Sold Date: April 25, 2015
Start Date: April 14, 2015
Final Price: $19.99 (USD)
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Buyer Feedback: 73

"First time vinyl reissue of 1974 doom-laden psyched-out progressive rarity. Visitors was the brain-child of French producer/composer/genius, and enfant terrible Jean-Pierre Massiera. In 1974, he recruited a group of nineteen musicians (most notably jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, who made an indelible mark on Magma's 1975 live album), to record his latest compositions. Massiera had been impressed by violin-fronted jazz-rock acts such as the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jean-Luc Ponty. He decided that his new psychedelic nightmare should be a concept album on the theme of extra-terrestrial contact. It is a truly startling mix of prog, psych, fusion, and zeuhl elements, with complex arrangements and grandiose vocals. Massiera kept the basics: keyboards (Hammond organ and mini-Moog), guitar, and rhythm section. That said, he also insisted on a type of vocal polyphony, with voices singing in unison or performing call-and-response echo effects in the style of Vanilla Fudge. To push it further, Massiera peppered the album with special effects. Samplers were non-existent, which meant that he had to transfer location-recorded found sounds onto the master-tape by hand! The Visitors album that resulted from this musical alchemy is a dark and doom-laden psyched-out masterpiece: other-worldly, with outer space violins, burning guitar leads, layers of lysergic organ, and twisted choral voices creeping up on you from behind the shadows. It's hardly surprising that it has attained cult status around the world!"
Shipping Information: LPs: In the USA: Media mail: $4.00 for the first LP, $1.00 for each additional. Rest of World: Items are shipped via priority mail international.  PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE before paying if you are making an international order.  The eBay calculator does not work properly.  Generally LPs are between 10 and 20 USD depending on how many your order. LPs are shipped in an LP mailer with front and back cardboard pads. CDs and DVDs: In the USA: $3.00 for the first CD, $.50 for each additional.  Usually shipped first class.  Large orders may be shipped media mail. Rest of World Items are shipped via priority mail international.  PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE. CDs are shipped in a standard bubble mailer. Books: Due to problems in the past, I only ship books to the U.S.  If you want to try to convince me to ship a book somewhere else, contact me.
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