LP WATERLOO First Battle (Re) Absinthe Records ARLP 509 MINT/MINT
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LP WATERLOO
First Battle
Country of release: France, 2017
Original released: 1970
Label: Absinthe
Catalogue number: ARLP 509
Barcode: -
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Nein/No
Condition Record: MINT (Unplayed)
Condition Cover: MINT
Tracks Side 1:
1. Meet Again (3:02)2. Why May I Not Know (3:07)
3. Tumblin' Jack (2:34)
4. Black Born Children (3:42)
5. Life (2:45)
6. Problems (2:59)
7. The Youngest Day (7:33) (Bonustrack)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Why Don't You Follow
Me (3:30)
2. Guy In The Neighbourhood (2:54)
3. Lonesome Road
(2:49)
4. Diary Of An Old Man (10:55)
5. Plastic Mind (4:26) (Bonustrack)
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Regarded as one of the best European progressive rock albums from the 70's, the sole release by Belgian group Waterloo was originally released on the Vogue label and is a highly collectable item being paid obscene sums in the collector's market.
Released in 1970 and entirely sung in English, this brilliant album is a blend of progressive rock and heavy prog, with obvious Jethro Tull influence but with something else really of their own, making of it a very special album.
We're very pleased to present the first ever official vinyl reissue of such a classic of the European progressive rock history, in high quality reissue standards including an insert with extensive liners and photos (guerssen.com)
One of the rarest early progressive rock records came out in Belgium back in 1970. It was titled First Battle and was recorded by a band who called themselves Waterloo. Original copies of their one and only album now sell for over $2,000 on some auction sites. This five-piece band had obviously been playing together for a while before the album was recorded.
There are a variety of styles on display here, suggesting that the ten songs that make up First Battle were written over the course of a few years.
Take “Meet Again,” the opening track. This organ-heavy slice of psychedelia feels like vintage 1968, and could have slotted in nicely on the Small Faces’ Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake. Waterloo then immediately dive into the bombastic territory of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” on the very next cut, “Why May I Not Know.”
From there the band cruise into some of the more laid-back, flute-driven sounds of psych-folkies like the Incredible String Band, with “Tumblin’ Jack.” Diversity is definitely a quality this group embraced, and the rest of the record continues in this disparate vein.
The original LP version of First Battle closed with the ten minute “Diary Of An Old Man,” which is a big departure. This is clearly the “love it or hate it,” song in their repertoire. It is a basic blues, with lengthy guitar, organ, and flute solos dominating.
Fans of the aforementioned bands, plus contemporaries such as Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, and Genesis should enjoy Waterloo.(blogcritics.org)
Jean-Paul Janssens - Bass
Jacky Mauer - Drums
Gus Roan - Guitar
Marc Malyster - Organ
Dirk Bogaert - Vocals, Flute
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