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LOST MANKIND

Satin Whale

 

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4 stars Iīm surprised that 70īs wannabe, or in better terms, 70īs inspired bands like Flower Kings and Spockīs Beard gets a big number of reviews, while some of their matrix gets only 2 !? While classic italian progre seems to get the deserved recognization by the cult progreheads , many german and other countries 70īs gems remains obscure, even in the time of internet comunication facilities. For example a 4 1/2 stars german record like the 1975 MISSING LINK has only. 8 reviews here so far ...

Well I was introduced to Satin Whale around 1977 when the complete side 1 of "Desert Places" played in open air Rio de Janeiro legendary radio station ELDO POP. You may not believe, but at that time you could listen here a whole station dedicated to progressive music - at the most complete sense of the term progressive,that includes innovation and research -, the tracks were chosen from the vinyls like picking up diamonds in the Eldorado, I mean the Eldo Pop producers were highly professional music producers !! Some examples of the "hits" we could be delighted tuning Eldo Pop on : Museo Rosenbach, Utopia, Eloy, PFM, Gentle Giant, Íbis, Mandalaband, Trace, Druid, Greenslade, VDGG, Styx, Roxy Music... WOW the list goes almost to infinity. What was important to the producers was music quality. Thanks God, they were unpartial and NOT influenced by famous trademarks, instead they looked for great music. Even if one record had only some good tracks but overall was a weak record, they (Big Boy and friends) picked up the worth . Example : "Los Angeles" a 5 star track of a 2 star "Smogmagica" Le Orme album. But ELDO POP could not resist to the disco era and finished in 1978.

I agree with reviewer ELDO POP of Satin Whale "Desert Places",also when he says "...All the tracks are extremely energetic and well played, but not very complex....". The side 1 of this album was a well known Eldo Pop radio maniacs "hit", but I was recently surprised by the 1975 "Lost Mankind" album I didnīt know it so far. I donīt remember any track of this record playing in Eldo Pop radio, but I was delighted . The reviewer Hdfich says about it comparing to the previous "... but unfortunately they've lost some the power from their debut ...". To me "Lost Mankind" is not so straight driven like "Desert Places", itīs a more lyrical work : In "Lost Mankind" the tracks are more varied, lyrical and subtle, really a great work., it flows nicely to my ears, not heavily. Strong 4 stars album, on the other hand, If you compare with 2000īs Flower Kings and Spockīs Beard efforts, you could give more to "Lost Mankind" as itīs not a wannabe work, itīs a seminal, original well rooted and hystorical 1975 record. Hey, guys put more reviews about Satin Whale. The 1978 double live record is great too !!

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