1974 Orig TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET 30 YEARS WAR Prog Psych

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                Hard Heavy Dreamy & Violent ... the Original 1974:

              TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET        

                     30 Years War

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RARE...original...1974 very first album by this tight hard prog psych crew with a sound somewhere in the mix of Il Balletto Di Bronzo meeting 1972 era Deep Purple and living up to their English translated name of "30 Years War"...The overall feeling is very melancholic and violent, having outstanding playing and short shades of beautifulness in it. Their instrumental sequences follow the logic of a dream, molding the record as a surrealistic nightmare. 

Includes the hard to find custom inner sleeve...

Starting on the very abrupt, raw, blunt, uncompromising Caledonian Origins  with a lengthy crazy intro where the groups seems to constantly change riffs before the song proper starts, Zima's vocals sounding like early Deep Purple Ian Gillan in his screams and scats and XXX in his normal singing. The following Roster... is a bit calmer and evolves slowly into a demented, intense ending where the mellotron (played by their drummer) underlines the crazy playing. The album's first side closes on the Butterfly Attitudes, which is their best-constructed song so far, where the King Crimson influences become clear (ever-present mellotrons helping of course) with terrific complex bass playing that drives the group.

Mina Lojen (My Smile) opens the second half of the album, showing the bands awesome potential, ending in great mellotron wash. Ur Djupen is very much like a 1972 era lost Deep Purple track (Zima's voice is certainly helping here with his scats), even if mellotrons lines were not Purple's attributes, Fredin's playing does remindes of Roger Glover's, using the same Fender Precision bass. The finale, Handligens Skugga (based on ancient-Greek philosophical text) starts slowly and dreamy to end fast and violent... again ...

The songs all feature various tempos and moods throughout, and plenty of odd times and jagged riffs. The keyboard sounds on a few songs are supplied by the incredible Mellotron.  With a loud powerful mix, actually, everything is loud in the mix, but it just adds to the 'arctic' vibe this music gives off. Crank it up !!!!!!

•   1. Kaledoniska orogenesen (5:20)
  2. Röster från minus till plus (7:54)
  3. Fjärilsattityder (5:26)
  4. Mina löjen (8:09)
  5. Ur djupen (3:46)
     6. Handlingens skugga (7:39)
       

CONDITION: The cover: fragile European production is clean and sharp  M-  ...the white cover is very clean and...white... no split seams, no writing no problems...nice copy from 37 years ago

The vinyl: is all clean and glossy M- clean and clear with NO problems... plays TOP level ...clean labels too.... Harder to find than you think!

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record