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2LP TWENTY SIXTY SIX AND THEN
Reflections On The Future
Limited Edition Of 500 Copies
Country of release: Greece, 2017
Original released: 1972
Label: Missing Vinyl
Catalogue number: MV043
Barcode: -
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes
Includes Insert
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. At My Home (5:02)
2. Autumn (9:05)
3. Butterking (7:20)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Reflections On My Future (15:47)
2. How Would You Feel (3:22)
Tracks Side 3:
1. Winter (Demo 1970) (7:17) (Bonustrack)
2. I Saw The World (Demo 1970) (4:30) (Bonustrack)
3. The Way I Feel Today (Studio – Live Version) (11:15) (Bonustrack)
Tracks Side 4:
1. Spring (Duet for Two Hammonds) (13:02) (Bonustrack)
2. I Wanna Stay (the Munich Sessions) (3:59) (Bonustrack)
3. Time Can’t Take it Away (the Munich Sessions) (4:40) (Bonustrack)
Listen At YouTube:
So you kind of dig
those early hard-rocking so-called "proto-prog" bands but don't think they
musically explore enough, or you love the early works of the classic Symphonic
Prog bands but wish they had a bit more hair on their chest and weren't afraid
to make a bit more noise? Then German band Twenty Sixty-Six and Then and their
English language debut album `Reflections on the Future' from 1972 might be just
what you're after, a Mellotron and Hammond-dominated rocker that incorporates
traces of early Genesis and Van der Graaf Generator to their crossover of late
Sixties/early Seventies rock sounds, plus a touch of Beggars' Opera and Nektar
with traces of psychedelic and space rock explorations also worked into their
punchy fuzzy tunes.
`At my Home' is a fairly typical `proto-prog' up-tempo
and relentless rocker, all Gagey Mrozeck's wild snarling electric guitar, Veit
Marvos and Steve Robinson's Hammond organ (both are credited to keyboards
throughout), Dieter Bauer's mud-thick bass, Konstatin Bommarius's thrashing
drums and a confident, raucous vocal from Geff Harrison (who is actually
English, and would later be involved with other German prog-related groups such
as Tritonus and King Ping Meh). It's a reliable and addictive opener that Atomic
Rooster and Deep Purple fans are sure to love, but the best is yet to
come!
`Autumn' holds a dreamy introduction of electric piano tiptoes and
Mellotron wisps that rise into grand symphonic veils over humming Hammond organ.
It kicks to life with chugging guitars full of bite and reveals a heavy
symphonic piece full of frantic little bursts, and listen to the way Harrison
emulates Peter Gabriel's raspy croon in the final minutes! Retaining a trace of
flighty hippie-rock to its fantastical lyric, `Butterking' constantly bombards
the listener with booming Mellotron blasts, instantly reminding of the heavier
moments of Van der Graaf Generator, and there's plenty of lengthy passages of
runaway piano soloing, sillier vocal spots that again invoke Peter Gabriel and
frantic organ pomp and whimsy backed by boisterous rumbles of drums to remind of
`Trespass' era Genesis.
The flip-side's almost seventeen minute title
track `Reflections on the Future' is mostly a free- wheeling Beggars Opera-like
fancy and prancing vocal/organ tune that gets attacked with a throat shredding
lead vocal and long bouts of histrionic guitar wailing, but it eventually drifts
into ambling deep-space freeform sonic explorations ala early Pink Floyd or
Nektar's `Journey to the Center of the Eye' debut. Finally, drenched in scratchy
Mellotron and glorious piano, short closer `How do you Feel' both vocally and
musically reminds of the stately Van der Graaf Generator and Genesis moments
with its murky regal dignity, instantly calling to mind both Peter Hammill's
overwrought drama and Peter Gabriel's wounded melancholic wail, and the chorus
could have easily fit on the first few Genesis albums.
Despite additional
recordings to what ended up on the LP (some of the bonus tracks here hint at a
strong E.L.P/The Nice/Triumvirat-like bombastic dexterity), the band would sadly
split up mere months after its release, leaving behind only this first-rate work
that's in desperate need of some belated extra attention! If the above described
mix of Sixties/Seventies sounds and proto/symphonic styles sounds enticing, then
there's no higher recommendation than `Reflections on the Future', something of
a lost classic from the vintage prog period. Five stars.
(Aussie-Byrd-Brother/progarchives.com)
Geff Harrison -
Vocals
Gerhard Mrozeck - Guitar
Steve Robinson - Keyboards
Veit Marvos
- Keyboards
Dieter Bauer - Bass
Konstantin Bommarius - Drums
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