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    Posted: March 16 2010 at 04:45
Stumled over this interestinglooking 1968 album in a second hand store a couple of moths ago, and bought it for about  2, 50 €.  They only released this selftitled album, which I've already know by heart. Its the kind of psychedelic nugget-treasure I've almost given up on finding any more of.  I was re-released on CD  in 2008.

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Hey, you, wait, stay





The already mentioned last track, “John Flip Lockup” is perhaps the most exceptional cooperative approach, an over 6 minute visionary collage, but in fact the album is a real treasure for compositional surprises progressive.homestead.com.  

I wish you all could hear the six minute endpiece somewhere, but its not on either myspace or youtube. I guess it could be either Protoprog, Psychedelic/space or Progfolk. I think of it as protoprog in the same way as Family's debut or the Beatles 67-69-albums (combined with United States of America's 1967 album). Short, catchy songs with bizzare, quirky arrangements and packed with ideas.


Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 05:04
I might as well add the fourth stunner out there on youtube (Hey, You, Wait, Stay is embedded by request, for some reason. Just click on the title), although this selection gives you the impression of a gentler album than it really is:

 
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Points: 17573 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 08:56
thanks for the suggestion Rocktopus Smile
listened to the myspace samples
I hear pop songs provided with some bizarre arrangements and little psychedelia flavour
although an interesting call neither suitable for a prog music subgenre ... nor for proto prog imo


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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 09:03
I'll be hearing those asap - but what genre/page do you think they'd fit, Christer?

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Points: 19618 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 09:07
Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I'll be hearing those asap - but what genre/page do you think they'd fit, Christer?

Thanks for the suggestion Thumbs Up
 
And I'll have to wait until the W-E to hear Christer's suggestionsCry, because I can't open myspace and listen to music from work since they upgraded  the adobe thingie.Ouch
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keep our sand-castle virtues
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as well as a thinker,
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 09:50
We'll have to search for the full album, indeed, as the YouTube samples sound like nicely orchestrated 60s pop.

BTW the link to PsychProg is broken; this is their homepage: http://https://www.psychprog.com/indexs.htm
There, you need to type "Daughters Of Albion" in the Search field and it'll find the album. Their website doesn't allow direct linking to albums.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I'll be hearing those asap - but what genre/page do you think they'd fit, Christer?


Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

I think of it as protoprog

Originally posted by Rivertree Rivertree wrote:


listened to the myspace samples
I hear pop songs provided with some bizarre arrangements and little psychedelia flavour
although an interesting call neither suitable for a prog music subgenre ... nor for proto prog imo



Well, you have to get  the whole album to decide on that. Those who put the three tracks on that myspace page didn't do it to get the band into PA.
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Points: 32690 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 15:59
I haven't listened to the album in quite a while, but based on recollection I think it could be considerable for Proto-Prog.  I plan to spin it ere long.  Good album.
Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2010 at 02:53
This does make more sense if listening to the whole album. It's up to the Admin Team, now.
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