RARE & CLEAN 1973 ORIG EARTH AND FIRE ATLANTIS - MELLOTON / ORGAN ATMOS PROG
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ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS
RARE 1973 ORIGINAL! ESSENTIAL PROGRESSIVE ROCK ADVENTURE!
Loaded with dramatic keys (mellotron) guitars and soaring Fem vocals
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EARTH AND FIRE
ATLANTIS
German - POLYDOR - 23 10 262
Machine stamp matrix A/1 B/2
MINTY SOLID COLLECTION COPY...rarity!
Original 1973 first pressing in lavish artwork cover ... this is the third Lp by the great EARTH and FIRE. Their first three albums are ALL real gems in early '70s progressive rock containing incredible memorable melodies laced within fantastic adventuristic playing...
Tuneful and rather seductive is Earth and Fire's Atlantis, a big heavenly album full of bright vocals and blithesome atmosphere you'd expect from Genesis or Yes at their most trippy. The sweeping nine part title is a well-planned collection of movements that samples symphonic rock, ersatz folk, romantic and highly infectious rock infusions and Giorgio Moroder-like drama. Jerney Kaagman's soaring voice captivates all the way through the album with the Koertz brothers firm compositions and more than competent vocal harmonies. 'Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight' is a good meeting of poprock/prog songsmithing with classic early '70s UK prog pageantry, and things slow way down for lugubrious 'Interlude' and 'Fanfare', helped by chiming 'Themes From Atlantis' as it parades proudly. As with many transition albums, "Atlantis" shows the group at its best in a perfect storm of conflict between at least 2 opposing forces. In this case it's the pyschedelic prog of its predecessor and the more infectiously crafted melodics material that would continue to impose itself in greater degree on the band throughout the seventies. Earth and Fire was somewhat unique in being artistically adept at both styles, although this album is very much to the more progressive side of their character. The title suite opens the album, and, similarities to "Song of the Marching Children" notwithstanding, it actually flows together better. Rather than having one awesome theme and a bunch of middling sections, Atlantis is pretty strong from beginning to end, and varies the tempo a little more, especially in the "Under a cloudy sky" part and its counterpart "Rumbling earth". The lead guitars are more prominent, with the omnipresent organ taking a bit more of a back seat. "Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tonight" is the first hint at quality song craft, albeit with a progressive heart in its 5:46. Chiefly it is the chorus that tells us where Earth and Fire wants to go, as it is simple and catchy. But "Fanfare" is quite the opposite, a mysterious mellotron drenched song much closer to their progressive roots. "Love Please Close the Door" is a fascinating call and response between Jenny Kaagman and the band, one of the more intriguing tunes in their repertoire, once you get past the fact that it has no flow in it at all per se. While perhaps not as emblematic of an era as was "Song of the Marching Children", "Atlantis" is a more consistent album that sees Earth and Fire forge its own style even as it grapples with changing it in order to keep from becoming lost in the ocean of 70s rock.
1. Atlantis (16:21)
...a) Prelude - 0:53
...b) Prologue (don't know) - 3:19
...c) The rise and fall (under a cloudy sky) - 2:41
...d) Theme of Atlantis - 3:40
...e) The threat (suddenly) - 2:10
...f) Destruction (rumbling from inside the Earth) - 2:57
...g) Epilogue (don't know) - 0:41
2. Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight (5:46)
3. Interlude (1:48)
4. Fanfare (3:33)
5. Theme from Atlantis (1:51)
6. Love, please close the door (4:12)
CONDITION: The cover: laminated cover is clean, rated: M- TOP COPY with quite stunning colorful graphics ... a beautiful collection cover containing no alarming issues
The vinyl: both sides are TOP M- looks and plays beautiful ... both Polydor labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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