Thursday, January 14, 2010

Arzachel - Arzachel - 1969



More excellent sounds from the Canterbury scene.  I'll post the Egg albums that followed (Egg & The Polite Force), as I'm partial to those (even though Steve Hillage had left by then).  More on this one from Prog Archive.com

"Comprised of what was then the band URIEL, this was the earliest formation of Steve Hillage and Dave Stewart. Arzachel had two things which helped it transition into the CD era: the music is a head above most other psych rarities, and the four musicians later achieved marginal success within the '70s progressive rock "Canterbury scene".

The record itself featured some of the most explosive psychedelia by an English group. The sound of sustained keyboard and guitar passages are full blown drawn-out psychedelia of the highest order, think Egg, Gong, National Health, Caravan, etc. Collectors of rare psychedelia recognize Arzachel's sole LP as being one of the most desired (and pricey) relics from the late '60s." - Prog Archives.com

Thanks to "Totem Songs" for the original.

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