EMMANUEL BOOZ:Dans Quel Etat J'Erre(polydor France 1979)his 4th ,his rarest,his best and his last LP ...

3 extended prog/psych long tracks with multilayered keys,violent electric guitarleads...this album ranks among the best

French progressive rock albums that have not seen the light of day on CD format. One can already tell with the three pieces, one side-long, that Emmanuel Booz has gone for a much more complex and innovative style and has signified this by dropping his first name...the backing musicians on this Lp are generally much more obscure than on "Clochard" , although there is a

great violin duel by Didier Lockwood and Jean-Louis Mahjun that adds to the recognizability factor...the music is dark, complex,progressive rock with all sorts of time & key changes,an approach that "Clochard" hinted at times, but never quite

reached...it's actually surprising that a musician who would spend so much time working on vocal-oriented compositions would so drastically turn to such an instrumentally dominated work of music...this is prog/rock at its finest, the melodies are anything but obvious and also seem uncommonly researched, the structures are often constantly in motion and changing from measure to measure, and there is a palpable sense of adventure...it's no surprise that Booz's vocal work here is the closest to Ange of the four albums, but even Ange never created a work of such obvious dissonance and experimentation...in fact the only Lp even close to this amazing work of art only hint at the edges, such as the eponymous album by Arachnoid or the weird vocal experiments of Philippe Doray...it's an amazing success, particularly in that it belonged more to the progressive rock tradition of a few years earlier rather than that of the digital 80s...

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EX = only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which will not distract
        significantly from the sound…sleeve also has only slight wear, and is still in nice
        collectible.
VG++ = played often with moderate surface wear and some moderate noise, still plays well…
        sleeve may have medium overall wear or some ring wear.
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        sleeve is well worn, usually with considerable ring wear.
VG = plays a lot, heavy wear on record and cover…guarantee does not apply to vg- or worse
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CC=cut corner    COH=cut out hole     WOC=writing on cover     SOC     (sticker on cover)    

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NWOFC=name written on front cover     NWOBC=name written on back cover    

NWOL=name written on label     WLP=white label promo     SRW=slight ringwear    

SEW=slight edge warp     CW=cover wear     S/S=still sealed     SPLS=split seams    

SIS=still in shrink     TOS=tape on seams     FOC=fold out cover     BC=band corner    

SCW=slight cover wear     SOC=sticker on cover     WOL=writing on label    

SOBC=sticker on back cover     PRS=promo stamp or promo sticker     RW=ringwear    

OIS=original innersleeve     WD=water damages     FAQ=frequently asked questions    

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