Light Of Darkness - Light Of Darkness 1971
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Artist: Light Of Darkness
Album: Light Of Darkness
Released: 1971
1998 Second Battle
Genre: heavy progressive
Review:
I was very doubtful whether I should include this Scottish group in the German rock section or not, but as they had a German drummer, were based in Germany and their album only was released in Germany, I think it is justified! If you don't have this album, buy it at once, it's an all time classic! This is a heavy progressive garage rock masterpiece with such a bizarre vocalist, his voice makes Captain Beefheart sound like Art Garfunkel! The line-up was: John Latimer (vocals, piano, organ, percussion), Byron Grant (guitars, fiddle), Mike Reoch (bass, flute, piano, harmonica) and Manfred Bebert (drums, percussion). Their only album included a freaked version of "Soul Francisco" as well as self-written, thunderin' blues-rock classics such as "Movin' Along" and "Freedom's Fight". A stunning party record! The album came with impressive, absurd cover art. Original Phillips copies now sell for 400 DM or more. The album was re-issued in 1981 on ZYX in a single sleeve with completely different artwork. Luckily, Second Battle put it right again in 1990, when they released 1,000 copies of the album featuring the original cover plus and insert with information.
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A sombre Scottish band with a German drummer, specialising in moody progressive rock, though without too many niceties or frills. Most tracks are somehow based on a riff or else do not have any complicated harmonies or structures. There are quite a few long improvisations and these tend to get on your nerves after a while, because they mostly have very little direction and almost no dynamic variation. Probably this was deemed more fitting to the German public of the early seventies, but they likewise failed to make much of an impact over there. A few better spots notwithstanding, this is unfortunately nothing special and in places even sounds like listless variations on Black Sabbath. Hardly a venture to warm your blood or tickle your faculties.
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Track List:
01.Movin' Along
02.Love In Your Heart
03.Ain't No Place Where I Belong
04.Soul Francisco
05.Freedom Fight
06.Time
07.Down 'N' Out
1971 by this mainly Scottish band based in Germany. Heavy psychedelic blaster with some excellent lead guitar flourishes. Long prized by collectors of mind numbing German '70s acid rock.
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