THIRD EYE Searching LP/1970 South Africa/Freedom's Children/HEAVY PSYCH ROCK
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THIRD EYE 'Searching' LP (Germany, Shadoks, Catalogue #116) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited Shadoks label LP edition (edition of 500 numbered copies) of MEGA-RARE 1970 South African Progressive Psych Rock LP by Durban based band The Third Eye. Searching is the second of their three original album releases.
(NOTE: NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES ONLY!)
'With the help of many music friends and a lot of patience, we could finally arrange a deal to reissue the 3 albums by the South African band The Third Eye for the first time. The original pressing came out on Polydor. Perhaps Third Eye is the best band from S.A. with the most innovative and complex music. Most music lovers would vote Freedoms Children as the biggest influence in S.A. rock, but Third Eye will share at least half of that cake. In cooperation with Dawn Selby (Hammond organ) and her brother Ron (guitar), this project came to life again. They were based in Durban, a coastal city several hundred miles away from the recording and music hub of Johannesburg and started playing in 1968. The first album Awakening came out in 1969 when the female organ player Dawn Selby was only 14 years old. Just imagine her age when you listen to the amazing organ and piano tracks. Awakening was released in 1969 followed by 2 more albums Searching and Brother just one year later in 1970. What a musical output in such a short time. The band and composer must have sat on a volcano when they just waited to burst their music out onto the rock universe. The album Searching followed a year later after Awakening. Today originals of this album are rare as gold dust and, among two or three others, the most valuable collectors items from South Africa. Many collectors who have basically everything in their collection are missing this one. The music is heavier, the lyrics full of political statements, more psychedelic and a bigger step down into the musical underground. The 14-minute track 'Awakening' is really amazing, with tons of great organ parts and extra heavy fuzz-guitar.'
High-quality 180-gram vinyl pressing.
Tracks on this LP are as follows:
- A Sad Tail
- Selby's Hospitality
- Retain Your Half-Ticket
- Stagemakers
- Awakening
- I Can't Believe It
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