TOP PSYCH Exploding HEAVY Krautrock "VIRUS" THOUGHTS BLAZING GUITAR/HAMMOND
  $   285

 


$ 285 Sold For
May 5, 2024 Sold Date
Apr 28, 2024 Start Date
21   Number Of Bids
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  • Super-Rare 
  • ORIGINAL 1971 FIRST PRESS

  • HEAVY KRAUTROCK PILEDRIVER
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  • = VIRUS =
  • Thoughts

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  • Germany- PILZ (Mushroom) - 2021102-9

  1. RARE & WANTED !!!
  2. TOP MINTY 1971 ORIGINAL
  3.   SUPER HARD TO FIND MINT CLEAN '71 FIRST PRINT
  4. Awesome grinding jamming heavy-psych progressive, filled with wasted underground krautsound ... 

  6. VIRUS: Driving guitar riffin', mixed & led by Heavy Hammond Organ and gritty rough vocals that fit perfectly.
    VIRUS were and still are one of the more popular early 70's "Krautrock" bands having made two highly praised and highly desired albums.
    Both     VIRUS albums, their 1971 "REVELATION" and 1972 "THOUGHTS" are radically different though in same heavy underground mode, "Revelation" has more of a killer acid-rock approach while "Thoughts" is more of a serious world classic Deep Purple style highlighted in self written tunes fueled by scorching guitar & roaring Hammond organ battles. As mentioned the tough gritty vocalist fits that bands style as they burn through both album sides. VIRUS "Thoughts" focused on a more direct hard rock approach representative of the PILZ ("mushroom") label’s heavy rock groups, similar to McChurch Soundroom and Dies Irae. However, it can be argued that VIRUS were far superior to both in terms of instrumental dexterity and a stronger compositional base. In fact “Thoughts” stacks up with the best of the German heavyweights like "Orange Peel" or "Twenty Sixty Six and Then." Gushing Hammond Organ and blazing guitar are the solo instruments of choice, and most of the tracks rock relentlessly hard. There is a striking similarity to all the songs, that if not paying close attention, can begin to run together. What separates VIRUS from others, is a strong melodic sense, and a contrasting light touch concerning the rhythms. The organ is sometimes played with complex time changes. Tracks like ‘Mankind, Where Do You Go To?’ and ‘My Strand-Eyed Girl’ are good examples of this song style. Rest assured, each track is chock full of blazing guitar and organ solos, while the rhythms section goes berserk trying to match the intensity. In this way, they resemble UK heavies like Warhorse or Atomic Rooster. Even a little Canterbury quirkiness can be spotted i.e. "Egg."

    OVERALL     VIRUS "THOUGHTS" is a great album and a must for the collector of early 70s Heavy German Psych-Rock
A
King Heroin 5:37
Mankind, Where Do You Go To 5:00
Theme 0:21
Old Time Movie 4:16
Butterflies 4:26
B
Take Your Thoughts 6:13
Sittin' and Smokin' 2:56
Going On 4:32
Deeds of the Past 2:13
My Strand-Eyed Girl 4:13
  1.   CONDITION:

  3. The cover: rated: M- fabulous laminated gatefold, in glowing perfection!! Near impossible to find this clean, having 4 sharp corners, full colors, museum quality and mind you not likely to be found easily !
  4. There are NO delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing
  5.  there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...
  6.  Get it while the chance !

  1. The vinyl: Rated: near M- super-clean and also TOP-enjoyable...
  2. both PILZ labels are clean ... Absolute FINAL COLLECTOR COPY




A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
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