EXTINCT 1969 MARIS ORIG THE SHIVER "WALPURGIS" WORLD CLASS BLUES PSYCH PROG
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$ 1348
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Feb 9, 2025
Sold Date
Feb 4, 2025
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- near IMPOSSIBLY RARE
- 1969 ORIGINAL "MARIS" FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- THE SHIVER
- '' Walpurgis"
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- SWITZERLAND ~ MARIS Musik - 20501
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1969 Blues Psych Prog TOP FLIGHT COLLECTIBLE
UNDERGROUND GLORY
UNIVERSAL INVESTMENT VINYL ORIGINAL
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- The title WALPURGIS is equivalent of Halloween yet in modern times is better known as the holy time of the year for the Satanic cults that worship Molech and other dark forces like Lucifer or Satan.
- THE SHIVER never explicitly engaged in promotion of the occult but rather flirted with its existence through its lyrics and visual imagery in only the context of contemporary popular 'rock' music in the 60's era.
WALPURGIS is a strange yet woefully unknown & overlooked album due to supreme-rarity/ The mighty SHIVER emerging from the early nascent cradle when the progressive rock world was taking only its first steps out of the melting pot of 60s psychedelia.
- Formed in 1967 as Der Seiger in the Swiss city of St. Gallen by guitarist and singer Dany R'hle, this band actually has ties with another Swiss band with a Giger cover, namely Island through the connection of yet another contemporary band called Deaf.
- With a stint under the band name,The Shivers, the final 'S' was dropped with a final lineup of Dany R'hle (guitar, vocals), Jelly Pastorini (organ, piano), Mario Conza (bass, flute, vocals), Roger Maurer (drums, vocals) and Peter Robinson (lead vocals).
- While the band was clearly edging toward the future with progressive rock tendencies, THE SHIVER was certainly no King Crimson or East of Eden and existed in a somewhat anachronistic psychedelic swirl of organs and blues guitar that were all the rage in 1967's Summer of Love.
This is a bizarre album in many ways displays many styles seemingly unrelated yet somehow are cohesively tied by a mysterious atmosphere that permeates the various grooves on display. One of the first idiosyncrasies of the album is that it begins not with a heavy vocal driven rocker self-penned by the band setting the tone with a lengthy seven minute 'Repent Walpurgis' which is a psychedelic treat fortified with J.S. Bach's 'Prelude No. 1' from 'well-tempered clavier' rather derived from dreamy organ, lazy beatnik percussive drive and melodic soaring blues guitar riffs that ride an independent bass groove independently set apart from the rest of the crowd. - As the lengthiest album track and most progressive of the pack, is the likely reason that THE SHIVER has for so long been included on lists of some of the earliest examples of progressive rock.
The rest of the album takes a different journey's whether its the short second track 'Ode To The Salvation Army' or 60's beat psychedelic rock followup 'Leave This Man Alone.' - A cool blues rock display returns on 'What's Wrong About The Blues' meshes into 'Hey Mr Holy Man,' which is a dynamic thread of 'Dies-Irae' ('Grapes Of Wrath') delivers the goods in what one would expect to hear from an album with such phantastic cover art. Dominated by creepy ethereal mixings of organs, hazy percussive drive and dueling aspects of spaced out choral vocal utterances with spoken narration and a freak-beat flowing melodic groove at its best and one of the highlights of all acid rock vinyl recordings in the era...Also included is a moody enhancing re-working of the Animals' 'Don't Be Misunderstood' which keeps the album's overall feel in the 1966 / 67 timeline with its beat grooves and 60s underground sensibilities.
- 'No Time' follows suitably and the closer 'The Peddle' features with a lazy psychedelic organ driven blues rock groove.
- The SHIVER album has become a cult legend coupled with the darkly themed album cover art and the mysterious nature of the band's history, it somehow has become entangled within an occult ritualistic feel with heavy psych freakishness that has inspired the stylistic approach of darkly styled underground
finding it like an invisible planet on the other side of the sun, exerting an undetectable gravitational pull while it utterly defies a logical explanation, yet one can never be sure. - Repent Walpurgis (7:10)
Ode to the Salvation Army (0:38)
Leave This Man Alone (5:15)
What's Wrong About the Blues (5:15) - II
Hey Mr. Holy Man (3:15)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (4:40)
No Time (2:50)
The Peddle (4:45) - CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: EX (excellent)
- remains splendid ~~ NO upgrade need LAMINATED '69 gatefold...appearance is artfully grand ! Light handling over past 55 years! There is decidedly insignificant light (light!) lamination scuffing noticeably upon light reflection, nothing remotely alarming providing as a solid museum artifact in it's otherwise unobtainable high-end collectible status. Still rich colors; no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, no writing ...
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- The vinyl: Rated: near M- / EX (excellent) shiny ~ nothing visibly concerning at all, either side! Audio playback reveals as a prized '69 original to hold on to... both local Swiss '69 gold MARIS MUSIC labels are clean.........(future value riser)
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean
EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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