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 RARE and CLEAN 1969 UNDERGROUND ROCK

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                    OMEGA

                10,000 Lepes

                      

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                  HUNGARY - QUALITON -17400

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*best* condition we've ever had, this is a notoriously fragile gatefold cover that nearly always (if found at all) is wrinkled, bends, etc - here a beautiful survivor - very little evidence of prior use.

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Rare & hard to find TOP COPY 1969 original in lavish gatefold cover ...

Omega is one of the most popular Hungarian bands ever, catching on with the European underground rock scene, including global fame releasing albums in the early 70s the "Krautrock" scene . After a nice psychedelic first album ("Freddie The Buglar & The Terrible", 1968), they released, "10,000 Lepes" one of their ultimate classics.

The album equally resounds prog and hard rock, which were both at their very beginning at the time. In other words, Omega were not mere followers, but great musicians, perfectly synchronized with the expressiveness of Western rock giants.

The line-up at the time was a sextet, built around singer János Kóbor and keyboardist-composer Gábor Presser. They produced a surprisingly colored music, which incorporated a lot of existing styles and predated some others.

Here you can find devastating hard boogies ("Tűzvihar", "Félbeszakadt koncert"), bizarre improvisations ("Kérgeskezű favágok"), esoteric blues-rock with interesting backing arrangements ("Tékozló fiúk", which kinda reminds of Arthur Brown's "Fire"), pleasing uptempo folk songs ("Petróleum lámpa"), and epic martial progressions ("Tízezer lépés").
The most popular song is "Gyöngyhajú lány" (transl. "The Girl with Pearly Hair"), one of the anthems of Hungarian rock music, a wonderful progressive rock ballad.

10000 Lépés highlights are some musically and lyrically very strong compositions like the incredibly catchy Petróleum lámpa or the progressive Gyöngyhajú lány which is their most well-known one. There are also hard-rock jams, like the long Kérgeskezű favágok.

The songs are a mixture of various elements of hard rock, psychedelia, progressive rock and The Kinks-like baroque pop themes. Overall, it's a wonder in itself that an album like this came out behind the "Iron Curtain."

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Petróleum lámpa

 Gyöngyhajú lány

 Tűzvihar

 Udvari bolond kenyere

 Kérgeskezű favágok

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Tékozló fiúk

 Tízezer lépés

 1958-as boogie-woogie klubban

 Spanyolgitár legenda

 Félbeszakadt koncert

CONDITION: The cover: Rated: near M- almost impossible to find this 50 year old cover this clean without bends and wrinkles. Very colorful but fragile gatefold is in *best* condition possible here. There is only light evidence of previous careful use. The seams are solid, no seam splits, no faded colors, no bends, no writing ...   

The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY, real clean and plays perfect without surface problems.   overall full of bright shine and overall played very enjoyable here - and should for you as well. Both "Qualiton" labels are in solid shape, no writing or dirt/soil

           

                         

                    OMEGA

                10,000 Lepes

                      

   A cool addition to anyone's music library! 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..

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