SCARCE & MINT 1975 ORIG CARPE DIEM GREAT SPACY SYMPHONIC PROG GONG TRIPS

$ 45

$ 45 Sold For

Jan 29, 2012 Sold Date

Jan 24, 2012 Start Date

$ 10 Start price

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GREAT 1975 SPACY SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE

RARE FIRST PRESS!

CARPE DIEM

EN REGARDANT PASSER LE TEMPS

\ FRANCE - CRYPTO RECORDS - ZAL 6418

MINTY CLEAN =TOP COPY=

RARE and sought after Original 1975 first pressing of a great complex electrified progressive performance, highly rated by collectors...

CARPE DIEM were from the boarder of France and Italy, and as far as French prog bands are concerned they get mentioned up there with the likes of PULSAR, ATOLL, MAGMA, ANGE, etc. and with good reason. The band consisted of keyboardist/vocalist Christian Truchi, guitarist Gilbert Abbenanti, bassist Alain Berge, drummer Alain Faraut, and saxist/flutist Claude-Marius David

"En Regardant Passer Le Temps" is the first of only two albums and is generally regarded as the better of the two. This is one of the very few progressive rock albums you find that doesn't have flaws to speak of. Many times there are problems with bad production, bad vocals (or singing in poor English if they're from a non-English speaking country), an album getting hampered by a sappy ballad or two, awful synth sound, poor lyrics, or whatever, but none of that's to be found here! Christian Truchi has one of the more pleasant voices in French prog (a refreshing change, when you're accustomed to harsh French vocals, like that of ANGE).

The band has one of the more unique keyboard sounds out there, rather than the usual Hammond organ, Mini Moog, and Mellotron, Truchi used a Farfisa electric piano, an unidentifiable synth, and a string synth. So many times you see this band compared with GONG, or CAMEL, or SOFT MACHINE. Don't buy in to that at all, this has got to be one of the more original mid '70s prog albums. For one thing, the music is way more sophisticated than those besides what GONG did. There are plenty of complex played passages because of the presence of reeds, but plenty of spacy symphonic passages. The band is often placed under the "space fusion" category with the likes of early GONG , which is a bit strange, given CARPE DIEM was quite a bit more sophisticated. Expect more of a symphonic space prog album.

The album consists of only four cuts, but all are of the same quality, so it's really difficult picking out the best cut. Plus you can't beat the cover, which is very much in the style of M.C. Escher (done by Hubert Pattieu).

1. Voyage du Non-Retour (3:48)
2. Reincarnation (12:50)

II
3. Jeux du Siecle (10:10)
4. Publiophobie (9:54)

CONDITION: The Cover: Really nice and clean, well preserved all over, rated at M- with no problems, having a great look ... no split seams, no bends & no writing

The Vinyl: Very clean, M- looks and plays top of the heap ...clean Crypto labels

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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