ROTOMAGUS The Sky Turns Red: Complete Anthology 2xLP/1969-1971 France/Psych Rock

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ROTOMAGUS 'The Sky Turns Red: Complete Anthology' Double LP (US, Lion Productions, Catalogue #LION LP-121) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited Lion Productions label Double LP collection of complete recordings (singles and unreleased demo LP), circa 1969-1971, of French Heavy Psych Rock/Proto-Punk by Rotomagus.

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

"There's no way to know why CBS Records unceremoniously dumped Rotomagus and the Chico Magnetic Band after one single apiece; suffice to say that decision was a poor one, as both bands have (quite rightly) developed a cult-like following over the years. All in all, the artistic trajectory of Rotomagus was peculiar: they started out as a harmony pop-psych band, shifted through a brief Jimi Hendrix-ian interlude (The Sky Turns Red), straight into a Vanilla Fudge groove; they then went down in flames as a hair-raising monolithic heavy rock power trio. On Julian Cope's excellent Head Heritage web-site, the Seth Man raves about Rotomagus thus: 'The first time I heard this track ("Fighting Cock"), I did not freak out. I merely walked into a nearby closet and screamed my head off for a minute solid, beat the floor and ripped my t-shirt... then I cowered when it hit me: this thing came out in 1971? Before Raw Power?! I just lost my mind... The only thing that predates this monster in terms of being a full-on amassing of all things heavy are all the many key points on Sir Lord Baltimore's Kingdom Come LP and THAT'S it, brother.' French magazine Rock & Folk was succinct: 'Rotomagus create an emotional music, violent, even aggressive.' Violent. Aggressive. Intense. On this disc we bring you the entire output of Rotomagus, including an album-length demo from 1971, the band's tumultuous, thunderous swansong, recorded as a super jam (live with no overdubs). Hard to believe this is all pre-1971, as much of the demo is not just proto punk but proto hardcore - with enough fiery attitude to make you want to scream along. The vocals are wild, while the guitar riffs and grinds and approaches a Stooges via Motorhead apocalyptic grandeur."

Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:

LP 1) The unreleased demo:

• Laureline
• Little Green Man
• Fighting Cock
• The Sky Turns Red
• Runnin' For Life
• I Dig Life
• Shout Now
• Hello The Binaries
• The Flufluting Flatmul

LP 2: The singles:

• Le Haut du Pave
• Nevada
• Eros
• Madame Wanda
• Fighting Cock
• The Sky Turns Red
• Laureline
• Porquoi les Hommes

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