KALEIDOSCOPE "A Beacon from Mars" STILL SEALED Original Epic Lp
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A Beacon from Mars was Kaleidoscope's second album. It was recorded and released in February 1968 by Epic Records along with the single "I Found Out" b/w "Rampè Rampè".
Between them, the group played a huge collection of stringed instruments in such psychedelic songs as "Egyptian Gardens" and "Pulsating Dream." They played fusions of Middle-Eastern music with rock in longer pieces such as "Taxim," which they performed live at the Berkeley Folk Festival on July 4, 1967. Live, band numbers were sometimes interspersed by solo instrumental turns from Feldthouse or Lindley, and occasionally Feldthouse brought belly dancers or flamenco dancers on stage. They could play in many different styles, including rock, blues, folk, jazz, Middle-Eastern and also featured music by Calloway and Duke Ellington in their repertoire. Kaleidoscope were one of the progenitors of World Music.
Their 1967 piece "Stranger in Your City"/"Beacon from Mars," recorded live in the studio, was also influential, with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page calling them his "favourite band of all time." [3] It featured a solo by Lindley in which, on stage, he used a violin bow on electric guitar, probably inspiring Page to use the same effect later. The album A Beacon from Mars was released in early 1968, to generally good reviews.
This is an original Still Sealed Epic Pressing and not a reissue. Bid with Confidence!
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