1974 UK Orig TEMPEST IN FEAR HARD PROG PSYCH BLUES
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TOP COPY BRITISH ORIGINAL WITH DIE CUT COVER
POWERFUL MELODIC 1974 HEAVY PROGRESSIVE
TEMPEST
LIVING IN FEAR
...UK - Island-Bronze Records ILPS 9267
CLEAN, scarce 1974 Original first pressing in striking die cut cover...the hard to find (this clean!) second album by the mighty TEMPEST, not released in the USA...
Formed by drummer Jon Hiseman in 1972 after the break up of COLOSSEUM, TEMPEST were formed when Hiseman brought in an at the time very young guitarist by the name of Allan Holdsworth, with Mark Clark (bass) and Paul Williams (vocals) completing the band. Clark had also been a member of COLOSSEUM. Paul Williams had played with JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS and JUICY LUCY.
Cream's influence on the heavy psych and blues scenes was about as deep as it gets, as evidenced by the seemingly endless throngs of Baker, Bruce and Clapton impressionists during the late 1960s...TEMPEST created a mix with the power of CREAM then utilizing the groups skilled musicians from the progressive scene and bonded a dynamic prog/psych/hardrock sound....
SIDE ONE starts of with the hard rocking "Funeral Empire" which sounds pretty much like Cream indeed was an underlying influence. The beauty of this song can't be explained in plain words and the track is rather original. "Paperback Writer" is a herd-edged and faster version of the famous Beatles single. It's very similar to the original but cooks just right with added heavy guitar solos; the Beatles never had near the power of Tempest. "Stargazer" again written and performed very originally. The wonderful leading riff reminds of the mood created on Led Zeppelins "Trampled Under Foot" ( Physical Graffiti). This track's delivers a nicely haunting bridge and a series of bluesy guitar solos. "Dance To My Tune" closes the first side. It's a hardrock song with a very interesting middle section which becomes quiet and builds up majestically and erupting to a climax towards the end. This is the longest song of the album (nearly 8 minutes).
SIDE TWO: "Living In Fear" is a blues song of a melodic masterclass.The chorus is fantastic and beautifully keys-driven. "Yeah Yeah Yeah" begins with a short smashing drum intro and is again melodically a very strong song with Beatle-like vocal harmonies. The use of the double bass drum is highly effective. "Waiting For A Miracle" has got a magical multiple guitar solo. The verses sound like 60's psychedelic rock with some keyboard parts between the lines and in the closing section. Incredible stuff! "Turn Around" begins with lots of odd (cello-like) guitar effects and turns out to be a pretty complex and heavy song. Between the vocal parts we can hear a couple of unbelievable guitar fillings.
Tempest consists of three highly skilled musicians. Living In Fear is a supreme selection of catchy songs. Tempest "Living IN Fear" contains important ingrediants with structure, melody and style fusions within their fields of excellence. It's difficult to put this band in a certain category as they combine blues, a bit of jazz, (hard)rock, 60's psychedelic rock with progressive-rock overtones. 'Turn Around' are the final lyrics of this record and that's exactly what you may be apt to do. Turn the LP around (back to side one) and listen to it over and over again.
1. Funeral Empire (4:26)
2. Paperback Writer (2:49)
3. Stargazer (3:36)
4. Dance To My Tune (7:49)
5. Living In Fear (4:17)
6. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (3:39)
7. Waiting For A Miracle (5:18)
8. Turn Around (6:10)
CONDITION: The cover: The specially designed gatefold cover looks beautiful, and in TOP shape, it's M- withno bends, no split seams and no writing ...the original store price sticker is on front cover (and easily removable if desired) ...
The vinyl: all shiny over both sides...there may be some inner sleeve paper scuffs, so "EX" (excellent) visual and play grades strictly M- audio: "nice and clean" .... the labels are both clean
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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