MINTY '76 "BRAIN" KRAUTROCK JANE FIRE WATER EARTH AIR PINK FLOYD PROG EPIC
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$ 51
Sold For
Nov 8, 2020
Sold Date
Nov 5, 2020
Start Date
$ 10
Start price
11
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USA
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HEAVENLY '70s KRAUTROCK PROGRESSIVE
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~ JANE ~
Fire, Water, Earth, & Air - ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- GERMANY - (GREEN) BRAIN ~ 0001.084
MINTY CLEAN VINYL
- ORIGINAL 1976 laminated gatefold pressing on the GREEN Brain label,
- a fabulous Krautrock artifact using the "dummy head" recording technique which went by the wayside!
Highly recommended album for fans of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Eloy, Krautrock and '70s progressive rock in general ...
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Although probably more at home playing tough bluesy jamming rock, German band Jane on occasional albums incorporated heavenly progressive, psych and spacerock elements into their chugging rock sound that sometimes delivered results very similar to early/mid '70s Pink Floyd . This is very evident on their conceptual epic `Fire, Water, Earth and Air' from the mid '70s and is one of their more successful works. There is a strong emphasis on spacey keyboards in much the same manner as Pink Floyd and even fellow Krautrockers : Eloy, Epidaurus and Novalis, making it a nice listen for prog/spacerock fans.
"Fire, Water, Earth and Air come together in my soul" slurs Klaus Hess during the 17 minute opening side-long piece, his voice not unlike a drowsy David Gilmour. Thick Hammond organ, hard drums, searing electric guitar soloing and eerie drawn-out synth washes comprise the piece, that always retains a lazy sunny warmth. The second passage moves up in tempo with melodic leaping bass moving through fiery drumming, then abruptly falling away into a drifting FLOYD-like outer-space drone and later some bluesy guitar wailing. The third section floats on chiming electric guitars and gentle ocean ambience that unfolds beautifully into punchy drumming and fiery guitar grooves over extended synth builds. Thankfully the music is better than the tired and uninspired `Keep on rollin', `she gives me some sweet luvin' every day' lyrics.
The second side opens with the 5 minute breather `Earth', a straight-forward rock track highlighted by a wasted and bedraggled lead vocal with double tracked electric guitar soloing on either side of the speakers. The nearly 11 minute closer `Air and the End' races through a range of slow to mid-tempos sprightly changes, light organ and riffing guitars, but the `Superman, cool again' chorus is baffling! Even better comes the second half, scorching Hammond, darting Moogs and pulsing bass weave around mellow emotional & majestic guitar before ending on a nice shuffling come-down. Really the second side is more or less just the same as the first, making the album always pleasing ...Overall `Fire, Water, Earth and Air' is a hard-rocking cosmic trip that German space-rock fans will likely enjoy very much.
- Klaus Hess / lead vocals, guitars
- Werner Nadolny / organ, piano, Mellotron, Moog
- Martin Hesse / Gibson Thunderbird bass, backing vocals
- Peter Panka / drums, vocals
Fire, Water, Earth & Air
Fire (You Give Me Some Sweet Lovin')
Water (Keep On Rollin') (16:57)
Earth (Angel) (5:20)
Air (Superman)
Air (Let The Sunshine In) + The End (10:53)
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: laminated GATEFOLD is "EX" (excellent) very nice for this highly wear-prone dark cover and still has a fresh appearance -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy
- The vinyl: Rated: M- Clean and glossy with very enjoyable CLEAN audio ...play back should not reveal alarming distracting surface problems ... both color BRAIN labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))
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EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
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