NICO- THE MARBLE INDEX 1968 ORIG WHITE LABEL PROMO VELVET UNDERGROUND DARK PSYCH
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RARE 1968 ORIGINAL WHITE LABEL PROMO!
"NICO- THE MARBLE INDEX"
1968 Elektra EKS-74029 label
The condition of the cover is a nice EX, no splits or writing! The condition of the WHITE PROMO LABEL disc is a nice EX+, very close to my top M- grade, and it plays great! Also includes the original Elektra Records inner sleeve!
SCARCE, sought after and clean 1968 first printing = ORIGINAL on the WHITE LABEL PROMO Elektra label that includes the original printed Elektra inner sleeve...
probably the most creepiest & morbid of Nico's works...there's definitely something unsettling lurking beyond the murky depths ...
The Marble Index was Nico's second album, a complex and challenging work which could be described as a mixture of gothic-folk, neo-classical and avant-garde, recorded and released in 1968. The album featured long-term associate John Cale, who had worked briefly with Nico during her stint in The Velvet Underground. They would work together again many times in subsequent years. Cale had an extensive background in the world of the avant-garde, having worked with minimalist composers. Cale and Nico here created an album that radically deviated from traditional rock music song structures. Cale said it was the first rock album to do so. He also said that The Marble Index had "made a seminal contribution to the body of modern classical music".
Nico wrote all her own songs on this album and accompanied herself on the harmonium, which has also been referred to as an "Indian pump organ". The lyrics are typically dark and the subject matter far different to the cliched themes of most songs written at that time - and indeed since. The arrangements are abstract and, musically speaking, "cold". The effect is akin to the psychological sound experimentation of famous electronic and serial composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen.
The Marble Index has been described as a "nightmare in sound". It has influenced a wide array of genres in contemporary independent music. Numerous contemporary goth bands have all cited Nico as a seminal influence. Here Nico's Gregorian chant melodies, cryptic lyrics, and wavering harmonium combine with always sparse, consistently absorbing arrangements and eerie background sound effects (courtesy of fellow Velvets exile John Cale) to create a singular work fresh from the mausoleum.
While Marble Index is occasionally tedious, give a listen particularly to "Lawns of Dawns," "Frozen Warnings," and "Evening of Light," and you will feel like you are peering into HELL itself.
MARBLE INDEX is a truly creepy and morbid-sounding album. You and your friends definitely won't be bringing this along to the Halloween party at that abandoned, decaying mansion on the dead-end road.
RARE 1968 ORIGINAL WHITE LABEL PROMO IN NICE KEEPER CONDITION!
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