LP AZITIS Help - Re-Release - MISSING VINYL MV039 - STILL SEALED
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LP AZITIS
Help
Limited Edition Of 750 Copies
Country of release: Greece, 2015
Original released: 1971
Label: Missing Vinyl
Catalogue number: MV039
Barcode: -
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Nein/No
Condition Record: MINT
Condition Cover: MINT
LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!
(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1. Creation / Lord I Saw You Cry (6:09)
2. There Is An Answer (3:43)
3. Who Will Be (3:22)
4. The Prophet (6:08)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Time Has Passed (4:56)
2. From This Place (3:27)
3. Hope To Save (3:59)
4. Judgement Day (4:45)
Listen At YouTube:
Azitis was a California quartet featuring "Don Lower" (vocals, bass guitar), "Michael Welch" (lead and rhythm guitar, flute), "Dennis Sullivan" (organ and piano), and "Steve Nelson" (vocals and drums). Originally known as Help, until threatened with legal action by the British band (on "Decca Records") of the same name they changed the name in Azitis (pronounced "as-it-is" from a reference to the biblical verse, "Thy will be done on earth [azitis] in heaven").
The band was first conceived in 1966 by Sacramento-area musicians "Don Lower" and "Steve Nelson".
"Don Lower" had cut his musical teeth playing in two of the area's better 60s Garage Rock outfits, "The Cambridge Coroners" and "The Roadside Business", and after "Don Lower" met "Steve Nelson", the two formed a songwriting partnership.
By 1969, the band had reached a level of quality that necessitated the production of recorded music.
After signing to Sacramento's own "Elco Records" in 1969, the enormous volume of original songs made it difficult to choose which to produce.
After many performances and audience reactions, two compositions were chosen and a date was reserved for the recording session: "Life Worth Living" backed with "Questions Why".
From there, the four-piece changed its name to Azitis, and in 1971, the band cut its first and only full-length, "Help" ("Elco Records" SC-EC-5555, 1970), a Christian Psychedelic classic.
Swirling with mood-driven organ work and spirited vocals, "Help" is a full-blown Psychedelic affair.
Opening with the aptly titled "Creation", "Help" floats through a series of biblical themes, including the Fall, Judgment Day and the Revelation, backed by some of the day's trippiest Fuzz guitars and most weirded-out phasing.
"Help" is one of the very best Christian Rock records.
This album reveals hidden depths with each listen. The dreamy, laid-back vibe will appeal to Psychedelic fans, but at first hides the abundance of melodic ideas.
After a few listens you'll be drawn in by the excellent vocals, consistent sound and thoughtful lyrics.
It's often quite dark, but the groove isn't depressive.
With the supervision of "Roger Hamilton Spotts", engineers, "LaMont Bench" and "R.S. Owens", at the "Pavillion Studio's Inc" of Vallejo, California, the "Help" album took shape.
The arrangements followed a continuous path, only interrupted by the mandatory spaces between songs, (to the disappointment of the group, since re-mastered with no spaces between songs). Designed as a 'Rock Opera'.
With a run of 1000 copies stopped due to "Dennis Sullivan", who was suddenly struck with the smell of success, and fled from the group, leaving no reason or explanation.
Azitis and the recording company were left scrambling for ways to salvage the production.
It resulted in company losses, and contributed to it's eventual closure. The remaining three went on to add a new member, piecing together a solid group, but too late to keep the momentum going.
The addition of "Zeke Nuez", not only added a strong keyboardist, but also strong woodwinds, to the new sound.
Azitis worked new material into the show, and toured without the support of a discouraged record company. Finances, were strained, and soon this group was dissolved.
From the liner notes on album:
"From long hours of hard work, revising, jamming, improvising and re-arranging, these four young men are only beginning to master an unmatched uniqueness in today's rapidly changing music scene. With a sound as original, there is no way to go but up. They write and arrange their own music and they know how to play it. They have a message to convey and they know how to say it. They are poetic, yet simple, deep, yet relaxing. Their music and lyrics have a strength and a power to them that suggests a sort of mystical realism that is maintained from the first note of the "Creation" of LORD I SAW YOU CRY to the fadding rhythm of JUDGEMENT DAY. There is no end to the realistic and new way they put their music across. signed: John Cole, President ELCO Records". (psychedelic-rocknroll.blogspot.de)
Michael Welch - Guitar, Flute
Donald Lower - Vocals, Bass Guitar
Dennis Sullivan - Keyboards
Steve Nelson - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
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