COLLEGIUM MUSICUM:2 LP Konvergencie SLOVAK prog 70 s

	£		25
	$		33

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Collegium Musicum: „Konvergencie“ (OPUS 1971) stunning 2LP set with superb photo featurin Marian VARGA-keyboard player extraordinaire. This LP compare well to oferrings by RARE BIRD/NICE/ELP of the same period, but without the lavish excesses of the latter two. Dominated by keyboards, features some vocals by former Varga´s colleague of their previous band PRUDY. One whole side of one record is devoted to the Varga´selectronics called Euphony. This is an essential album of East European progressive rock. SUPERB ALBUM OF EARLY SEVENTIES, A MUST HAVE DOUBLE RECORD! ORIGINAL WHITE RED OPUS LABEL! ONE OF MY FAVORITE BAND FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN ERA!LONG TRACKS, FANTASTIC SOLOS!!! BETTER LIKE E.L.P. In 1970, the Slovakian group Collegium Musicum released their first EP, Hommage à J.S. Bach. That same year they produced their self titled debut LP. In 1971 came Konvergencie, a double album with four songs of about twenty minutes in length each. Analogue keyboards and reworkings of classical pieces can't help but remind one of Keith Emerson. The two major differences are that Collegium Musicum tends to concentrate on Baroque composers rather than Romantic, and they are more likely to meander off into an extended blues jam rather than rely on thorough composition. Here's the bad news. Firstly, if you don't like ELP, you probably won't like this album, but you probably guessed that anyway. Secondly, the lyrics in English are abominable, although neither of the two English tracks here were on the original album Konvergencie. Thirdly, the album tends to waffle on in a way that was only really acceptable in the early seventies. Extended periods of soft muffled noises do nothing for me. The good news is that there is some excellent music and musicianship on this album. Marián Varga's keys are the obvious standout, though I'd probably rate him as a couple of notches below Keith Emerson. "Suita po tisíc a jednej noci", which is a working of extracts from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherezade", at times works as well as anything like it. All in all, despite the fact that this album has some very good moments (it would want to, in over two hours), I can't get myself too excited about it. If you loved Pictures at an Exhibition, this album is definitely worth a listen; otherwise, I'd recommend looking elsewhere. Konvergencie 1971 - OPUS, 2LP PF 1972 (M. Varga - K. Peteraj) Suita po tisíc a jednej noci (N. Rimskij-Korsakov/ M. Varga, F. Frešo, D. Hájek, F. Griglák) Piesne z kolovrátku (M. Varga, F. Frešo, F. Griglák, D. Hájek - K. Peteraj) Eufónia (M. Varga) LINE UP: Marián Varga - organ, piano, subharchord, glockenspiel František Griglák - guitars, mandolin, vocal Fedor Frešo - bass guitar, bass mandolin, vocal Dušan Hájek - drums Pavol Hammel - vocal Children's chorus headed by I. Klochá? Recorded in studio of the Czechoslovak Radio at Bratislava, September-Oktober 1971 CD tracklist: P. F. 1972 01 22:33 Suita po tisíc a jednej noci 02 17:53 Piesne z kolovrátku 03 20:06 Eufónia
Condition: COVER: GOOD
RECORD : EX
NOTE:This is the original 1st press/white Opus label/





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