'EARTHRISE' 12" LP by Earthrise - Mint & Sealed 1977 Prog Rock

$

710

Rare 'EARTHRISE' Progressive Rock Trio release from 1977

First pressing - Unplayed, Unopened, Sealed in Original Shrink Wrap!

First album (and ONLY album to date) from New Jersey progressive rock trio, Earthrise.  12" vinyl LP in original shrick wrap - unopened (Note: photos of record label is taken from another opened copy of the same album).  This is a true collector's item with global demand.

From Progarchives.com:

Earthrise biography
The year is 1975, the first golden era of Prog is at it's peak and three American musicians Kenn Pierog (Bass), Bill Drobile (Keys) and Greg DiDonato (Drums) decide to form a band that will be called EARTHRISE, a clear reference to the name of a CAMEL song even though they considered themselves more in the style of EL&P.

The band starts to play mostly live, but in 1977 in a small studio they release their first album just called Earthrise, but being that this was the first big project of the studio, they were disappointed with the thin sound of the album, so they only pressed 400 copies, some of which were sold and others were given to friends and after some gigs the bad splits in 1979 without recording a new album.

But the surprises begin, Earthrise becomes a collector's issue, reaching prices of $ 800 to $ 1,000 at auction, and hidden fans contact the band asking for new albums that didn't existed. So in the year 2000 the band reformed and they decided to make a new recording of the original music, sadly this was a huge problem, but being that people kept calling and the master tapes were missing, they make a remastered CDR from an old vinyl, that is being sold in their site with some success. Now, they have decided to release a new record, but the project is still on stand by.

I had heard that EARTHRISE was mostly an EL&P clone, but this is unfair. From the YouTube videos, I hear some sort of CAMEL oriented band (More alive than CAMEL of course), with a massive use of Hammond Organ and keyboards that reminds a bit of EL&P, but in general terms is quite an original and fresh sound despite the years passed.

A very good band that deserved a different fate.

Iván Melgar-Morey - Peru

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