RARE ORIG 1973 PHOENIX MUGUR PROG PSYCH FOLK GEM
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RARE 1973 ORIG!
TOP COPY!
RUMANIA PROG*ROCK*FOLK* EXOTICA
PHOENIX
Mugur De Fluier
\ RUMANIA - Electrecord - 0968
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RARE Original 1973 first pressing in super fragile thin/textured cover...the 2nd album by this top of the heap underground Rumanian progressive, rock & folk band who issued three sought after and important albums in the early 70's...
PHOENIX are:
- Nicolae Covaci / guitar, double six, vocals, percussion
- Iosif Kappl / bass, vocals, violin, blockflute, percussion, chimes
- Mircea Baniciu / vocals, guitar, percussion
- Costin Petrescu / drums, cymbalom, percussion
- Valeriu Sepi / percussion
- Gunter Reininger / percussion, celesta, chimes
"Mugur de Fluier" could be translated as "Sprout of Fluier", being Fluier the Romanian six hole pipe, and the name of this PHOENIX album couldn't be more precise, being that the unique melodies created with this exotic instrument delivering clear expressions of Romanian Ethnic music.
"Mugur de Fluier" is the second release of this amazing Romanian band and even when we can appreciate they still maintain a certain attachment to 60's Psyche, the sound is much more oriented towards folkloric musical expressions of their country, mixed with certain progressive flair.
The album starts with "Lasa, Lasa Nº 1" a short percussion and bass based song that will be a constant along the album as introduction and interlude between the central tracks, with the peculiarity of being played faster in each version so starts relatively slow in Nº 1 and ends incredibly fast in the Nº 5 version.
The second song is "Pavel Chinezu, Leat 1479", an interesting progressive track based mostly in the ability of Covaci's guitar an Kappl's bass, some certain resemblance to early GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, but the unique vocals makes it different from the first, heavier, PHOENIX album.
The 7:23 "Strunga" begins with sweet Romanian fluttering flute including all the ethnic flavor of Transylvanian music that leads rapidly to a beautiful acoustic passage in which the vocals make the difference, the sounds are great and the arrangements are very interesting.
"Andrii Popa" starts with a delightful acoustic introduction supported by the always nice vocals, the song flows fluidly from start to end, again with a strong bass work, as the album advances the band gets closer to an authentic ethnic sound and morph from a psyche album with folk elements to a Prog Folk release.
After "Lasa Lasa Nº 2" already commented we move to the exquisite and nostalgic "Mica Tiganiada" played with the Romanian 12 string guitar called "Double Six", even when the song gets faster as the minutes pass, the sad atmosphere which is proper of most folk expressions continue to soak the listener, but a sudden change occurs, an aggressive violin makes the difference and turns "Mica Tiganiada" into extraordinary song.
"Lasa Lasa Nº 3" works as an interlude for the clearly Romanian Folk oriented sound of "Ochii Negri, Ochi de Tigan" (Black Eyes, Gypsy Eyes), a very sweet and fascinating song, as in the previous track the nostalgia is more than evident.
"Muzica si Muzichia" is another wonderful folk/prog track, this time with more complex arrangements than in the previous songs, being that the blend of occidental and Romanian instrumentation is performed with very good taste despite the complexity. "Mugiur de Fluier" follows in the vein of the previous tracks but the use of the fluier gives a different sound, something between a Medieval Troubadour and Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson with a modern transverse flute, if we add "Anule Hanule" it makes the perfect trilogy so by this point the listener can't be more delighted.
And the band leaves the best for the end, 6:21 "Dansul Codrilor" is the perfect blend of Folk, Rock and Prog, easier to listen than to be described...
All said, Phoenix features great bass lines, pleasant Balkan violin, electric guitar soloing and authentic ethnic atmospheric blends.
Lasa, lasa Nr. 1 (1:28)
Pavel Chinezu, leat 1479 (6:12)
Strunga (7:23)
Andrii Popa (3:11)
Lasa, lasa Nr. 2 (0:35)
Mica Tiganiada (3:22)
Lasa, lasa Nr. 3 (0:58)
Ochii negri, ochi de tigan (3:24)
Muzica si muzichia (2:10)
Mugur de fluier (3:55)
Lasa, lasa Nr. 4 (0:41)
Anule, hanule (5:15)
Lasa, lasa Nr. 5 (0:37)
Dansul codrilor (6:21)
CONDITION: The Cover: super fragile thin and delicate textured Rumanian production is remarkably clean and been well kept, rated at "EX" (excellent) having no more than very light handling which should easily be acceptable when understanding the delicate nature of the 40 year old relic ... no split seams, no writing and very collectible...
The Vinyl: clean M- smooth and clear over both sides...play grade outstanding with NO audio problems...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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