1969 Deram EAST OF EDEN SNAFU - Exotic Prog Psych
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1969 Deram Records *VINYL* Original PROG EXOTICA
EAST OF EDEN
>> SNAFU <<
...USA - DERAM RECORDS - DES 18043
Hard to find CLEAN....collection copy here....
Original 1969 VINYL first pressing on the popular collected old DERAM Records label...home of the early flood of hip underground prog & psych bands from England...
Here we have EAST OF EDEN...a strange exotic band with blends, where you get an outburst of electric violin, flute and saxes combined with Bela Bartok and other classical, oriental and even gypsy tunes always of course on a heavy rock basis.
In this album, the bands sound feels patently more solid while sticking to its peculiar combination of blues-rock, psychedelia and progressive. The prog label is usually stamped on this bands name together with Procol Harum, Gracious, Beggars Opera and others, the fact is that East of Eden displays a lesser interest in stylish sophistication or classicist influences in favor or a more trippy-friendly sort of endeavor regarding their instrumental travels. Perhaps a connection can be drawn with the electric side of 71-71 Jade Warrior. Snafu is an equally rough and complex album: the roughness comes from the energetic fruition created among all instrumentalists, while complexity is based on the adventurous spirit instilled in the main motifs expansions. After a catchy blues-rock piece such as the gracefully pedestrian ‘Have to Whack It Up, comes a jam full of Arabic undertones titled Leaping Beauties for Rudy / Marcus Junior, where the dual winds steal and reshape the limelight as they go on and on. Arbus, who had made his violin shine on the first track, now states abundant traces of bluesy feel on his tenor sax opposite the more exuberant deliveries on soprano sax by Caines. For the jams closing climax, Arbus brings back his violin, providing an enhanced exquisiteness to the track. Much of the same is kind of reiterated in the following piece, albeit with a more deliberate complexity. Things get started with a soundscape of various (Xhorkom), followed by a Middle Eastern section on a 6/8 tempo titled Ramadham, quite ethereal; finally, ‘In the Show for a Blow’ explores an exercise on jazz-blues similarly to 68-69 Colosseum, especially regarding the exulting vibe. This is definitely a highlight of the album. Uno Transito Clapori is another creation from the engineers desk, this time distorting violin and sax lines in a way that it World have made Faust or Can proud. The albums second half starts with Gum Arabic / Confucius, yet another Arabic-based jam with bluesy undertones: some frenzy moments reveal thundering passages on flute and sax, while the frame elaborated by the drums, guitar and bass keeps things firm in the basic structure. Nymphenberger is another favorite of mine. Its first part has a robust starting point, eventually reprised for the closing climax; in between, there is a sung portion very focused on the bluesy vibe that East of Eden feels so comfortable in, and it also contains a few guitar leads. This is as close as East of Eden gets to primitive Jethro Tull. Habibi Baby / Boehm Constrictor / Beast of Sweden starts with a new reversed tape intro, after which a very free-form improve emerges with heavy doses of fire and aggressiveness, ultimately focusing on an explosive rocking dynamics. The last track is Traditional, which I believe is an old mass song with an East Of Eden swing...
1. Have to Whack It Up (2:20)
2. a) Leaping Beauties for Rudy
...b) Marcus Junior (7:02)
3. a) Xhorkham
...b)Ramadham
...c)In the snow for a blow (8:07)
4. Uno Tansito Capori (2:28)
5. a) Gum Arabic
...b) Confucius (8:18)
6. Nymphenburger (6:15)
7. a) Habibi Baby
...b) Beast of Sweden
...c) Boehm Constrictor (6:22)
8. Traditional: arranged by East of Eden (1:36)
CONDITION: The cover: is hard to find this nice, and usually found with much cover wear, this 41 years old original is "EX" (excellent) with solid seams, no bends, no writing...has but a little small bump on top right corner (very minor) and little bit light shelf wear starting at boarders on back cover(very minor), vastly clean front & back -- good one for collection purposes with no upgrade necessary....
The vinyl: is M- clean, both sides and labels are clear. Should please everyone and a nice collection keeper...
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