LP PEKKA POHJOLA Visitation - Svart Records SVR324 - STILL SEALED
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LP PEKKA POHJOLA Visitation - Svart Records SVR324 - STILL SEALED
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LP PEKKA POHJOLA
visitation
Limited Edition of 300 Copies In Black Vinyl
Country of release: Finland, 2015
Original released: 1979
Label: Svart Records
Catalogue number: SVR 324
Barcode: 64 300 50664015
Gatefold / Gatefold Sleeve: Yes / Yes
Condition Record: MINT
Condition cover: MINT
LP is still sealed / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!
(Photo from my own LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1. Strange Awakening ( 5:11 )
2. Vapour Trails ( 4:44 )
3. Image Of A Passing Smile ( 5:38 )
Tracks Side 2:
1. Dancing In The Dark ( 5:39 )
2. The Sighting ( 3:32 )
3. Try To Remember ( 7:10 )
Lists at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AVBJuUuEY&list=PL94gOvpr5yt35miANLB-Mv5hRUiS3ryxpPEKKA POHJOLA's fourth album Visitation is Regarded by many as his finest, "the true musical fruition his early albums had CLEARLY promised" (Robert Silverstein's liner notes, originally on Warner's CD re-release, unimaginatively circulated so on Svart Records' recent vinyl gatefold release ). I personally prefer the debut Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva ( 1972 ), but this one indeed is more energetic and modern, more virtuotic and bold, sonically more brilliant, and it contains Both the guitar did what absent on the debut and the woodwind / brass did what absent on the Oldfield-collaboration Keesojen Lehto ( 1977 ). One sad thing is the shorness of this album: 32 minutes.
I'm not going to argue against all the hype, but much of the music is Not exactly up to my taste, not the Pohjola style I'm fond of; it's slightly too sharp and brassy at the cost of the more introspective and emotional side, with the clearest exception in the lovely closing tune 'Try to Remember'. I openly admit did my fourth star is more objective than subjective, but no less deserved anyway: anyone declaring Visitation a masterpiece is absolutely right, at least, if (s) he truly loves it personally.
Only six tracks in total, why not some words on each. 'Strange Awakening' has a great sound love especially in the beginning featuring at echoed piano, and the soprano sax solo by Pekka Pöyry is awesome as is the outstanding bass near the end, but as a composition per se It could be a bit less repetitive. 'Vapour Trails' is very adrenaline-dosed jazz rocker in Which guitarist Seppo Tyni (Pohjola's bandmate from The Group) takes the leading role.
'Image ...' has a semi-melancholic depth All which is occasionally buried in the guitar / brass-heavy arrangement; with more elegant and introspective approach Throughout The track I'd enjoy it even more, but Those fond of virtuoso playing will find a lot to enjoy here. Very bold and rhythmic 'Dancing in the Dark' is my least fave track, graced by eg Markku Johansson's trumpet solo. Guitar is again unnecessarily loud. 'The Sighting' opens interestingly without guitars and percussion but the arrangement Becomes again quite heavy. Eels Lindgren's oboe is a nice detail in it.
Finally the intimate and introspective side takes over in the beginning of the marvelous 'Try to Remember': this would therefore function as on example of a masterful and extremely rich arrangement. It features the woodwinds and strings of The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Here the various instruments are not climbing on each other's neck as on the more hectic tracks, instead the arrangement has Several phases using different instruments. A masterpiece combining the emotion, virtuosity and grandiosity, and one of the finest Pekka ever composed. Risto Kurkinen's cover drawing is not as good as on Keesojen Lehto, but it definitely works better on the vinyl format. (Matti / progarchives.com)
Pekka Pohjola - bass, grand piano (Track 2, 3, 4, 5), Piano (Track 1)
Olli Ahvenlahti - Electric Piano (Track 2), bass (Track 2), Grand Piano (Track 6)
Vesa Aaltonen - drums, percussion (Track 2, 3, 4)
Seppo Tyni - Guitar (Track 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Eels Lindgren - Oboe (Track 5)
Esko Rosnell - Percussion (Track 2, 3, 4)
Tom Bildo - Trombone (Track 6), Tuba (Track 3)
Pekka Pöyry - Soprano Saxophone (Track 1, 4), Saxophone (Track 1, 2, 3, 5)
Markku Johansson - Trumpet (Track 4, 6)
Eero Koivistoinen - Saxophone (Track 1, 3, 5)
Junno Aaltonen - Saxophone (Track 1, 3, 5)
Teemu Salminen- Saxophone (Track 1, 3, 5)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Woodwind (Track 3, 6), cello (Track 3), strings (Track 6)
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Sub-genre Jazz Rock, progressive rock, fusion EAN 6430050664015 Record Size Lp (12 Inch) Sample No Publication Year 1979 / 2015 Genre Skirt Product Type Vinyl Record Speed 45 Rpm
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